New Jersey Devils 2012 Stanley Cup Team: Where are they now?

Peter Harrold

Something of a New Jersey Devils legend, Peter Harrold was a depth defenseman for the team for a few years and eventually drifted off into hockey obscurity.

Peter Harrold left the Los Angeles Kings in the summer of 2011 and signed with the New Jersey Devils as a free agent. Harrold would spend most of the 2011-12 season with the Albany Devils and played only 11 regular season games with New Jersey that year. When the Devils magically decided they didn’t trust Adam Larsson enough to play, Peter Harrold became the guy.

Harrold played more playoff games (17) than regular season games (11) and scored zero goals between the 28 games. Harrold posted four assists in the playoffs, and two assists in the regular season. He wasn’t awful by any means, but truthfully it just made sense to have Larsson in after he had played so well prior.

Harrold saw no fewer than 19 minutes of ice time in three Finals games against the Los Angeles Kings, and the New Jersey Devils lost all three of those games. Hindsight is always 20/20, but ideally, the Devils would have had a player with more upside (Larsson) in those games.

Peter Harrold would stick around with the New Jersey Devils for parts of the net for three seasons and eventually found himself back with the Albany Devils in the 2014-15 season. Harrold’s last season of professional hockey was in 2015-16, when he played 70 games with the Chicago Wolves in the AHL.

According to his LinkedIn page, Peter Harrold now works with the Carolina Hurricanes in a player development role after previously serving in a skill development role with them. That means Peter Harrold helped knock the New Jersey Devils out of the playoffs this past year.