Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun go over the latest rumors of expansion and franchise movement involving the Coyotes heading to a number of locations.
{ 0 comments }
Phoenix
There’s a saying in sports, “You have to learn to lose before you can win.” In spite of how many times the Columbus Blue Jackets have done it, they’ve yet to win a playoff game. However, plenty of teams over the course of time have proved this adage right. Gretzky’s Oilers Dynasty needed to lose to the 83 Islanders. Those Islanders needed to rebound from several playoff disappointments before winning an astonishing 19 consecutive series. The 97 Detroit Red Wings were guided to the Cup after seeing what it took to win by New Jersey and Colorado. New Jersey had their hearts crushed by Stephane Matheau, but the following year won the Stanley Cup in a shortened season. Lastly, the 94 Rangers were a team that dealt with adversity for three seasons and in their title defense, they taught the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche a valuable lesson; move from Quebec and you can acquire Patrick Roy. This list could be endless, despite the few that seemed to come out of nowhere (2006 Carolina Hurricanes), here’s a list of heartbroken four teams to watch out for:
{ 0 comments }
Last season, the NHL didn’t fail to disappoint. It produced several games that won’t make this list- and will be very New York Rangers heavy- but Gary Bettman and NBC were incredibly happy with the NHL’s quality of games last year and generated excitement that carried into the post-season. Hopefully, Bettman isn’t stupid enough to lockout the NHLPA because then we won’t see great games like these.
{ 0 comments }
At the beginning of the 2011-2012 NHL hockey season, no one would have thought it would be the Los Angeles Kings heading to the Stanley Cup Final.
Struggling for offense all season, the Kings were lucky to get into the playoffs. But after that something clicked for them, and they came alive. Dustin Brown, Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams, and Mike Richards are the point leaders for the Kings this post season, and they have been tough to stop. Jonathan Quick was outstanding in net for the Kings all season and has not disappointed during the playoffs. Posting a save percentage of .946 and two shutouts during the Kings 14 playoff games, Quick is proving himself difficult to beat.
{ 0 comments }
If he wasn’t already, Dustin Brown is officially the most hated man in Phoenix today.
Not only did his five points and overall peskiness cause problems for the Phoenix Coyotes all series long, but it was his questionable knee-on-knee hit on defenseman it Michal Rozsival in the final minutes of overtime that left that left every hockey fan in the desert irate. That’s because after Rozsival had to be helped off the ice and taken to the dressing room, the Western Conference finals came to a bitter end moments later when Dustin Penner scored the overtime-winner to eliminate the Coyotes and give the Kings the 4-3 win in Game 5.
{ 0 comments }
With everyone in the hockey world all but guaranteeing a sweep for the Los Angeles Kings and a subsequent trip to their first Stanley Cup final appearance since 1993, Shane Doan wasn’t quite ready to see his season come to an end.
“He showed why he is one of the top captains in the league,” forward Taylor Pyatt said. “We live to fight another day.”
{ 0 comments }
This summer’s blockbuster features Chris Evans Marvel comics World War II super-soldier that was frozen in time. In the NHL playoffs, three teams feature American Captains in what is considered a Canadian game. For each of these players, they have preformed well and led their teams both on the scoresheet and in the locker room. With all apologies to the Canadian Captain Phoenix Coyotes Shane Doan, this article focuses on the other captains currently playing.
{ 0 comments }
Make no mistake about it, the Los Angeles Kings are the road warriors of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.
In fact, they just might be the greatest road playoff team in NHL history.
With their dominant performance in a 4-0 win over the Phoenix Coyotes Tuesday night at Jobing.com Arena, the Kings not only now hold a commanding 2-0 series lead, but with the victory, they’ve also continued their impressive road winning streak. They have won seven straight road games in these playoffs, tying a record last matched by the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks. Furthermore, they’ve won nine straight away from Staples Center dating back to last spring, which ties the record for most road wins spanning consecutive postseasons, previously done by the New York Islanders in 1982 and 1983.
{ 0 comments }
With a 2-1 victory over the Nashville Predators Monday night, the Phoenix Coyotes advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first in franchise history. However, that wasn’t even the best news of the day for the Coyotes fans.
Just hours before Game 5 in Glendale, Ariz., league commissioner Gary Bettman announced a group led by former San Jose Sharks chief executive Greg Jamison had a tentative deal with the league to purchase the club.
{ 0 comments }
Goals are hard to come by these days for the Nashville Predators. If they don’t find a way to score some soon they will see what was intended to be the Predators deepest team in franchise history stumble in the 2nd Round of the Stanley cup playoffs.
All of the credit in the world should be given to Mike Smith and the Phoenix Coyotes. They have had better goaltending,way better defense and are putting the puck in the net. To go further Mike Smith is red hot as he hasn’t gave up a goal in over five periods of hockey.
{ 0 comments }
