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The Arizona Coyotes are an inactive professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. They have competed in the National Hockey League as a member of the Central Division and the Pa
The franchise played in Winnipeg as the Jets from 1972 to 1996. They were originally members of the WHA before joining the NHL in 1979. Pictured is Dean Kennedy.
Shane Doan was team captain from 2003 to 2017. Holding the franchise record for games played, he was the last Coyotes player to have also played in Winnipeg for the original Jets.
Drafted in 2005, Martin Hanzal was with the team from 2007 to 2017.
Named head coach in September 2009, Dave Tippett led the Coyotes to their first division championship and three consecutive playoffs. Tippett left the Coyotes in 2017.
The Phoenix Coyotes, a professional ice hockey team of the National Hockey League, and known as the Arizona Coyotes from 2014 until suspending operations in 2024, filed for bankruptcy in 2009 after in
Gila River Arena, formerly known as Jobing.com Arena, former home of the Coyotes. The lease agreement of the Arena was cited as one reason for the bankruptcy of the franchise.
Copps Coliseum, now FirstOntario Centre, in Hamilton, Ontario.
Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie