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DeBoer on 0-3 series comeback: “You know it’s going to happen again, so why not us?”

Los Angeles Kings v New Jersey Devils - Game One

NEWARK, NJ - MAY 30: Peter DeBoer of the New Jersey Devils speaks to the media in a press conference after Game One of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Final against the Los Angeles Kings at the Prudential Center on May 30, 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. The Kings defeated the Devils 2-1 in the first overtime. (Photo by Paul Bereswill/Getty Images)

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The 1942 Leafs, the 1975 Islanders, the 2010 Flyers...and the 2012 Devils?

According to Peter DeBoer...sure, why not.

That was the message in advance of Saturday’s Stanley Cup finals Game 5 when reporters asked the Devils head coach about climbing out of a usually inescapable hole.

Only three teams in NHL history have rallied from an 0-3 series deficit -- the other 164 have gone on to lose.

Q. So much written and talked about at the 0-3 hole. Now we know it’s one game. Having seen it happen in the last six, seven years, the Red Sox beating the Yankees, the Flyers coming back, does it make it more believable?

COACH DeBOER: Yeah, sure. Someone said the ’42 Leafs. You know it’s going to happen again. So why not us? I think that’s the approach. You’re not going to go 200 years without someone else doing it. So it’s been long enough, it might as well be us.

If there’s something DeBoer can hang his hat on, it’s that the Devils have been outstanding this postseason in the latter stages of their series. New Jersey is 9-1 in Games 4-7 -- they went 3-1 against the Panthers, 2-0 against the Flyers, 3-0 against the Rangers and are now 1-0 against the Kings.

The Devils have also shown a remarkable ability to string together wins when it counts. They won two straight after falling behind 3-2 in the Florida series, won four straight after falling behind 1-0 in the Philly series and won three straight after falling behind 2-1 in the Rangers series.

Now they’ve won one after falling behind 0-3 in the Stanley Cup finals -- and seem quietly confident they can make it two.

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