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Devils coach Andrew Brunette’s golf cart DUI arrest video emerges

New Jersey Devils associate coach Andrew Brunette appeared to walk away from his DUI tests, aggravating the police, according to body cam surveillance footage during his Feb. 1 arrest in Florida.

The footage, posted by Fox Sports 640’s Andy Slater on Tuesday, showed Brunette being pulled over while driving his golf cart — and later storming off during a series of sobriety tests.

“Alright, I’m going to call my lawyer,” the coach can be heard saying while quitting his sobriety tests — after an officer instructed him to walk with his “feet straight.”

That’s when two officers grabbed Brunette by the arms and told him not to walk away.

“You f–king fight me and you’re going to f–king regret it,” the arresting officer can be heard saying before repeatedly asking Brunette to put his hands behind his back.

“Put your hands behind your back and don’t f–king move, do you understand me?” the cop said.

Brunette was then handcuffed and detained.

“I’m just trying to go home, like a block away,” he said as the cop filled out paperwork.

(Warning: Language)

“You know I coached the Florida Panthers,” Brunette asked, adding, “You don’t care.”

The officer responded with: “No. No disrespect, but no.”

Slater was first to report the news of Brunette’s arrest for driving under the influence in Broward County, Florida.

Police said in the body cam footage that Brunette was being pulled for not stopping at two different stop signs.


New Jersey Devils associate coach and former Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette during his Feb. 1, 2023 arrest in Florida, where he was charged with driving his golf cart under the influence of alcohol.
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New Jersey Devils associate coach and former Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette during his Feb. 1, 2023 arrest in Florida, where he was charged with driving his golf cart under the influence of alcohol.
New Jersey Devils associate coach and former Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette during his Feb. 1, 2023 arrest in Florida, where he was charged with driving his golf cart under the influence of alcohol.
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Brunette was also charged with disobeying a stop sign or yield sign, and he was held on a $500 bond, according to the county’s arrest log.

He was taken to the Main Jail in Broward County.

The deputy observed “Brunette’s speech was slurred and that he was unsteady on his feet.”

In the arrest footage, Brunette told police that he did not have his driver’s license or information regarding the golf cart and then handed over his wife’s driver’s license.


New Jersey Devils associate coach and former Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette during his Feb. 1, 2023 arrest in Florida, where he was charged with driving his golf cart under the influence of alcohol.
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New Jersey Devils associate coach and former Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette during his Feb. 1, 2023 arrest in Florida, where he was charged with driving his golf cart under the influence of alcohol.
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He can be seen telling officers in the body cam footage that he wasn’t driving the golf cart, as his wife was sitting in the passenger’s seat.

The Devils said in a statement to The Post at the time that they “were aware of the reports” regarding Brunette and were “in the process of gathering additional information.”

In July 2022, the Devils hired Brunette as an associate coach on head coach Lindy Ruff’s staff.

New Jersey general manager Tom Fitzgerald called Brunette a “walking encyclopedia hockey-wise” and also referenced Brunette’s coaching chemistry with Ruff, according to NHL.com.


Associate coach Andrew Brunette of the New Jersey Devils directs the players during a break in action against the Florida Panthers at the FLA Live Arena on March 18, 2023 in Sunrise, Florida.
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The Devils suffered a 5-1 loss to the Rangers in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series at the Prudential Center on Tuesday.

Game 2 is set for Thursday in New Jersey.



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Improved Filip Chytil up for key role for Rangers vs. Devils

One of the key players in the Rangers-Devils playoff series figures to be Filip Chytil, who centers the Rangers’ “Kid Line,’’ scoring 22 goals and dishing out 23 assists this season.

“He’s been very good this year and has scored some big goals,’’ said Kaapo Kakko, one of Chytil’s linemates. “He’s got good speed — especially in the D-zone. Me and ‘Laf’ [Alexis Lafreniere], we try to get the puck out and try to pass to him with his good speed in the middle we’re going to get some three-on-ones.’’

Rangers coach Gerard Gallant praised Chytil for getting “bigger and stronger’’ this year.

“You can say the same thing about his two linemates — they were young kids who got more experience, they’re playing more, they’re growing up,’’ Gallant said. “They’re not kids anymore. They’ve got more games under their belt. They’re playing games, meaningful games and it goes a long way.

“Fil’ got bigger and stronger and played a heavier game and everything else followed. He manages the puck real well. When Fil’s going his best, he’s driving that middle ice with the puck and he’s making things happen, he’s pushing back defensemen. They [that line] do a real good job down low. They manage the puck as good as anyone in the NHL in my opinion.’’


Filip Chytil has played a key role on the Rangers’ Kid Line this year.
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Patrick Kane, one of the Rangers’ key midseason acquisitions, hasn’t been a part of the Rangers-Devils rivalry, having spent his career playing in Chicago, but is looking forward to the intensity of the series.

