Phoenix Coyotes Rumors & News

TSN.ca "NHLPA Special Assistant to the Executive Director Mathieu Schneider says all competition committee items forwarded from earlier this month have been approved by the league's general managers. Hybrid icing, mandatory visors, shallower nets and video review on four-minute highsticking penalties..." June 19

SportingNews.com "Plan B for the Phoenix Coyotes, according to Hockey Night in Canada: Move to Seattle. If the City of Glendale doesn't approve a deal that would pay buyer Renaissance Sports Entertainment a reported $15 million annually to run Jobing.com Arena, there's another group ready to pay $220 million for..." June 17

Fox Sports Arizona "The City of Glendale and the Coyotes’ prospective buyer have done what many thought impossible. Multiple sources have confirmed that the two sides have bridged a $9 million annual gap on an arena lease agreement and the proposal will be presented at the Glendale City Council executive session on..." June 15

Fox Sports Arizona "The Phoenix Coyotes have been linked to several cities for relocation. There could be another possibility if the City of Glendale and an ownership group can't come to an agreement: going dark for the 2013-2014 season. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman didn’t deny that the Coyotes — a franchise..." June 13

New York Daily News "Phoenix Coyotes coach Dave Tippett was not expected to be available to the Rangers this offseason, but commissioner Gary Bettman’s annual pre-Stanley Cup Finals address Wednesday night at the United Center may have changed that. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly admitted prior to Game 1 between..." June 13

Arizona Republic "Glendale City Council members maneuvered around the state’ Open Meeting Law last week when they privately met with National Hockey League executives and potential buyers of the Phoenix Coyotes who outlined their desire to use and manage Jobing.com Arena. The largely new council campaigned on..." June 12

CBSSports.com "NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly had their annual state of the union session with the media prior to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final and once again the major topic of conversation surrounded the situation in Phoenix with the Coyotes. "Obviously we're getting to..." June 12

Fox Sports Arizona "It’s an important week for the future of the Phoenix Coyotes. Or is it? While sources maintain that the NHL is pressuring Renaissance Sports and Entertainment to strike a deal this week (at least in principle) with the City of Glendale on a lease agreement for Jobing.com Arena, Glendale..." June 10

SportingNews.com "While the NHL, NHL Players Association, International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation all say a deal to bring players to the 2013 Sochi Olympics will get done, there are still roadblocks, according to Sportsnet's John Shannon. Two of the big ones: the league's desire..." June 10

Fox Sports Arizona "It was a quiet week on the Coyotes ownership front, but that was by design. Here’s what we know: Glendale acting city manager Dick Bowers met with prospective buyer Anthony LeBlanc, one of the principals in Rennaisance Sports and Entertainment, on Wednesday. The two discussed the framework..." June 07

NHL.com "All players entering the NHL beginning next season could be required to wear a visor. The NHL's Competition Committee met Tuesday here. Among its recommendations was a proposal that would make visors mandatory for all players entering the League, starting in 2013-14. Under the proposal,..." June 05

TSN.ca "The NHL's Competition Committee has recommended the mandatory wearing of visors be grandfathered in at its meeting in Toronto on Tuesday. The use of shallower nets to be used next season as well as a hybrid icing rule to be tested in preseason were among other recommended rule changes proposed..." June 04

Toronto Star "“This is Mike Smith, goaltender for the Phoenix Coyotes.” The telephone greeting Smith recently used still applies, but it could be outdated sooner rather than later. Smith is the team’s top unrestricted free agent, and he’ll be the most coveted goalie July 5 when the free-agent market opens..." June 03

Pro Hockey Talk "Phoenix Coyotes free agent-to-be goalie Mike Smith would like to stay with the team, but there’s a bit of a road block for him committing to that. The lack of an owner in the desert is a bit of a problem for the 31 year-old veteran and he tells Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic that if the..." June 01

Fox Sports Arizona "Let’s start with one simple fact before tackling Thursday’s incendiary Forbes report on the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes, which indicated that the prospective ownership group headed by George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc will be receiving some of its financing from the NHL. These are not the New..." May 31

Fox Sports Arizona "Let’s clear up a common misconception. Don Maloney’s new contract is not a signal that the Coyotes’ 4-year-old ownership saga is steaming to a close. “One has nothing to do with the other,” Maloney said. The simple truth is that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill..." May 29

