Bye-week babies: How NHL's new break created bigger families for Devils' Cory Schneider, Andy Greene

New Jersey Devils goalie Cory Schneider (35) celebrates with defenseman Andy Greene (6) after the Devils defeated the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 in an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec.12, 2017, in Newark, N.J. (Rachel Greene and Jill Schneider were both waiting to share their big news with each other. The wives of Devils captain Andy Greene and goalie Cory Schneider were both expecting a second child in 2017.

After revealing the pregnancies and talking about how far they were along, things started to fall into place.

"The bye week," Andy Greene recalled shortly after the birth of his second child.

The Schneiders' second child, their daughter Remy, was born one day before the Greenes' second son,…