The Coyotes ownership saga looks like it finally is coming to an end. At a Monday press conference prior to Game 5 of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Phoenix Coyotes and Nashville Predators, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that a deal had been struck to sell the team to former […]
NHL Senior Vice President of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan is no friend of the Phoenix Coyotes. Shanahan, who is in charge of doling out discipline for the NHL, suspended defenseman Rostislav Klesla for a boarding call on Matt Halischuck in Game 4 against Nashville. While the Coyotes are undoubtedly not pleased with the ruling, they […]
The Coyotes have been in this position before. Up 3-1 with a chance to clinch a playoff series at home, the ‘Yotes are hoping not to repeat the same mistakes they made in the first round against Chicago, when they lost 2- 1 in overtime. Needless to say, they know the Predators won’t go down […]
Monday is the biggest day in the history of the Phoenix Coyotes. The ‘Yotes play host to the Nashville Predators in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals at Jobing.com Arena with a chance to clinch a berth in the franchise’s first-ever conference final. And, according to the Phoenix Business Journal, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman […]
According to Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com, a sale that would keep the Phoenix Coyotes in Glendale is getting closer to completion. LeBrun wrote Thursday night that Coyotes president and chief operating officer Mike Nealy had positive news concerning the potential deal that would end in former San Jose Sharks executive Greg Jamison gaining control of […]
As the old adage goes, it’s not a playoff series until someone wins on the road. If true, the Western Conference Semifinals battle between the Phoenix Coyotes and Nashville Predators is not yet a playoff series. The Coyotes, still up in the series 2-1 after dropping a 2-0 decision Wednesday in Nashville, know all they […]
The NHL Players Association and Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres plan to appeal the 25-game suspension handed down by the league April 21. The harsh penalty was the result of Torres’ hit on Chicago Blackhawks’ forward Marian Hossa during Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. However, Torres and the NHLPA are not appealing the […]
A Game 3 victory by the Phoenix Coyotes would all but put them in the Western Conference Finals. After all, just three teams have ever come back from an 0- 3 deficit to win a best-of-seven series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Needless to say, the Desert Dogs expect the Nashville Predators to come out […]
The Phoenix Coyotes’ chances of beating the Nashville Predators in Wednesday’s pivotal Game 3 got a little better. According to The Tennessean, the Predators have suspended forwards Alexander Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn for Wednesday’s tilt. “The Nashville Predators have a few simple rules centered around doing the right things,” General Manager David Poile said in […]
The Columbus Blue Jackets were pretty much an afterthought all season long when it came to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Columbus limped out to an 0-7-1 start and finished the regular season with an NHL-worst 65 points. At the trade deadline in February, the Jackets started unloading players in trades, including a deal that sent […]
During my Sunday errand running, I found myself at a local grocery store with my 16-year-old son, picking up a few items for a visit to my sister’s house. We were headed over to watch Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Nashville Predators. Watching big sporting events in […]
Coyotes coach Dave Tippett appeared to do something he hasn’t done in a while. Just days after being as upset as you’ll ever see a coach whose team just won a playoff game, Tippett joked around, seemingly pleased with what had transpired on the ice not long before his post-game press conference. Saying his team […]
In truth, we probably should have seen this coming. The Phoenix Coyotes took a 1-0 series lead over the Nashville Predators by winning 4-3. In overtime. After surrendering a third-period lead. It’s hockey, the Coyotes’ way. “We do everything the hard way,” game-winning goal scorer Ray Whitney joked after the game. “There’s certainly nothing easy […]
The Phoenix Coyotes find themselves in very unfamiliar territory – preparing for a Game 1 of a conference semifinal series. The Nashville Predators aren’e exactly grizzled playoff vets, either with exactly two playoff series wins in franchise history. Yet, this best-of-seven series is shaping up to be a hard- hitting, tightly-contested, low-scoring affair headlined by […]
The Phoenix Coyotes and Nashville Predators faceoff Friday night in their opening game of Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It’s another winnable series, but the Coyotes will have to be even more disciplined than they were against the Blackhawks. The Preds are very, very similar to the Coyotes. Both teams focus on defense-first […]
