No, not the hockey team (though, the team is named after the creature.)
A cryptid which was supposedly first spotted in the 1700s in the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey, the Jersey Devil is often described as a horned, hooved and bipedal Mix and Match Critter possessing bat-like wings and an inconsistent origin. The most common version of the creature's tale is that it is the thirteenth child [...] [tvtropes.org]