Lee Stempniak.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Phoenix Coyotes have re-signed unrestricted free agent Lee Stempniak to a two-year contract, the club announced Monday.
The deal is reportedly worth $1.75 million per season.
“We are very pleased to have signed Lee to a two-year contract,” Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said. “He played a key offensive role with our team down the stretch last season. He is just Continue reading ‘Coyotes re-sign Stempniak for 2 years’
It appears the Phoenix Coyotes ownership situation is getting murky again.
While Ice Edge Holdings is still talking with the City of Glendale about the long-term lease of Jobing.com Arena, a source close to the negotiations confirmed to Sportsnet’s John Shannon that the City is also talking with three other groups about the arena and team.
One of those groups is said to include Jerry Reinsdorf, who has been sitting on the sidelines Continue reading ‘Three more groups get in on Coyotes talks’
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Phoenix Coyotes recalled defenceman David Schlemko and forward Brett MacLean from AHL affiliate the San Antonio Rampage on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Schlemko has played in 17 games for the Coyotes this season and has one goal and four assists. He had three goals and 12 assists in 36 games with San Antonio.
The 21-year-old MacLean, who was a second-round draft pick of Phoenix Continue reading ‘Coyotes call up pair from farm squad’
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Los Angeles Kings right wing Justin Williams broke his right leg early in the first period in a loss to Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night.
Coyotes defenceman Ed Jovanovski was spinning off a check of Kings centre Anze Kopitar to hit Williams behind the Phoenix net when both players fell onto Williams.
Williams fell backward with his right leg trapped underneath his torso, dropped Continue reading ‘Kings’ Williams breaks leg vs. Coyotes’
A Montreal businessman is leading a group of Phoenix-area investors who want to buy the NHL’s Coyotes and keep the team in Glendale, Ariz according to a Toronto newspaper.
The Globe and Mail is reporting that Steve Stotland and his group began pursuing the Coyotes after the team emerged from bankruptcy court and was sold to the NHL earlier this month.
In 2000, Stotland was part of a group that looked into buying the Montreal Continue reading ‘Report: Montrealer wants to buy Coyotes’
GLENDALE, Ariz. — With only a couple thousand on hand, if that, the Phoenix Coyotes began an uncertain pre-season with a 4-2 split-squad win over the Los Angeles Kings.
Minority owner and coach Wayne Gretzky was nowhere to be seen as the franchise awaits resolution of its case in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and a final decision on its ownership. Associate coach Ulf Samuelsson ran the bench.
Jim Vandemeer scored a power-play goal in his Continue reading ‘Coyotes win in front of 2,000+ fans’
PHOENIX — More documents flooded the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Phoenix on Friday, and the head of Ice Edge insisted his bid is still alive and will viable when the bankrupt Coyotes are sold at auction next week.
“We remain confident we will finalize everything that needs to be done by Thursday,” Ice Edge CEO Anthony LeBlanc said in an email to The Associated Press.
Ice Edge, a partnership of eight American and Canadian investors, Continue reading ‘Ice Edge CEO: Coyotes bid still alive’
CALGARY — Even though the NHL’s bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes caught captain Shane Doan by surprise, it has left him hopeful the team might be staying in the desert.
The league’s US$140-million bid to take control of the money-losing franchise was made with hopes of keeping it in Phoenix. The process has been taxing on all of the team’s employees — from coach Wayne Gretzky to the players to the staff.
“You feel for everybody,” Continue reading ‘Doan hopes NHL bid saves Coyotes’
PHOENIX — The NHL’s US$140 million bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes in U.S. Bankruptcy Court includes a provision to relocate the franchise if it proves unviable in its current Glendale location.
The league announced on Tuesday that it was submitting a bid but did not reveal the size of the offer until Wednesday. While the NHL would accept the existing lease to play in Glendale for the 2009-10 season, it stipulates that it would consider Continue reading ‘NHL bid open to moving Coyotes’
The outcome of the NHL’s battle in the desert over the ownership of the Phoenix Coyotes could send a cold shiver through other major professional sports leagues in North America.
The right to retain the final say over who can, and maybe more importantly, who cannot own a team is something the people running pro hockey, football, basketball and baseball are loath to relinquish, according to lawyers and sports insiders.
“The sports Continue reading ‘Coyotes saga could impact leagues’
