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Matt Dumba Landing With Tampa Bay

03/08/2024 at 2:39pm EST

Jason Zucker Traded To Nashville

03/08/2024 at 12:27pm EST

Troy Stecher Now With The Edmonton Oilers

03/07/2024 at 2:03pm EST

Video- The Latest On The Status Of The Arizona Coyotes

02/07/2024 at 1:13pm EST

A lot of dry talk from Elliotte Friedman on the Arizona Coyotes.

Land auctions, court involvement, ecd, but the bottom line is bad news may be coming to the Coyotes as early as this weekend.


Move The Coyotes To Salt Lake City

01/31/2024 at 9:02am EST

from Eric Duhatschek of The Athletic,

In the end, there are only two choices. Doing the right thing or doing the greedy thing.

The right thing is to let the Coyotes move to Salt Lake City. Player-wise, it’s an appealing franchise. The heavy lifting, in terms of stocking the team with young talent, has already been done. With a little bit of financial backing from a well-heeled ownership to flesh out the payroll, the Coyotes could be formidable fairly soon. Shifting Arizona to Salt Lake City would leave the league at 32 teams and wouldn’t even require the divisions to realign.

Will the league go ahead with expansion? Maybe. Probably.

Should it? Probably not.

And the main reason is competitiveness. If you keep adding teams, it just makes it harder and harder to win a championship.

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Video- Jason Zucker Will Have A Hearing Today

01/03/2024 at 2:31pm EST

Watch the hit below.

A Bad Look For The Arizona Coyotes

12/15/2023 at 2:13pm EST

from Frank Seravalli of The Daily Faceoff,

The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are investigating a gap in protocol which resulted in Arizona Coyotes defenseman Juuso Valimaki lingering in a Dallas hospital for hours without care last month with a severe facial injury after taking a 93 mph slap shot to the mouth against the Stars.

Valimaki, 25, was transported to a Dallas hospital by ambulance from American Airlines Center after an undeflected point shot from countryman Jani Hakanpaa drilled him in the face on Nov. 14.

Sources told Daily Faceoff that Valimaki was dropped off in the emergency room, like any other patient, and left to advocate for his own care with his wife – who happened to be in Dallas at the road game – and a Coyotes team employee. After initial observation, the overworked Dallas hospital staff told Valimaki to find a local hotel and come back in the morning, that their attention was turned toward more critical incoming trauma patients such as gunshot victims.

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A Letter To The Fans Of The Arizona Coyotes

10/10/2023 at 12:54pm EDT

from Alex Meruelo / Owner, Chairman & Governor / Arizona Coyotes,

To our incredible hockey fans:

Challenges. Obstacles. Setbacks. No Defeats.

I have faced and overcome many stumbling blocks in my over 40 years in business. I have fallen down many times, but I take great pride that each and every time I get back up and end up stronger than ever—more resilient, more committed, more determined.

Last April we completed another rebuilding season for our hockey team—a rebuild that I felt was necessary in order to create a sustainable foundation to bring a Stanley Cup to the Valley. In May, we experienced a setback in our effort to build our permanent home—a disappointment to us and to all of our fans that were excited by our proposal to build the first privately funded sports facility in the history of Arizona.

We have faced setbacks but no defeats.

Now is another time to pick ourselves up, recommit, and win.

The Tempe arena proposal was defeated, but we were not. We got right to work. On to other options in the Valley. On to the upcoming NHL season.

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A New Broadcast Deal (OTA) For The Arizona Coyotes

10/05/2023 at 3:10pm EDT

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA – The Arizona Coyotes and Scripps Sports have formed a multi-year agreement to televise all locally broadcast Coyotes games over the air to residents of Arizona and surrounding states within the team's broadcast territory.

The agreement allows The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) to televise all non-nationally exclusive Coyotes games over the air (OTA). As per club policy, the financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The deal has obtained the necessary approvals from the National Hockey League.

Hockey Is A Hit Down Under

09/23/2023 at 6:49am EDT

from Nicholas J. Cotsonika of the NHL's website,

This is Australia? The land Down Under? Half a world away? The Arizona Coyotes and Los Angeles Kings played the first NHL game in the Southern Hemisphere on Saturday, but it didn’t feel like the first time.

A sellout crowd of 13,097 -- the largest crowd ever to watch an ice hockey game in Australia, by far -- saw the Coyotes open the preseason with a 5-3 win at Rod Laver Arena in the 2023 NHL Global Series -- Melbourne.

For the most part, these were not novice fans. These were hockey fans.

