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Every year our intrepid captain hosts a conditioning camp prior to the regular season training camp. This 2008 year is no different as Shane played host to a veritable cornacopia of players from all aspects of the game. From a local business man and former minor leaguer to Ollie Jokinen our newest transplant, there was plenty [...]
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Loading ...COYOTES ROOKIES TO PLAY LA KINGS ROOKIES AT JOBING.COM ARENA GLENDALE, ARIZONA — Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that 22 Phoenix Coyotes’ rookies will play two games against the Los Angeles Kings’ rookies on Tuesday, Sept. 16 (6 p.m.) and Wednesday, Sept. 17 (2 p.m.). Both games will be played at Jobing.com Arena and [...]
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Free hotdogs and soda. Kiddie play area. Announcements by Darren Pang. 20 crazy service people trying to get every fan the ticket package they want. The first appearance of Ollie Jokinen as a Coyotes. Wow… what an event. Over 2500 people attended the 3 hour open house. Thats gotta be a record for a mini [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Let the press blitzs begin! Hockey season is indeed just around the corner when the Coyotes make the mainstream sports circuit. Aug 7, 2008 910 am Shane Doan on Game On with Jeff Dean (3-6 PM) Thursday http://www.xtra910.com/ Aug 7, 2008 620 am Olli Jokinen on The Gambo and Ash Show (1-6 PM) Thursday http://www.ktar.com/ ( online) Aug [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...I know all of you are in serious withdrawal by now but don’t despair. Hockey is coming … really soon. Coyotes Unofficial Camp Begins August 11th Many of the players who are in Phoenix will begin on-ice workouts at the Alltel Ice Den in North Scottsdale later this month. Last summer we saw a bunch of our guys, [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Thank goodness. 1 more month down and less than 5 weeks to go b4 we get some ‘real’ hockey. Ok, maybe not REAL, real hockey but close enough. Our Captain will be holding his usual unofficial get back in skating form camp soon, hope to see some of you there. We’ll get to see who [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...For the last 4 days I have been struggling w/ unspecified pain in my neck and upper shoulder. It frakin HURTS! After reading some various comments around the net about certain hockey players not deserving the money they are getting paid I just wanna say WTF? On a scale of 1 - 10 I hurt like [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Well well, finally! Daniel Carcillo finally announced. Thank goodness and pass the gravy. The gangs all here. I heard its a 1 way deal for 2 years and that he’s still RFA at the end of it. Might be worth about 920K per year. Nice little raise but not too much considering the injury, the control [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Who says hockey isn’t an intellectual experience? Seriously, there haven’t been very many books written about our great sport so any chance I get to help out someone producing a book or movie about the sport I will certainly do it. Say hello to Howard Shapiro! Wednesday, July 16, 2008 (Pittsburgh, PA) In anticipation of the [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Mueller - A- The kid is awesome, no doubt in my mind he will be a top center in this league for years to come. But I think we can all agree he has lots of work ahead of him despite the good year he had. How cool is the fact that he got hattied [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...IIHF SUSPENDS RADULOV, FIVE OTHER PLAYER TRANSFERS…Including our very own TikiTorch! The Russians are dragging up some weird loopholes to claim these guys.Man its gonna get interesting. Tikhonov and Filatov both believe they are totally in the clear and if Radulov and his (signed 5 days b4 the agreement) is good to go then so should [...]
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With Danny NOT getting any closer to being signed, it seems like the perfect time to finish his report card. And to add a hearty… sign him already! Send an email to Don and Co to get this done and over with for all the saint’s sake. This is turning into the same sort of [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Ok I guess its time to finish the last few report cards since GMDM seems to be slowing down on his maneuvering. Doan - A our intrepid and fearless leader gets the A for his heart and effort. (He wasn’t the hardest working guy on the team in my book… he worked really hard but TQ [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Now that all the activity is over… all we can do is wait. Speculate and wait. I love the questions being asked all around the boards. I stole and modified a few for this entry. Which free agent signing will have the biggest (positive) impact on the team in 2008? Most folks are choosing Sauer (hell w/out [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Celebrated our country’s birthday in grand style with most of the ususal suspects and some family from Tucson. Interesting mix of people from lots of walks of life, Much like our country, it was a melting pot event. I’d like to take the time to send a quick shout out to all you service folks [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...Okay in day 2 of the Free Agent period I have had time to do some research… Don Maloney became a genius when he got Bryzgalov from the Ducks for free. The Coyotes proved they aren’t too stingy nor too broke to pay for what they really want when they signed Breezy to the 4 year [...]
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Despite the warning that we would not be looking at ‘elite’ players… Does anyone else feel let down? Maybe depressed or some how cheated? Is it just me? Should I drink more koolaide and then go over to coyotes.com and stare at the new rookie pictures/movies on Facebook until I believe again? Jeebus! who knew the [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...So much to see and maybe it all means jack since it was, after all practice and a chance to evaluate what the kids need to work on in order to be successful at the next level. But maybe it also meant a culling process, which kids to invite to training camp, to see who [...]
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So, after the usual web prowling, I noticed something new. Something that doesn’t happen that much in Coyotes country during the offseason. Curiosity, speculation, hope and enthusiasm. WOW! Everyone and their mother has a question or a specualtion about the desert dogs. Well, I gathered up some of the questions and grabbed my courage and bearded [...]
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Quick hit before going off to work… Pictures speak a thousand words so I’ll let the pics speak for me today. It was a blast (I don’t know who has more fun, us or the rookies). Great group of kids, hardly any shy ones in the bunch. Amazing how much difference a year makes in [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...There were very few people there. Not at all like last year when we picked up KT. Probably about 50 to 60 people, Gintonio, Heeter and 3 news cameras. I tried very hard not to focus all my attention on the new kids (I didn’t look at my program to find out who was who [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...The second day of the draft was just as crazy if not crazier than the first. Lots of trading and action. With so much depth, the swinging for the fences didn’t really start until the 4th and 5th rounds. 49 PHX (from OTT) JARED STAAL Aug 21, 1990 THUNDER BAY, ON CAN 6′ 3″ 198 OHL SUDBURY RW 69 PHX MICHAEL STONE Jun 7, 1990 WINNIPEG, MB CAN 6′ 3″ 200 WHL CALGARY D 76 PHX (from NSH) MATHIEU BRODEUR Jun 21, 1990 LAVAL, [...]
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(Rate this post) Loading ...A chance to have your voice heard by the NHL. We are planning to send out a survey in the next week asking fans around the league about their experience this year when attending NHL games. Unfortunately, the Phoenix Coyote representation in the NHL Fan Face Off Panel is among the lowest of any of the teams. [...]
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It’s finally here! (I need cheering icon or emoticons) Draft day and we have 8th pick for today. No drama for the #1 overall but lots of drama available for the rest of the round. With Stamkos still leading the pack and TBL (not being fools) will watch him don the blue lightning bolt. But everything [...]
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