Hanzal Suspension Is Bad News For Coyotes : May 17, 2012

After being thoroughly outplayed and soundly beaten in the opening two games of their Western conference final series against the Los Angeles Kings, the Phoenix Coyotes take to the road...

Los Angeles Kings March On : May 14, 2012

Presumably, the Los Angeles Kings are stoppable. But so far the eighth seeded Western conference team have not shown any signs of it. After blowing past top seeded President Trophy...

NHL Playoff Preview: Phoenix Coyotes v Los Angeles Kings : May 11, 2012

The conference finals are finally here. While the Eastern conference awaits the result of the game between Washington and the Rangers on Saturday night, the West already knows its match-up....

Ownership Deal In Place In Phoenix : May 08, 2012

A group of investors led by former San Jose Sharks CEO Greg Jamison has reached an understanding with the National Hockey League to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes franchise. The Coyotes...

2012 NHL Playoffs: All Pacific Western Final : May 08, 2012

The Western conference finals will be contested in the Pacific time zone between two Pacific division teams. Few people would have predicted a clash between the Phoenix Coyotes and the...

Is Mike Smith Stoppable? : May 07, 2012

Mike Smith has stopped a lot of shots this season and a lot of shots during the postseason. The question now is whether Smith can be stopped. The Phoenix Coyotes...

NHL Playoffs Preview: Phoenix Coyotes v Nashville Predators : April 26, 2012

The second round of the NHL playoffs kicks off on Friday night when the Nashville Predators travel to face the Phoenix Coyotes. The first round created plenty of stories, contained...

Quick First Look At Western Conference Match-ups : April 25, 2012

The 2012 NHL playoffs have thrown up their fair share of surprises already. The Western conference semi-finals are comprised entirely of teams that have never won a Stanley Cup before....

Chicago-Phoenix Series Is One Of The Best : April 22, 2012

The first round series between the Chicago Blackhawks and Phoenix Coyotes may not have received the most attention due to one of the teams not being from a big NHL...

Raffi Torres Incident Will Test Brendan Shanahan : April 18, 2012

NHL executive for the department of player safety Brendan Shanahan has gradually come under the microscope after a very promising start to his time in the job. More and more...

Mike Smith Is Game-Time Decision; Andrew Shaw Suspended : April 18, 2012

The respective line-ups of the Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks could be quite different in Game 3 as the series switches to Chicago. The news in the lead-up to tonight's...

NHL Playoffs Preview: Phoenix Coyotes v Chicago Blackhawks : April 09, 2012

The NHL playoffs kick off on Wednesday. Few things are more exciting than the two months of NHL playoff action, the eight series all have their stories to tell. The...

Ekman-Larsson Leading Phoenix Blue-Line : March 22, 2012

The Phoenix Coyotes are widely regarded as a team that thrives despite not having superstars. Marquee names are few and far between. Shane Doan is the face of the franchise,...

Dallas, Phoenix, San Jose Fail To Take Control In Pacific : March 20, 2012

The Pacific division has been one of the NHL's most competitive over the last few seasons. The Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks have been amongst the most successful franchises...

No Gaps In Pacific : March 05, 2012

The Pacific division has the smallest gap of any division between their last place team and first place team. The Anaheim Ducks are just nine points behind the first placed...

Vermette Is Perfect Fit With Phoenix : February 23, 2012

Phoenix GM Don Maloney has made a very shrewd move with his acquisition of forward Antoine Vermette. A crucial element of any move at the trade deadline is to acquire...

Ray Whitney Just Keeps On Producing : February 12, 2012

The Phoenix Coyotes are once again making themselves into one of the NHL's story lines. This team is threatening to make a third straight playoff appearance, despite the questions surrounding...

Challenges Ahead For Phoenix And Tippett : January 11, 2012

The last two seasons have been something of a dream for the Phoenix Coyotes. They started the 2009-10 with ownership difficulties and concerns about the future of ice hockey in...

Pacific Division Will Once Again Be Best In The NHL : September 14, 2011

During the 2010/11 NHL season, four of the five teams from the Pacific Division qualified for the Playoffs. The only team to not qualify was the Dallas Stars--who lost their...

Coyotes, Flames Swap Langkow for Stempniak : August 29, 2011

Daymond Langkow, center, has been traded to the Phoenix Coyotes, who sent Lee Stempniak to the Calgary Flames in exchange. The deal will not be finalized until Langkow undergoes a physical...

phoenix coyotes History

The National Hockey League (NHL) team the Phoenix Coyotes is based out of Glendale, Arizona, right outside of Phoenix. The team plays in the Western Conference's Pacific Division. The home games of the Coyotes are played at Jobing.com Arena.

In 1972, the Coyotes were originally established as the Winnipeg Jets as members of the World Hockey Association. In 1979, they joined the NHL and in 1996 moved to Phoenix. For seven years their home games were played at US Airways Center (which at the time was called America West Arena) until the opening of Jobing.com Arena in 2003.

After moving to Phoenix in 1996, the Coyotes had six .500 plus seasons six years in a row and made the playoffs each year except for one. However, the Coyotes haven't ever made it past the playoffs first round. From the 2002-2003, through the 2008-2009 seasons the Coyotes failed to make the playoffs. The Coyotes in May 2009 filed for bankruptcy. The NHL currently owns the team and is looking for a local owner. In 2009-2010, the Coyotes finished second in the Pacific Division and lost in seven games to the Detroit Red Wings in the quarterfinals. In 2010-2011, they finished third in their division and were swept in the quarterfinals by the Red Wings.