Subject: Hockey

• Phoenix Coyotes vs. Edmonton Oilers

  February 12, 2009

• One and Done

  Start the playoffs now. Just do it.

  January 22, 2009

• Phoenix Coyotes vs. Los Angeles Kings @ Jobing.com Arena

  December 25, 2008

• Hot Links: Disabled Services, Jim Balsillie, and a Butt Stunt

  Despite a lawsuit on behalf of the developmentally disabled that challenges a January budget-balancing law, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to review a Court of Appeals ruling that would allow budget cuts in services for disabled people. Among the services that can be cut are various forms of therapy and in-home attendant services...The Chandler City Council voted last week to maintain an almost $300,000 reward program for select city employees. The council also voted to ban city employees wh

  June 2, 2009

• Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 2, 2006

  March 2, 2006

• Goldwater Institute "Not Ruling Out" Legal Action Against Phoenix Coyotes and Glendale

  Jobing.com Arena, where the Phoenix Coyotes play. The Goldwater Institute has submitted a public records request to the City of Glendale, asking for information on lease negotiations between it and the Phoenix Coyotes. Goldwater attorney Clint Bolick told the Phoenix Business Journal that the institute is not ruling out legal action regarding the lease terms between the Coyotes and Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, and wants to examine whether the terms violate state gift laws.

  March 10, 2009

• Phoenix Coyotes vs. Nashville Predators @ Jobing.com Arena

  December 18, 2008

• Wings of Desire

  December 11, 2008

• Phoenix Coyotes vs. Toronto Maple Leafs @ Jobing.com Arena

  December 4, 2008

• Coyote Ugly

  Is this the year the postseason drought ends?

  October 9, 2008

• The Puck Starts Here

  January 17, 2008

• Coyote Ugly

  December 27, 2007

• Mystery, Arizona

  Will the puck stop here for Gretzky's underpups?

  October 4, 2007

• Cold as Ice

  NHL 2K7 looks pretty, but fails to light the lamp

  October 19, 2006

• Howling Financial Woes

  The wagering scandal enmeshing Wayne Gretzky through his wife and an assistant coach is the least of the Coyotes' problems

  February 16, 2006

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  November 18, 2004

• Judge Delays Ruling in Coyotes Bankruptcy Case, Says He Needs More Time to Examine Documents

  U.S. bankruptcy judge Redfield Baum did not make a ruling today in the case that will determine the future of the Phoenix Coyotes. Baum says he needs more time to examine hundreds of documents filed late last night, and he also says both sides in the case have made contradictory statements in court filings. On one side: Coyotes majority owner Jerry Moyes, who announced that he filed bankruptcy on May 5, and Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie, who made a $212.5 million offer to buy the

  May 19, 2009

• Chair Game

  June 3, 2004

• Streaker

  The rise and fall -- and rise and fall -- of Phoenix Coyotes record-breaking goalie

  April 1, 2004

• Camera Obscura

  Geek when you're spoken to

  January 22, 2004

• Get the Blues

  ATC's got it bad, and that Ain't's good

  January 8, 2004

• Sticking With It

  Lacrosse season begins for the Arizona Sting

  December 25, 2003

• The Puck Drops Here

  Coyotes' new arena goes public

  November 27, 2003

• Fourth Dimension

  Freedom rings throughout the Valley

  July 3, 2003

• Coyote Ugly

  Prive straddles line between restaurant and nightclub

  October 17, 2002

• Hot Links: Cardinals, Coyotes, and Cabaret Shootings

  Following the NFL draft, the Arizona Cardinals have released three players: running back Edgerrin James, cornerback Rod Hood, and linebacker Travis LaBoy...Arizona Representative Robert Meza has resigned from the board of Chicanos por la Causa to focus on creating a nonprofit organization for educational assistance. Meza had been a financial development director for Chicanos por la Causa...A new study by the American Lung Association deemed Phoenix one of the top 10 most polluted cities in

  April 29, 2009

• Hot Links: Solar Banks, Coyotes Bankruptcy, and Michael Jackson

  An SUV collided with a light rail train Wednesday night at 7th Avenue and Camelback. The  crash sent another car careening over the barrier, but no one was hurt, and light rail continues to run as usual...Chandler fire crews battled a two-acre palm tree fire near Brooks Farms and Tower Road yesterday. No structures were damaged, and a spokesman for the Chandler fire department says a cause for the blaze has not been determined yet...National Bank of Arizona has partnered with SolarCity

