COYOTES SEND HOLLWEG TO SAN ANTONIO TRAINING CAMP

Coyotes forward Francis Lessard was suspended for the first three games of the season on Wednesday for his hit on Anaheim's Ryan Donally over the weekend. The NHL also suspended Lessard for Phoenix's final two preseason games. Lessard received a boarding major and a game misconduct for his hit in Friday's game. The Ducks' Joffrey Lupul scored during the third...

The Phoenix Coyotes hired Dave King as an assistant coach Monday and Sean Burke as their new goaltending coach. Burke replaces Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr, who has been Phoenix's goalie coach since 2004 and will become director of goaltender development. Coyotes general manager Don Maloney says associate coach Ulf Samuelsson will continue to serve as interim head coach since...

Where to start with the Coyotes? Lost amid all the summer hubbub is the fact that a young team with a great core calls the desert home. Despite a 36-39-7 record last season (79 points) and a 13th place in the West finish, the Coyotes have some pieces in place that should allow them to [...]

Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie has pledged to keep the Phoenix Coyotes in Arizona this season if he wins an auction for the financially troubled club.

A federal bankruptcy judge has scheduled an emergency hearing on Wednesday on a request by Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes to force the NHL into mediation over the contentious issues surrounding the sale of the team.

Notes on the Pens' 3-2 shootout loss at Toronto last night:-No Sid, no Geno, no Fleury for the Pens. In fact, only five Stanley Cup winners were in the lineup for the champs.-Regardless, there was 18,910 (100.6% capacity) on hand at the Air Canada Centre. And for what it's worth, this game outdrew the Blue Jays game being played simultaneously by roughly 7,000.-Penguin goals...

Courtesy of the Leafs website: Leafs Lineup FORWARDS Niklas Hagman - Matt Stajan - Jason Blake Alexei Ponikarovsky - Mikhail Grabovski - Tyler Bozak Viktor Stalberg - John Mitchell - Christian Hanson Jay Rosehill - Nazem Kadri - Jiri Tlusty DEFENCE Ian White - Garnet Exelby Luke Schenn - Carl Gunnarsson Jonas Frogren...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, September 21, 2009 GLENDALE, ARIZONA --- Phoenix Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney announced today that the Coyotes have hired Dave King as Assistant Coach. Associate Coach Ulf Samuelsson will continue to serv...

from Tim Wharnsby of the Globe and Mail, If the Toronto Maple Leafs’ in-house television station Leafs TV is in need of some off-season programming, it may want to follow around defenceman Garnet Exelby for a summer. He’s part Marlin Perkins of the old Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom show and part competitor on The Amazing Race, the popular reality television series...

TORONTO (September 23, 2009) – After 14 seasons, veteran goaltender Olaf Kolzig announced his retirement today from the National Hockey League. Kolzig, 39, a two-time NHL All-Star (1998, 2000) and former Vezina Trophy winner (2000), appeared in a total of 719 NHL games, 711 of those with the Washington Capitals. His 303 career wins rank him 21st all-time among goaltending...

Given the recent controversies surrounding the futures of the Phoenix Coyotes (Jim Balsillie and the NHL dueling over a bid to buy the team) and the New York Islanders (owner Charles Wang fighting for a new arena on Long Island, or else), we wondered what was the best plan for the NHL moving forward. Should Phoenix and New York stay in their respective cities? Should other franchises...

If the Toronto Maple Leafs' in-house television station Leafs TV is in need of some off-season programming, it may want to follow around defenceman Garnet Exelby for a summer. He's part Marlin Perkins of the old Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom show and part competitor on The Amazing Race.