They wore gear representing each of the NHL’s 32 teams. We know, because we checked off each NHL team to be sure. They wore gear representing former NHL teams, too, plus Australian Ice Hockey League teams, national teams and local teams.

They “oohed” when they were supposed to “ooh,” and they “aahed” when they were supposed to “aah.” They roared for scraps, cheered for goals and clapped to the music.

“The fans were definitely involved and cheering all game and kind of cheering after both teams scored, so it was fun to jump right into that NHL feel and atmosphere,” Coyotes forward Clayton Keller said.

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Below, and probably the only time I will embed game highlights of a preseason game, it Kings/ Coyotes highlights.

Open Post- LA Kings/Arizona Coyotes From Melbourne, Australia

09/22/2023 at 11:30pm EDT

Puck drop at Rod Laver Arena is at 12:05am ET and can be watched on the NHL Network or ESPN+ and Sportsnet in Canada.

via the NHL PR department,

The 2023 NHL Global Series™ – Melbourne will mark the first-ever NHL games played in the Southern Hemisphere, but not the first international trip for either the Kings or Coyotes. The Kings’ most recent foray overseas was for two preseason games in China in 2017. In addition, Los Angeles has seen preseason action in Austria (2007) and Germany (2011), and has also played regular-season games in England (2007), Germany (2011), and Sweden (2011). Arizona traveled to Latvia for one preseason game, and to Czechia for two regular-season games, in 2010.

The games in Melbourne will feature some of the NHL’s top talent. The Coyotes’ roster includes forwards Clayton Keller, Jason Zucker and Nick Schmaltz, defensemen Matt Dumba and J.J. Moser, and goaltender Karel Vejmelka. The Kings counter with captain Anze Kopitar, fellow forwards Kevin Fiala, Adrian Kempe and Pierre-Luc Dubois, and defensemen Drew Doughty and Australian native Jordan Spence.

In addition to the Coyotes-Kings contests in Melbourne, the 2023 NHL Global Series will visit Stockholm, Sweden, where an unprecedented four NHL Clubs will play matchups in a single European city. The Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs will be featured in a slate of four regular-season games to take place Nov. 16-19 at Avicii Arena.

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Video- Nick Cotsonika Reporting From Australia

09/22/2023 at 12:16pm EDT

via the NHL Network's YouTube page,

NHL.com writer Nick Cotsonika is in Australia with the LA Kings and Arizona Coyotes to cover the Global Series. He discusses what the players have been up to in their down time and the local response to the league's first games Down Under!

Sports Science Comes Into Play

09/16/2023 at 9:43am EDT

from Amalie Benjamin of the NHL's website,

When the Arizona Coyotes step onto the Qantas 787-9 Dreamliner that will take them from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday night, their movements -- their sleep, their meals, their supplements -- will be part of a carefully crafted dance designed for optimum performance and recovery, a plan created to tamp down on the tolls a transpacific flight might take.

The lights will dim at an optimal time. The meals will be served on Australian Eastern Time.

The hope is that it will help.

There are no guarantees, of course. But faced with the prospect of a 15-plus hour flight and a 17-hour time difference, the Coyotes -- along with their counterparts, the Los Angeles Kings -- are working their hardest to make a trip to Australia not much harder than one to New York.

"Anything that we can help them to find a one percent improvement, I think our guys are really open to," Coyotes high performance director Devan McConnell said.

Because although there is plenty of excitement for the Coyotes and Kings about going to Australia for the 2023 NHL Global Series, where the teams will play two exhibition games at Rod Laver Arena on Sept. 23 and 24, the trip is not without its pitfalls.

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A Contract Extension For GM Bill Armstrong In Arizona

09/06/2023 at 12:16pm EDT

A Three-Year Contract Extension For Head Coach André Tourigny In Arizona

08/23/2023 at 12:04pm EDT

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA --- Arizona Coyotes General Manager Bill Armstrong announced today that the Coyotes have signed Head Coach André Tourigny to a three-year contract extension. As per club policy, the terms of the contract were not disclosed.

"We are very pleased to sign André to a three-year extension," said Armstrong. "He is an excellent coach, leader and communicator who has helped us establish a tremendous culture in our dressing room. Our players like him, respect him and compete hard for him. We are thrilled to have him signed as our head coach for the next three years."

The Latest Off Ice News On The Arizona Coyotes

08/09/2023 at 4:05am EDT

from Sportsnet,

Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo is interested in purchasing land for a new arena in Mesa, John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports reports.

Gambadoro says Meruelo has submitted a letter of intent to buy 41 acres.

