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Phoenix Coyotes Already Last in the NHL in Attendance

After just four games in this season, the average attendance for Phoenix Coyotes home games has already reached last in the National Hockey League.That's the same Phoenix Coyotes team that lost in the Western Conference Final last year to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Los Angeles Kings.See ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes (and Rest of NHL) Now Have a Season; Coyotes' First Home Game on Sunday

From the "better late than never" department, the National Hockey League is a functioning thing again, and a 48-game schedule has been created for each team this season.The season was supposed to start a few months ago, but the whole lockout debacle messed that up completely, so the Phoenix Coyotes' ... More >>

Miracle on Ice: Can the Coyotes Go All the Way?

Phoenix Coyotes Advance to Western Conference Finals With 2-1 Win Over Nashville Predators

It's been almost two years since Valley sports fans got the opportunity to use their favorite playoff-time refrain: Beat L.A.It's not the Phoenix Suns this time, though. It's the Phoenix Coyotes who are slated for a series against the Los Angeles Kings.The Coyotes defeated the Nashville Predators 2- ... More >>

We Hate Los Angeles: Six Songs As the Coyotes Prep to Take on the Kings

By now, your Facebook feed is swelling with posts with posts from brand-new hockey fans, folks saying "Go 'Yotes" when they didn't give the slightest damn two weeks ago. But that's an awful cynical way to look at it, isn't it? On Tuesday night, the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Predators and advanced to ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes One Win Away From Conference Finals After Blanking Nashville Predators

The Phoenix Coyotes are now one win away from the Western Conference finals after a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators in Tennessee on Friday.Coyotes captain Shane Doan scored the game's lone goal in the first period, and goalie Mike Smith was phenomenal yet again.Smith doesn't quite get all t ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Shut Out by Nashville Predators; Still Lead Playoff Series 2-1

The Phoenix Coyotes were shut out in Tennessee last night by the Nashville Predators, but still maintain a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference semifinals.For most of the game, it wasn't Predators goalie Pekka Rinne keeping the Coyotes scoreless, it was the offensive play of the Coyotes.Phoenix ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Put in Five Goals Against Nashville Predators, Advance to 2-0 in Western Conference Semifinals

At this point, the Phoenix Coyotes' playoff run doesn't appear to be a fluke.The Coyotes, fresh off their first playoff-series win since moving to Phoenix, are now up 2-0 in the team's second-round series against the Nashville Predators after a 5-3 win last night in Glendale.In the team's first seve ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Shock Hockey World, Others, Reach Second-Round Of Stanley Cup Playoffs

We watched the first period of last night's playoff hockey game in Chicago between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Blackhawks, and things didn't look good for our local team.Chicago, which was fighting for its hockey life down 3-2 in the best-of-seven series, came out smoking after its stunning overtime ... More >>

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Jeff Norman at Jack Daniel's Distillery

Jonathan McNamaraJeff Norman​The Tender: Jeff Norman The Bar: Jack Daniel Distillery, makers of Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey and other liquors, Lynchburg, Tennessee The Pedigree: Norman isn't actually a bartender at all, though he does work extensively with liquor -- whiskey, to be sp ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Shutout by Nashville Predators

​The Phoenix Coyotes hot streak is over. After winning seven in a row, the Howlers have now lost two straight, including a 3-0 loss to the Predators last night in Nashville.This is the first time the Coyotes have lost two straight all season. Rackin' up penalties certainly didn't help.The Coyotes ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Seven-Game Win Streak Comes to End With Loss to Anaheim

​The Phoenix Coyotes' impressive seven-game win streak came to an end, and so did the Anaheim Ducks' six-game losing streak, when the Ducks rolled past the Howlers 6-4 Saturday night.The Coyotes didn't play too horrible -- at first (as usual, power plays aside). But when a team gives up five conse ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Beat Nashville Predators Thanks to Ed Jovanovski Hat Trick

www.hockeydraft.caEd Jovanovski had three goals in the Coyotes 4-3 win over Nashville.​Big ups to Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Ed Jovanovski, who became the first defenseman in Howlers history to get a hat trick, which he did during the team's 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators last night.Defensem ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Lit Up by Tampa Bay Lightning

​Attendance at Phoenix Coyotes games is once again an issue. Like much of last season, the Howlers have the worst attendance in the league -- partly because desert-dwellers tend to not like hockey (until the Canadian snowbirds arrive, that is), and party because of games like Saturday's 3-0 loss t ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Win Another One in Shootout; Power Play Still Atrocious; Next Up: Nashville on Wednesday

Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov stopped eight shots in Saturday's shootout to win the game for the Yotes.​The Phoenix Coyotes have the best shootout record in the NHL, which is a good thing considering their power play sucks to high hell. The Coyotes beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Satur ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes One Point From Playoffs After Shootout Loss to Nashville Predators; Next Up: Colorado Avalanche

www.tinypic.com Coyotes forward Lee Stempniak has scored 10 times in 11 games since being traded to the Coyotes a few weeks ago​The Phoenix Coyotes are in a bit of a cooling phase right now. The team's franchise-tying nine-game win streak came to an end on Tuesday with a loss to the Chicag ... More >>

Phoenix Coyotes Win-Streak Comes to End in Chicago; Next Up: Nashville Predators

www.puckingawesome.comCoyotes captain Shane Doan​All good things must come to an end but it sucks when they end in Chicago.The Phoenix Coyotes nine-game win streak came to a painful end last night when the 'Yotes were shutout 2-0 by the Chicago Blackhawks, breaking a tie between the two teams for ... More >>

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