  May 7, 2009

• Hot Links: Priest Booted, Coyotes Broke, Teen Tased

  Police in Mesa are investigating what the East Valley Tribune's calling the city's first homicide of the year. The victim, Rick Glum, was stabbed to death in a West Mesa neighborhood . A motorist found Glum's body Sunday morning...Catholic priest Chris Carpenter has been excommunicated from the Phoenix Diocese. Carpenter, who'd been on leave for three years, is the second priest in six months to be excommunicated. The diocese says Carpenter joined an offshoot church, which lead to the decisi

  May 6, 2009

• Westgate Says No to Save the Coyotes Coalition; "Rally" Still Set for Saturday

  Yes, it's still coming, just not to Westgate. With all of the uncertainty surrounding the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes ice-hockey team, organizers of a rally in support of keeping the NHL team in Glendale are begging hockey fans to come out en masse Saturday. Just not to the Westgate City Center -- anymore.  Contrary to previous reports, the "White Out 2009 -- Save the Phoenix Coyotes Rally" will not be held at Westgate. Apparently, the shopping oasis was not prepared to host a pote

  May 12, 2009

• Protesters Asked to Destroy Their BlackBerry Phones at Tomorrow's "Save the [Phoenix] Coyotes" Rally

  Wikimedia Commons A BlackBerry Curve costs a couple hundred bucks, but is team spirit priceless?BlackBerry CEO Jim Balsillie's bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes and move them to Canada is far from a done deal, but that hasn't stopped Valley hockey fans from organizing a "Save the Coyotes" rally for tomorrow, or requesting that attendees bring their BlackBerry phones to be destroyed in protest.

  May 15, 2009

• "Save the [Phoenix] Coyotes" Rally Draws Canadian Media and Fans; Protestors Unhappy with Local Coverage

  Coyotes fans gather outside Native New Yorker on Saturday.For a slide show from Saturday's rally, click here.Chants of "Let's go Coy-otes!" and "Stay away Canada!" filled the air on Saturday as about 200 Valley ice hockey fans in white rallied to show their support for keeping the Phoenix Coyotes in Glendale. The surprise wasn't so much that the much-vaunted "Destroy your BlackBerry!" protest didn't happen (and if one did get smashed, it was such a non-event that nobody at the rally notice

  May 16, 2009

• Hot Links: Phoenix Coyotes, Bus Vandals, and Star Trek

  Republican legislative leaders will bring a budget proposal to an Appropriations Committee in the state Senate today. The proposal includes privatizing three prisons, and cutting $220 million from K-12 funding. Not included in the proposal is the tax increase governor Jan Brewer was pushing for...After declining to make a ruling from the bench in the Phoenix Coyotes bankruptcy case yesterday,  judge Redfield Baum ordered the National Hockey League and Coyotes owners into mediation. The two

  May 20, 2009

• Hot Links: Phoenix Coyotes, DUIs, and Cornville Bears

  The Phoenix Coyotes will stay in Glendale -- for now. Yesterday, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge ruled against a proposal to let Blackberry CEO Jim Balsillie buy the team and relocate it to Canada. The NHL hopes for a September 10 auction for bidders who'd like to keep the Coyotes in Glendale...A plan to plant DUI officers inside fast-food restaurants in Tucson to catch intoxicated drivers in drive-thrus has been scrapped. The idea was to have undercover police work drive-thru windows, but def

  June 16, 2009

• Phoenix Coyotes Host Open House Thursday; Bankruptcy Judge Calls Out Local Fans

  The rookie card for Keith Yandle, who'll be at the Coyotes open house on Thursday.The Phoenix Coyotes ice hockey team is staying in Glendale -- for now. On June 15, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Redfield T. Baum ruled that a June 29 deadline on Canadian Jim Balsillie's bid to buy the team and move it to Canada was not workable. But Baum didn't set auction rules, either, which means there's still a possibility Balsillie could buy the team, although the NHL hopes to find a local buyer.Judge Baum men

  June 22, 2009

• Claude Lemieux, NHL Hockey Player, to Become U.S. Citizen in Phoenix Ceremony

  NHL Player Claude Lemieux, originally from Canada, will become a U.S. citizen in a ceremony this Friday in Phoenix with 99 other immigrants. Lemieux, 43, a Valley resident, is a comeback kid who now plays with the San Jose Sharks after a stint with a People's Republic of China team, the China Sharks. He was formerly the president of the Phoenix Roadrunners and has won the Stanley Cup with three different teams. Scroll down for the news release from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:

  June 24, 2009

• "The Great One" Called to Give Deposition in Phoenix Coyotes Bankruptcy Case

    michaelmindes.com That silver thing's called "The Stanley Cup," Phoenix area, and the guy hoisting it's Wayne. Doubt the now-Coyotes' coach will ever come this close to the cup again. If you had told Wayne Gretzky when he was 17 years old and already playing professional hockey, that he would some day be going to court over a hockey team in Phoenix, he probably would have looked puzzled and asked: "Where?" But, here we are, and here he is. Phoenix has a ho

  July 17, 2009

• Something Smells in Glendale: Did the City Steer the Phoenix Coyotes Franchise to an Insider?

