The New Jersey Devils have been one of the NHL’s best franchises over the last decade, winning the Stanley Cup in 1995 and qualifying for the playoffs every year since. As of late, however, evidence has leaked out that the team’s best overall athlete doesn’t even lace up the skates for games or practices.
The New Jersey Devils have been one of the NHL’s best franchises
over the last decade, winning the Stanley Cup in 1995 and qualifying for
the playoffs every year since. As of late, however, evidence has leaked
out that the team’s best overall athlete doesn’t even lace up the skates
for games or practices.
Who’s the hidden Devil?
31-year-old PR director Kevin Dessart, who recently qualified to compete
in last Saturday’s Iron Man Triathlon World Championships.
Dessart, whose effort is sponsored by energy supplement Phil’s Bar,
qualified by completing a trial triathlon - consisting of a 2.4-mile
swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a complete 26.2-mile marathon - in
slightly under 10 hours. This marks his second time in the famed Iron
Man event, the first being in 1994 when, despite getting a flat tire on
his bike and never having completed a marathon, he qualified with a time
of 11:05.
’That was the first time, and I went out there without any
expectations,’ he told the New York Daily News. ’I’ve come so far since
then.’
