Elias at Practice
This is what a Devils practice looks like, at least from the scorer’s table at South Mountain Arena’s rink two. The players are in color-coded practice jerseys: red, green, grey and blue, sorted by lines, and defensemen in black. If you don’t recognize the faces up close and personal then you can use the player numbers on the back of the helmets as a key. They run drills, they skate laps, they take drink breaks, they abuse each other when a drill doesn’t complete as it should.