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Danny Schultz is a lifetime hockey and Arizona Coyotes fan, and he even got a tattoo on his shoulder in honor of the team. Hockey was an important part of Schultz's life as he fondly remembered playing the sport on the icy rinks of his hometown in upstate New York before he moved to Arizona in 1976. However, hockey in Arizona may be in limbo. The Coyotes and the National Hockey League aren't talking yet about the future with two games left in their season, but Salt Lake City and...

Josh Brown of the Arizona Coyotes is congratulated after scoring a goal on April 10. Photo: Derek Cain/Getty Images Salt Lake City may be welcoming an NHL franchise before it gets an MLB team. The big picture: Arizona Coyotes players were told Friday that they were moving to Utah as the NHL and Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith attempt to facilitate a sale, ESPN reported. • The team could begin playing at the Delta Center as early as next season. The potential relocation comes as the franchise faces...

TEMPE. Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes will likely be sold to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith shortly after the team’s final game and will include a provision guaranteeing current owner Alex Meruelo an expansion team if a new arena is built within five years, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. The $1 billion sale is expected to happen between the Coyotes’ final game of the 2023-24 season on Wednesday and the start of the playoffs on Saturday, barring unforeseen circumstances, the person...

It's been a whirlwind of a week for the Arizona Coyotes franchise with rampant reports of the team moving to Salt Lake City at the end of this season. While it's not new for the Coyotes to deal with relocation rumors, speculation heated up earlier this week about the NHL franchise potentially moving to Utah. Dailyfaceoff.com reported Wednesday that the NHL is drafting two versions of the Coyotes' schedule for next season, one with the team playing at ASU's Mullett Arena, and the other with the team playing in Salt...

Players on the Arizona Coyotes were told by the organization that they should be expected to relocate to Salt Lake City, according to the New York Post. The Arizona-based NHL team has underperformed since the 2011-2012 season, making the postseason just once, in 2020. General Manager Bill Armstrong reportedly flew to Edmonton, Alberta, where the Coyotes were set to do battle against the Oilers. However, before the team stepped onto the ice, Armstrong told the players they could potentially be going to Salt Lake City, according to an anonymous source...

SALT LAKE CITY — Arizona Coyotes head coach Andre Tourigny thought he was done dealing with new stuff after 30 years coaching hockey. "My wife texted me yesterday, she said, 'You've coached 30 years. I thought we've seen everything?'" There had always been some uncertainty around the Arizona franchise — failed attempts to find a permanent home can have that effect — but Wednesday's news that the NHL was preparing an alternative schedule for the Coyotes in case of a move to Utah made the rumors feel more legitimate. And...

Arizona fans have had professional sports teams relocate to the state, but the state hasn't ever been on the other end, where a team relocated from Arizona. That could soon change, with the speculation and rumors about the Arizona Coyotes potentially relocating to Salt Lake City. Ask any fan of teams that have gone through the relocation process: It isn't fun, nor pretty to lose your professional sports team. In 1988, Arizona was the beneficiary of a team relocating, as the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals relocated to Arizona to become...

The Coyotes' future in Arizona is in doubt. Last May, voters rejected the NHL franchise's plan for a multibillion-dollar entertainment district in Tempe.The team continues to play home games at Mullett Arena on the campus of Arizona State University during the ongoing 2023-24 season. The facility can only seat 5,000 spectators. The team also played in the arena throughout the 2022-23 season.Amid the uncertainly surrounding the team's future, the NHL appears to be working on a contingency plan that could result in the franchise's relocation to Salt Lake City by...

The biggest question in the NHL right now may not be about who will win the Stanley Cup, but rather where the Coyotes will be playing next season. Various reports emerged Wednesday, with the Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli first to break the news, placing a very real possibility that the ‘Yotes could relocate from the Phoenix area to Salt Lake City, with Jazz owner Ryan Smith potentially purchasing the franchise from current owner Alex Meruelo. A statement by NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly to The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun on Wednesday...

It's not easy being an Arizona Coyotes fan. And that's probably an understatement, and a big one at that. Long-suffering fans of Arizona's NHL franchise have been through so much, and the suffering might soon reach a never-before-seen level. They might no longer have a team to support. The speculation and rumors about a possible move to Salt Lake City for the NHL team have been hard to bear for Coyotes fans, who have taken the possibility very hard. They turned to social media to share their thoughts on the...