Fox Sports Arizona "The Coyotes ownership saga has dragged on longer than it takes committed students to complete a college degree. But with a number of key issues approaching critical mass within the next month, the wheels are finally turning — and quickly. Multiple sources confirmed to FOX Sports Arizona on..." May 25

Arizona Republic "Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney is in the midst of negotiating a contract extension with the NHL and is close to completing a new deal, a league source confirmed. No timeline for when the contract might be finalized has been set. Maloney’s current deal expires this off-season, as does..." May 24

NHL.com "The 2013 NHL Awards winners will be revealed in two live television specials during the Stanley Cup Final. At 7 p.m. on the day of Game 2 of the Final, the winners of the Hart, Calder, Norris and Vezina trophies, along with the Ted Lindsay Award, will be announced as part of an hour-long show..." May 24

Fox Sports Arizona "As was first reported by FOXSportsArizona.com's Craig Morgan on Thursday, the NHL and the Coyotes finalized on Friday a new long-term contract for general manager Don Maloney. Maloney, who has been the Coyotes' GM for the past six years and in that time has assembled the teams that produced the..." May 24

Fox Sports Arizona "The first domino in the Coyotes’ pivotal offseason is set to fall. And it appears it will fall in the right direction. Multiple sources have confirmed that the NHL and team are finalizing a new contract for general manager Don Maloney. The terms of the deal are not yet known, nor is a timeline..." May 23

Arizona Republic "It’s not often kindness would be considered a negative quality. Except maybe when it comes to Coyotes winger Mikkel Boedker’s approach on the ice. “I think part of Mikkel’s problem is he’s too nice of a person,” General Manager Don Maloney said. After an impressive start to the season,..." May 19

Fox Sports Arizona "If you watched Mike Smith’s performance at the IIHF World Championships with mixed emotions, your reaction, as a Coyotes fan, was understandable. On the one hand, it was encouraging to see Smith regain the level of play that made him one of the NHL’s best players down the stretch of the..." May 18

Fox Sports Arizona "The latest turn in the Coyotes’ ownership saga came swiftly but not unexpectedly. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed Monday that the league had rejected a purchase bid submitted by Darin Pastor on Friday. “The terms of his proposal were inconsistent with what we had previously..." May 13

Toronto Sun "The Phoenix Coyotes may soon have a new owner that will keep the team in Glendale for the foreseeable future. California investment executive Darin Pastor, who has a family history of hockey team ownership, submitted a bid to the NHL Friday to buy the Coyotes and keep them in Glendale,..." May 12

Arizona Republic "Forget about the Whiteout and the overtime thrillers and the transformation of men with beards into gleeful little boys. Yes, the Stanley Cup playoffs are a celebration of all that. But in Phoenix — for the last three years — they’ve also been a distraction from an ownership saga that..." May 11

NHL.com "The National Hockey League moved closer to an agreement to send its players to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia during a meeting in Stockholm on Friday. The meeting included representatives from the NHL, National Hockey League Players' Association, International Olympic Committee,..." May 10

Fox Sports Arizona "NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly noted last week that no group enjoys exclusivity in its bid to purchase the Coyotes. Apparently, that wasn’t just lip service. Sources familiar with the situation confirmed Friday that Darin Pastor’s group delivered its bid to purchase the Coyotes to the NHL..." May 10

Arizona Republic "The overlooked and underpriced have been the most popular imports by the Coyotes amid shrinking budgets and rising uncertainty. So it’s been entirely appropriate to have coach Dave Tippett implement a style that relies on and even rewards the shot blockers, the faceoff specialists and the trap..." May 06

Arizona Republic "However he can create offense — whether it’s as the architect of the play or the one who executes it — winger Radim Vrbata wants to deliver that for the Coyotes. “If I have a guy who’s the playmaker, I have no problem,” Vrbata said. “I will try to get open for him and score goals. If we don’t..." May 01

NHL.com "By finishing with the fewest points in the regular season, the Florida Panthers had the best chance to land the No. 1 pick at the 2013 NHL Draft in June. But, on Monday, the Colorado Avalanche were the ones smiling. Colorado (16-25-7) was the winner of the 2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery..." April 29

NHL.com "The 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs will open Tuesday in Chicago with a matchup between the Presidents' Trophy-winning Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild, who were the last team to clinch a playoff berth. The NHL released the playoff schedule Sunday night and it includes three Game 1s on..." April 29