Though the Rangers and Devils haven’t faced each other in the postseason since 2012, they have a spirited playoff history.

“Playing in the playoffs for so long in Chicago you kind of build those rivalries in the playoffs, like when we played Vancouver or St. Louis or Detroit,’’ Kane said. “You play against them so much it becomes a rivalry. Obviously, these two teams had playoff series in the past and there is a lot of history there with the teams being so close. So, I’m sure they will be pretty exciting games and the fans will into it.’’

Kane, who’s hoisted the Stanley Cup before, was asked what it takes to do so.

“It seems like 16 wins isn’t that many, but it’s a long journey,’’ he said. “The biggest thing I’ve found in the years that we won was that we always overcame some type of adversity. There was something along the way that caused some adversity for the team and if you were able to get through it you came out better at the other end and found ways to win the series.’’

Rangers captain Jacob Trouba left practice early on Monday to tend to a personal matter and is expected by the team to play in Game 1 on Tuesday night at the Prudential Center.

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Devils fall to Predators for just second regulation loss in January

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Predators’ Matt Duchene scored a third-period goal and assisted on another to drop the Devils, 6-4, Thursday night

Jack Hughes had a goal and an assist for the Devils, who lost in regulation for just the second time in January and fell to 7-1-1 in their last nine games.

“The first period wasn’t the way we wanted to play, but I thought the second period we were starting to hit our stride until we turned another puck over in our zone,” Devils coach Lindy Ruff said. “And that has been an area of our strength — tonight it was a weakness.”

Jesper Bratt, Yegor Sharangovich and Dawson Mercer also scored for New Jersey. Mackenzie Blackwood made 35 saves and Dougie Hamilton had three assists.

“He gave us a chance to still win that game even though we gave so many chances up,” Devils captain Nico Hischier said of Blackwood. “He plays unbelievable for us.”


Nashville’s Matt Duchene battles for the puck against the Devils’ Jack Hughes.
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Hughes extended his point streak to seven games, picking up an assist on Bratt’s first-period goal and then scoring one of his own early in the second. Hughes has five goals and eight assists during his streak.

Blackwood was active in the first, stopping 20 of the 22 shots he faced — the most the Devils have allowed in a period this season. Likewise for Nashville, the shot total was its season high for a period.

“We played with the emotion and the passion you have to play with to give you a good chance to win,” Predators coach John Hynes said.

Hamilton and Hughes each have multiple points in three straight games. Hughes leads the Devils with 21 multipoint games this season, and Hamilton is second on the team with 14.

Cody Glass, Cole Smith, Mikael Granlund, Filip Forsberg and Tanner Jeannot also scored for Nashville, which has won three straight and five of six heading into the All-Star break. Juuse Saros stopped 36 shots and Juuso Parssinen added two assists.

“I felt like we were the better team from start to finish,” Duchene said. “The start of the second, they came out and we weren’t quite at our best. But the last three games, we’ve beaten teams. We haven’t hung on or we didn’t have to rely on our goaltenders to steal us one.”

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Devils make road history in dominant win over Kings

LOS ANGELES — Erik Haula, Nikita Okhotiuk and Ryan Graves scored in the second period, and the New Jersey Devils became the first NHL team to win 17 of its first 20 road games by defeating the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 on Saturday night.

Tomas Tatar had a power-play goal, Jesper Bratt scored an empty-netter and Jack Hughes had two assists as the surprising Devils improved to 17-2-1 on the road, including six straight wins. Mackenzie Blackwood made 34 saves, stopping a penalty shot by Kevin Fiala in the third period.

Fiala and Anze Kopitar scored on the power play, but Jonathan Quick allowed four goals on 27 shots and the Kings had their three-game winning streak snapped.

The Devils broke the game open with three goals in the second after both teams found the back on the net on the power play in the first.

Tomas Tatar celebrates after scoring a goal during the Devils’ 5-2 win over the Kings.
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Haula scored on a 2-on-1 rush 2:37 into the period to give New Jersey a 2-1 lead.

Kopitar tied it at 6:48 by tipping Drew Doughty’s shot from the blue line, but the Devils regained the lead 52 seconds later when Okhotiuk beat Quick under his right blocker on a long shot.

Graves made it 4-2 with 9:03 to go when his shot from the left point took an unexpected redirect off the skate of defenseman Sean Walker.

New Jersey coach Lindy Ruff is no stranger to success on the road. His 2006-07 Buffalo Sabres were one of five teams in league history to win 15 of their first 19 road games, a mark Ruff’s Devils surpassed with their 6-2 victory at Anaheim on Friday.

Buffalo ended up going 25-12-4 on the road and winning the Presidents’ Trophy before losing to Ottawa in the Eastern Conference Finals.

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