from Sarah McLellan of azsports,

After lagging behind the other 29 NHL teams' resource pools for four years while the franchise was a ward of the league, the Coyotes are striving for equal footing. Actually, they already seem to be ahead of the curve when it comes to technology with this season being the first that each player has had his own iPad to utilize.

"I wish our record reflected that," said video coach Steve Peters. "I wish we were first place in the Pacific (Division) having this conversation saying, 'This was the key,' but I don't know where we'd be if we didn't."

This progress is best-viewed through Peters' eyes. When he started as the team's video guru in 1997, he worked with VHS tapes and notepads. It took him four-to-six hours to analyze one game.

Now, he logs more than 600 events — faceoffs, hits, break outs, etc. — in real-time during each game.

"The amount of information we provide them — it's staggering," Peters said.

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