The Phoenix Coyotes are battling the Nashville Predators for the right to go to the Western Conference Finals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Most expect it to be a hotly-contested series, as the teams play similar styles and are both playing well of late. At least, that’s what we think here in the Valley. But […]
Now that the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs has finally come to an end, the National Hockey League and NBC have announced the full schedule for the conference semifinal series. Here’s what the schedule looks like for the Phoenix- Nashville Western Conference semifinals: Game 1 – Friday April 27 at Jobing.com Arena in […]
GLENDALE – On the eve of Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Coyotes and the Nashville Predators, here are five things to keep an eye on as this series unfolds: 1. DUELING GOALIES: This series features two of the NHL’s top goalies in Mike Smith and Pekka Rinne. Both ranked in the […]
The Phoenix Coyotes are not a team geared to run up the score, instead preferring to rely on discipline and tight hockey to win the game. Having an excellent goalie in Mike Smith never hurts either. But in the next round of the playoffs, the Coyotes will run head-on into a team that plays a […]
When the horn sounded and the Phoenix Coyotes officially beat the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the playoffs, some people thought the impending series with the Nashville Predators would be an easier series than Chicago, a stepping stone on to the next round. But as the Coyotes know, the Predators are not an […]
The Phoenix Coyotes will open their Western Conference semifinal series with the Nashville Predators on Friday at 6 p.m. at Jobing.com Arena. The Coyotes and Predators will play Game 2 on Sunday at 5 p.m. in Glendale. The series will then head to Nashville for Games 3 and 4, which will be Wednesday the 2nd […]
The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the top goaltender in the NHL as determined by a vote of the 30 league general managers. And while he had an excellent season, Coyotes netminder Mike Smith is not among the three finalists. Smith, who set career-best marks with 38 wins, a .930 save percentage and 2.21 […]
Aren’t the personal, one-on-one battles of the playoffs great? Going into the opening round of the playoffs against the mighty and storied Chicago Blackhawks, most analysts were giving the ‘Hawks skilled lines an edge over the Phoenix Coyotes gritty style of defense-first hockey. I admit, though I favored the Coyotes with my choice, I thought […]
Shane Doan had waited his entire career for this. The Phoenix Coyotes are heading to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. “It’s something that had been a very long time,” Doan said Tuesday at Sky Harbor Airport after he and the team returned from Chicago. “You’re excited, as a player, to have a […]
April 16, 1987 is not a day that lives in infamy — not for most people, anyway. Sure, it was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 40th birthday, and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer went out and scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds that night for the Lakers in a win over the Utah Jazz. Former Arizona Senator […]
GLENDALE – The Coyotes and Blackhawks certainly are spoiling fans of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with “free hockey” as all five of the first five games of their Western Conference Quarterfinal series required an overtime period to decide the outcome. On Saturday, the teams again needed extra time to decide the winner of Game 5 […]
I laughed when I first heard the news about Raffi Torres’ 25-game suspension. I honestly did. You can call me a homer all you’d like, but hear me out before you do so. Not only is it the longest suspension of Brendan Shanhan’s brief tenure, the NHL has seen worse — especially as of late […]
It would have been easy for the Phoenix Coyotes to quit at many points during their first round series against the Chicago Blackhawks. Between losing key players to injuries, giving up late goals and generally being a less-talented team than the one they are playing, there are plenty of reasons to just lay down and […]
If the Coyotes’ first round series with the Chicago Blackhawks was a best-of-five, they’d have already won and advanced to the second round. Unfortunately, it’s a best-of-seven series. The Coyotes, who hold a 3-1 series lead, will have a chance to finish the Blackhawks off Saturday at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. They know it won’t […]
Coyotes forward Raffi Torres has been suspended indefenitely by the NHL after his hit on Chicago’s Marrion Hossa caused the player to leave the ice on a stretcher. The decision on how much longer Torres will be come soon. According to Arizona Republic Coyotes beat writer Sarah McClellan, the league will make its ruling this […]