Arizona Republic "What was frustrating for Coyotes wing Lauri Korpikoski — aside from the fact that he was sidelined with a concussion during the team’s most critical stretch — was that improvement from this injury always seemed to be undermined by a setback. “I was practicing and felt pretty good on the ice and..." April 28

Fox Sports Arizona "When Dave Tippett finally reached the podium Friday night following the Coyotes' 5-4 shootout loss to the Avalanche at Jobing.com Arena, his facial expression looked like that of someone who had been force-fed a deep cup of lukewarm, three-day-old coffee. “I didn’t like that whole game,”..." April 27

Arizona Republic "Ever since coach Dave Tippett arrived on the scene almost four years ago, ushering in a work boots-required policy that had been lacking in these parts, every game served a purpose. In their 50-win, 100-plus point showing in 2009-10, when they clinched with seven games to go, the last two weeks..." April 25

NHL.com "The team holding the top pick in the 2013 NHL Draft will need to consider one important question prior to stepping to the podium to announce its selection on June 30 at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. What do we need right now? Is it a poised and polished minute-munching, two-way..." April 24

Detroit Free Press "The Detroit Red Wings rediscovered their offense and with it, resuscitated their playoff positioning. Three man advantages did the trick for the Wings as they downed the Coyotes, 4-0, Monday at Joe Louis Arena to earn a pair of points for just the second time in seven games. "We needed these..." April 23

NHL.com "In celebration of Earth Day, NHL Green has teamed up with Sterling Planet, the United States' leading retail provider of environmental assets for corporate, utility and government clients, to attempt to mitigate the environmental impact of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the second..." April 22

USA Today "Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle, a Boston-area native, backed the city in the aftermath of the marathon bombings by writing Pray for Boston on his skates. Saturday, he showed support again by wearing a special jersey during warmups in the game against the Chicago Blackhawks. The name..." April 21

Fox Sports Arizona "Shane Doan is the embodiment of dejection after every loss. You can see it on his face, you can hear it in his voice, and you can feel it in the air around him. Given that fact, it was hard to tell if Monday’s kick-in-the-unmentionables loss to San Jose hit Doan harder than most. This wasn’t..." April 20

Arizona Republic "Getaway day usually includes a light practice - if any time on the ice - but after dropping two straight, the latter a lopsided shutout courtesy of the San Jose Sharks, the Coyotes held a spirited, 45-minute session Wednesday before catching a flight to St. Louis to start a three-game trip...." April 18

Arizona Republic "Getaway day usually includes a light practice - if any time on the ice - but after dropping two straight, the latter a lopsided shutout courtesy of the San Jose Sharks, the Coyotes held a spirited, 45-minute session Wednesday before catching a flight to St. Louis to start a three-game trip...." April 18

Arizona Republic "The all-for-one, one-for-all philosophy that guided the Coyotes in the past was effective because everyone pulled his weight. But sometimes a team simply needs a game changer. Too bad the only one that exists on the Coyotes’ roster this season — goalie Mike Smith — wasn’t able to play Monday..." April 17

ESPN.com "The NHL is in the final planning stages of its much-anticipated series of outdoor stadium games next season with six outdoor contests set to take place in football and baseball stadiums across North America, sources familiar with the plan confirmed to ESPN.com Tuesday. The series will start..." April 17

Hockey Fights "Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have signed forward Tobias Rieder of the Kitchener Rangers (Ontario Hockey League) to a three-year entry-level contract. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound Rieder recorded 27-29-56 and 12 penalty minutes (PIM) in 52 games with..." April 15

Arizona Republic "Coyotes goalie Mike Smith’s current grim reality is familiar to goaltending coach Sean Burke, who spun his own long playoff odds into surprising success a quarter-century ago. As a rookie with the New Jersey Devils in 1987-88, Burke corralled seven consecutive wins in the team’s final eight..." April 14

NHL.com "The National Hockey League Players' Association and the National Hockey League today announced a historic partnership with the You Can Play Project that formalizes and advances their long-standing commitment to make the NHL the most inclusive professional sports league in the world. "The NHL..." April 12

TSN.ca "The National Hockey League's meeting with officials from the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation wrapped up in New York City Friday with more work needed to be done. "We had a good working session and were able to discuss all of the issues involved in the..." April 12

Arizona Republic "A rare road win has given the Phoenix Coyotes a clearer path to the playoffs. David Moss and Boyd Gordon each had a goal and an assist as the Coyotes stayed in the playoff picture with a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Antoine Vermette also scored for the Coyotes,..." April 11