While both sides are attaching enormous significance to a victory over their rival this weekend, a Territorial Cup win would be little more than a consolation prize for the Wildcats and Sun Devils this season.
Somehow, the Sun Devils shrugged off the Huskies defense, forced four second-half turnovers and blitzed Washington for 17 fourth-quarter points to avoid the program's first losing regular season since 2009.
Top pick Connor McDavid is out for months with a broken collarbone, robbing Arizona fans of the chance to see one of the next generation's marquee players.
For the fourth time in four games against the Ducks and Kings this season, the Coyotes were outshot, yet for the fourth time in four games in southern California, the Coyotes emerged with a victory.
Anders Lindback will start in goal for the Coyotes on Monday in Anaheim, but coach Dave Tippett said Mike Smith would likely start Tuesday's game in Los Angeles against the Kings.
A couple years into his Arizona tenure, Tippett became known as a defensive coach, a guy who wouldn't know what to do, or how to succeed with an abundance of skill and offense.
Arizona State football coach Todd Graham has a message for those who believe he should bench quarterback Mike Bercovici and play one of his young QBs over the final four games of the season.
With an uncertain future in Glendale, the Arizona Coyotes have had talks with three different groups about relocating to a different part of the Valley.
Like most NFL coaches, Bruce Arians measures the effectiveness of his defense through four main statistics: third-down defense, red-zone defense, turnovers forced and points allowed.
When the Coyotes lost the first two games of their five-game East Coast road trip last week, the fear was that they were reverting back to their old ways.
