Category Archives: Pro
Offseason recovery the ultimate goal for Coyotes’ Stone
May 27th, 2016When Arizona Coyotes defenseman Michael Stone went into the corner with the Philadelphia Flyers’ Michael Raffl on March 26 at Gila River Arena, there was an unnerving result. Pursuing a loose puck, Stone and Raffl became entangled and collided. When Stone went down, he heard, in his words, “something pop,” and knew it was severe….
Smith to use summer to heal, prep for next year with ‘Yotes
May 7th, 2016More than most timetables, the recovery period was quite agonizing. Over the course of several weeks, this became protracted, lengthened and stretched. Certainly, this was not the schedule Arizona Coyotes goalie Mike Smith envisioned just over a month into the recently completed NHL season. Off to a lightning start in net, Smith broke out of…
Scottsdale’s Matthews named to U.S. National Team
March 24th, 2016Scottsdale native and Arizona Bobcats grad Auston Matthews, who spent the 2015-16 campaign as a member of the Zurich Lions in the National League A, Switzerland’s top professional league, has been named to the 2016 U.S. Men’s National Team that will compete at the IIHF Men’s World Championship May 6-22 in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. Matthews…
Michalek enjoying third stint in desert with Coyotes
February 19th, 2016Lights, action, glamour. This is part of the eye-opening experience felt by most professional athletes. Big contracts, big entourage, big splash in the media and a bulls-eye for national attention. From humble beginnings to the glare of notoriety, this is the kind of life-style which awaits whose who signed the attractive contracts. Not quite. Just…
Langlois seeing valuable ice in AHL, eyes focused on NHL
December 17th, 2015Jeremy Langlois said it’s always been his dream to play in the NHL ever since his youth days of yesteryear with the Phoenix Polar Bears organization. Now playing a consistent role with the American Hockey League’s (AHL) San Jose Barracuda, the top affiliate of the San Jose Sharks, the 25-year-old Tempe native is healthy and…
Boedker hitting a new NHL stride as wily Coyote veteran
December 2nd, 2015The Arizona Coyotes are in the midst of a rebuilding project, with its centerpiece a group of very young forwards who will learn on the job in the NHL. And when Mikkel Boedker takes the ice with Klas Dalhbeck, Max Domi, Anthony Duclair and Tobias Rieder each night, watching the young Coyotes learn the ropes…
Vermette brings Cup-winning ways back ‘home’ to Arizona
November 2nd, 2015When he had his appointed time with the Stanley Cup this summer, Antoine Vermette took Lord Stanley to a children’s hospital near his hometown in Saint-Agapit, Quebec, and later filled it with ice cream for a more private family party. Now, having returned from the Chicago Blackhawks back to the Arizona Coyotes as a free…
Fans vote ‘Captain Coyote’ as Valley’s No. 1 sports figure
September 22nd, 2015Larry Fitzgerald has played every snap of what will be a Hall of Fame football career with the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals. Paul Goldschmidt is a two-time All-Star, MVP candidate and has earned the moniker as “America’s First Baseman” with baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. But when the Arizona Republic recently asked readers to identify the most…
Wilson content in Arizona after stellar run with NHL’s Kings
September 21st, 2015Denver Wilson seemingly had it all – a job with a successful NHL team and the chance to live in one of the most desirable locations in the world. But it wasn’t enough for Wilson. Just 10 days after the 2013-14 NHL season ended, a year that saw Wilson earn his second Stanley Cup ring…
Moffatt’s pro career begins in Sweden
October 30th, 2014By Justin Emerson Luke Moffatt always dreamed of playing professional hockey. He just had no idea how far – literally, how far – it would take him. For this Paradise Valley native, that next opportunity meant a one-way ticket to Sweden to live his pro hockey dream. “I’m really loving it so far,” Moffatt said….