Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won’t tell you everything that happened in a hockey game. So, we will give you ‘Yotes Notes, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from the Coyotes’ 4-0 win over the Predators on January 28. The Good: The […]
Few National Hockey League teams are better at controlling their own fate than the Phoenix Coyotes. A team that looked bad on paper made it to the Western Conference Finals last season. A fluke? Hardly. The Coyotes earned their spot by being one of the best defensive teams in the league and limiting mistakes. In […]
GLENDALE — The first time the Phoenix Coyotes played the Los Angeles Kings since the last time they played the Los Angeles Kings was just like the last time they played the Los Angeles Kings. A loss, complete with some shaky goaltending and frustrating officiating. At least the 4-2 defeat Saturday came in a regular […]
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won’t tell you everything that happened in a hockey game. So, we will give you ‘Yotes Notes, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from the Coyotes’ 4-2 loss to the Kings on January 26. The Good: Despite […]
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won’t tell you everything that happened in a hockey game. So, we will give you ‘Yotes Notes, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from the Coyotes’ 5-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks on January 24. The […]
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won’t tell you everything that happened in a hockey game. So, we will give you ‘Yotes Notes, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from the Coyotes’ 5-1 win over the Blue Jackets on January 23. The Good: […]
The Phoenix Coyotes embraced the motto “hockey the hard way” last season en route to the franchise’s first appearance in the Western Conference Finals. Two games into their lockout-shortened 2013 campaign, the Coyotes have made hockey hard for themselves, and it has nothing to do with a gritty, hard-nosed style of play. In fact if […]
To the casual hockey fan, the Phoenix Coyotes season has not gotten off to a good start. Hell, to a seasoned hockey fan, the Coyotes season has not gotten off to a good start. Generally known for a defense-first approach, the ‘Yotes have given up 10 goals in two games, enough for a 5.00 goals […]
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won’t tell you everything that happened in a hockey game. So, we will give you ‘Yotes Notes, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from the Coyotes’ 6-4 loss to the Blackhawks on January 20. The Good: The […]
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won’t tell you everything that happened in a hockey game. So, we will give you ‘Yotes Notes providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from the Coyotes loss to Dallas on January 19. Stars 4, Coyotes 3 The […]
The Phoenix Coyotes are bringing a familiar face back to the desert. The Coyotes announced they have re-acquired forward Matthew Lombardi from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for a conditional draft pick. According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, the Leafs will get a conditional pick and will eat some salary. Toronto gets a 4th for […]
In sports, repeating a successful season that includes a winning record, a conference championship and a late playoff run can be a strenuous goal for any team.
While a lockout-shortened season lends itself to some level of unpredictability once the puck drops on January 19, the Phoenix Coyotes benefit from the simple fact that the team didn’t endure much change in the offseason. Outside of Ray Whitney’s departure to the Dallas Stars in July, Phoenix’s core pieces remain in tact heading into […]
With the ownership situation still in flux this past summer, general manager Don Maloney was forced to make shrewd and rather inexpensive moves to bolster the Phoenix Coyotes’ roster. While the team didn’t land any big names during the offseason, the additions of Steve Sullivan (38-year-old left winger, who has played in parts of 18 […]
The ridiculous lockout is over and the Phoenix Coyotes are set to take the ice to begin a truncated season on Jan. 19. Basically, the Coyotes are facing their traditional difficulties. The offseason didn’t see too many moves, but the loss of a couple of veterans, especially Ray Whitney, could weigh heavily on the team. […]
On Jan. 13, 2012, the Phoenix Coyotes sat in 11th place in their conference with a 20-17-7 record. While Dave Tippett’s squad ultimately went on an impressive run over the final 38 games of the regular season en route to a Western Conference Finals appearance, they will not have that same luxury in 2013. Because […]
Under Dave Tippett, the Phoenix Coyotes have rarely been labeled as one of the sexier, flashier teams in the NHL. But after three straight playoff appearances, including a trip to the Western Conference Finals last season, Tippett and Co. are starting to attract veterans from around the league. Steve Sullivan broke into the NHL in […]
Coming off their best season since coming to the Valley in 1996, the Phoenix Coyotes were more than deserving of getting some extra national exposure when the 2013 schedule was unveiled Saturday night. While the 48-game slate certainly hampered those hopes a bit, NBC and the NBC Sports Network didn’t do the Pacific Division champions […]
The NHL lockout is officially over, as the NHLPA ratified a new CBA deal Saturday. With the season set to get under way on January 19, the only question left to be answered was what would the Phoenix Coyotes’ schedule look like in 2013? Wait no more. The defending Pacific Division champions have released the […]
Just a day after Shane Doan helped orchestrate an end to the NHL’s 113-day lockout, the Coyotes captain was rather candid about what the league needs to do moving forward to repair its strained relationship with the fans. “I think just a humble apology for everything and that we’re going to do everything we can […]
How many times have fans heard their respective teams –coaches and players — recite the phrase: It’s a marathon, not a sprint. It’s cliché and may very well ring true, unless of course you’re talking about the upcoming lockout-shortened hockey season. “Everybody wants to come out of the gate and do well,” Phoenix Coyotes head […]
If you look hard enough with the right amount of nerdy perspective, potential Phoenix Coyotes owner Greg Jamison bears a striking resemblance to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Which is fitting, because Jamison may very well be the Arizona sports fan’s only hope. We’re fortunate to have a team in each of the “big four” sports, but of […]
The 113-day NHL lockout is over and soon we’ll have hockey being played in arenas all over North America. The prospect of having a season looked bleak, but suddenly Sunday morning, news broke of an agreement between the league and the NHLPA. A story by Larry Brooks in this morning’s New York Post describes some […]
Phoenix Coyotes captain Shane Doan is an admitted eternal optimist. He believed wholeheartedly, even in the darkest hours of the NHL labor talks, that there would be a hockey season. “I did believe we were going to play again and yet that argument was getting harder and harder to make as it went further along,” […]
A deal to end the NHL lockout was finally reached after an arduous 113 days on Sunday. The league and players’ association agreed on a new 10-year deal to end the latest labor stoppage which cost the league 34 games. A shortened season has now been tentatively set to begin on January 19, and no […]
At the Ice Den in Scottsdale Monday morning, it looked like the NHL labor stoppage never happened. About 30 players were on the ice for open skate, a scene we’ve witnessed several times over the last few months. But this time was different. After a 113-day lockout, the NHL and the players’ union agreed to […]
It lasted 113 days, but the latest NHL labor stoppage is over and soon, the defending Pacific Division champion Phoenix Coyotes will take the ice in Glendale for their 16th season in the desert. Coyotes captain Shane Doan, who signed a new four-year contract to stay in Phoenix the day before the lockout started, says […]
Shane Doan has been traded. Effective this week, Captain Coyote is no longer a shirt and tie-wearing member of the suits. Since the NHL Lockout is now over, that puts Captain Coyote back among the fashionable crowd wearing sweaters (his designer logo happens to be the letter “C”). “From being in the room quite a […]
The news couldn’t get much better for hockey fans around the country Sunday, as the league and players association tentatively agreed on a new 10-year deal that would essentially end the 113-day lockout. The NHL is current proposing a 48 or 50-game season in 2013, but fans in the Valley might have more reason to […]