  July 30, 2009

• Something Smells in Glendale: Did the City Steer the Phoenix Coyotes Franchise to an Insider?

  August 6, 2009

• Hot Links: Uranium Mining, Balsillie in Court, and SRP Rates

  ​Uranium mining could resume near the Grand Canyon this year, after the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality issued an air-quality permit to Denison Mines. The company plans to work the Arizona 1 mine, which hasn't been mined for two decades. Conservationists and Native American groups oppose the mining, and express concern that it would pollute the surrounding area, including the Colorado River...A Gilbert home that was featured on the ABC reality TV show Extreme Makeover is for sale.

  September 2, 2009

• Coyotes Ugly

  September 10, 2009

• Hot Links: Gretzky Sits Out, Roosevelt Fires, and Parsley Recall

  ​The Phoenix Coyotes ice hockey team started training camp on Saturday without coach Wayne Gretzky. While awaiting the decision of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in the sale of the team and team ownership, "The Great One" Gretzky thought it better to "sit back for a few days and evaluate," according Coyotes general manager Don Maloney...Two homes in Central Phoenix caught fire this early this morning at 3rd street and Roosevelt. Both homes were vacant, and firefighters were able to get the blaz

  September 14, 2009

• Hot Links: Twin Fire, Stolen Laptops, and Laws for Bloggers

  ​All schools in the Williams Unified School District will be closed today because of a fire burning near the city. The blaze, dubbed the Twin Fire, began Friday and scorched 1,000 acres by Sunday night. About 465 fire personnel are battling the blaze...A water line broke near 11th street and Broadway Road in Phoenix about 6:30 this morning, leaving residents with no water. There were no reports of flooded homes, and crews are working to fix the pipe, which they say will take 4-5 hours...Sc

  October 5, 2009

• Glendale Trying to Muster Support For Bankrupt Coyotes Home Opener

  www.hockeydb.com​The city of Glendale, in an attempt to rally support for the possibly fleeing Phoenix Coyotes, is kicking off "White Out Week" on Wednesday.City officials are planning to "whitewash" the city leading up to the Coyotes home opener Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Jobing.com Arena.Good timing in terms of beginning to support the team. Last week, a bankruptcy judge shot down a $243 million deal to move the team to Canada, where people might actually go wat

  October 5, 2009

• Alpha Dog

  October 8, 2009

• Phoenix Coyotes vs. Boston Bruins

  October 15, 2009

• Coyotes Attendance Plummets After Home Opener Sell Out

  www.2arnes.com​After a week-long "white out" promotion campaign for the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes, the team sold out its home opener Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The next game, things were back to dismal.

  October 16, 2009

• Coyotes Set Franchise Attendance Record: Fewest Tickets Sold

  www.truecoyotelove.comBring the pain indeed​Did you see the Coyotes lose to the L.A. Kings last night? If you did, it was more than likely on television because Jobing.com Arena was virtually empty.The Phoenix Coyotes broke a record last night that was set as recently as Saturday -- fewest tickets sold.

  November 3, 2009

• Coyotes to Shuttle Fans from East Valley to Glendale for Games; Desperation's Setting In

  www.cdn1.com​The Phoenix Coyotes have finally come up with a good idea to get people to go to games -- the organization will drive them there.One week after setting a franchise record for fewest tickets sold, Coyotes President Douglas Moss announced today the team's newest attempt to boost attendance, "The Coyotes Express."The Coyotes Express is a shuttle service the Coyotes are offering to East Valley residents for seven games throughout the season, to entice them into actually going.

  November 11, 2009

• NHL Commissioner Says Sale of Coyotes Expected By End Of Season; Vows to Try and Keep Team in Glendale

  www.chicagonow.comNHL Commissioner Gary Bettman​The NHL's head-honcho, Gary Bettman, met with the Coyotes top brass and other community leaders in Glendale yesterday to discuss the sale of the bankrupt franchise and vowed to do whatever it takes to keep the team in the Valley.

  November 17, 2009

• Hard Times in Glendale; Coyotes Slashing Prices on Expensive Lower-Level Seats

  ​Anyone want to go to a Phoenix Coyotes game, or is that a stupid question -- the team has the lowest attendance record of any team in the NHL. What if you could sit in the lower-level on the cheap? If that's enough to lure you to Glendale, you're in luck.

  November 19, 2009