The report says the Coyotes also are looking at other sites, including Phoenix and Scottsdale, and that the target date for a new arena is the start of the 2026-27 season.

The Coyotes are looking for an NHL-sized arena after they lost a vote in spring to build a new facility in Tempe.

The Coyotes had hoped a new arena in Tempe would finally allow the franchise to settle down after playing in three different venues since moving to Arizona.

The team shared a downtown Phoenix arena with the NBA's Phoenix Suns after relocating from Winnipeg in 1996, then moved to Glendale's Gila River Arena in 2003. But the Coyotes had a troubled tenure in the Phoenix suburb.

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Matt Dumba On Signing With The Arizona Coyotes

08/07/2023 at 8:18pm EDT

from Patrick Brown of the Coyotes website,

Defenseman Matt Dumba is already warming up to his new home in the hot desert.

Dumba signed a one-year contract with Arizona on Monday, uprooting his life from the only NHL city he's called home to join a new-look Coyotes team that has added Logan Cooley, Sean Durzi, Jason Zucker, and Alex Kerfoot this offseason. Add to that the return of both Nick Bjugstad and Troy Stecher, who opted to come back to Arizona following their departures at the 2023 trade deadline, and Dumba said he's excited to get to work with his teammates in his new surroundings.

The 29-year-old has spent all 10 seasons of his NHL career in Minnesota, recording 79 goals and 157 assists in 598 career games with the Wild. Though Dumba said it was a tough decision to leave the Twin Cities for The Valley, he said the Coyotes were "always my front-runner."

Thus, he made the decision to head to the Southwest.

"The discussion I had with my girlfriend and with my family about what was right for us, we were weighing the pros and cons, and there weren't too many cons to coming to the desert," he said. "We just needed to take the time to look at everything and be calculated and make sure this is the right fit. We know it is, and I'm so happy to be here."

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Matt Dumba Appears To Be Heading To Arizona

08/06/2023 at 1:52pm EDT

Arizona Coyotes Statement On Alex Galchenyuk

07/14/2023 at 12:08pm EDT

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA --- The Arizona Coyotes announced today that the Club has terminated the contract of forward Alex Galchenyuk.

The Club has issued the following statement:

"We are aware of the incident involving Alex Galchenyuk and strongly condemn this type of behavior. Once the Club was made aware of the allegations, we immediately began the process of terminating his Standard Player's Contract through the proper channels in conjunction with the National Hockey League. As a result, the Arizona Coyotes today have exercised the team's right to terminate the contract of Alex Galchenyuk due to a material breach of the terms of his Standard Player's Contract. The Club will have no further comment at this time."

Alex Galchenyuk Placed On Unconditional Waivers Today

07/13/2023 at 6:15pm EDT

from Katie Strang and The Athletic Staff,

The Coyotes have placed forward Alex Galchenyuk on unconditional waivers in order to terminate his contract, the club announced Thursday.

The 29-year-old signed a one-year, two-way contract with Arizona on July 1. The decision was made after the team became aware of an off-ice matter, according to ESPN and Sportsnet.

Galchenyuk was arrested on July 9 on a number of charges including private property hit and run, disorderly conduct, failure to obey, resisting arrest and threatening or intimidating, the Scottsdale Police Department confirmed to The Athletic. Regarding the hit-and-run incident, police said that “it was only property damage and no injuries.”

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Nick Bjugstad Signs With The Arizona Coyotes

07/01/2023 at 3:51pm EDT

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - Arizona Coyotes General Manager Bill Armstrong announced today that the Coyotes have signed center Nick Bjugstad to a two-year contract. Per club policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"We are very pleased to have Nick re-join the Coyotes," said Armstrong. "He is a reliable two-way center, a good leader, and a great teammate. We look forward to having him back on our roster again this season."

Arizona Coyotes Sign Jason Zucker

07/01/2023 at 2:56pm EDT

LAK/Arizona Trade

06/24/2023 at 4:37pm EDT

LAK release is below.

The Future Looks Bleak For The Arizona Coyotes

05/17/2023 at 1:23am EDT

The NHL Is Going Down Under Next Season

04/11/2023 at 8:12pm EDT

NEW YORK (April 11, 2023) – The National Hockey League (NHL) and National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) today announced the Arizona Coyotes and Los Angeles Kings will face off in the first-ever NHL games in the Southern Hemisphere, as Melbourne, Australia will play host to the 2023 NHL Global Series – Melbourne. The preseason games between the Coyotes and Kings will be played on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Sunday, Sept. 24 at Rod Laver Arena. This historic announcement advances the NHL’s commitment to grow the game globally, while furthering the League’s international strategy.

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