Bidders for the club had indicated that Gretzky would no longer be associated with the team after it emerged from bankruptcy, and on September 24, 2009, Gretzky stepped down as head coach and head of hockey operations of the Coyotes.

By then, Abel Stearns had acquired Rancho Los Coyotes in consideration for loans made to Pio and Andrés Pico.

The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix Coyotes with four winners, although the Coyotes had two winners in Winnipeg before they moved to Arizona, followed by the St. Louis Blues with three.

Burke and Gluckstern originally planned to move the team to Minnesota ( which had lost the North Stars to Dallas in 1993 ), but eventually reached an agreement with Phoenix businessman Jerry Colangelo that would see the team move to Arizona and become the Phoenix Coyotes.

True North had previously made bids to buy the Coyotes, with the intent of returning the franchise to Winnipeg.

The Phoenix Coyotes were slated to host the game that year in replacement of the 2006 game, which they had been awarded before the NHL decided not to hold the game during Olympic years.

The Coyotes, who had relocated from Winnipeg in 1996, continued to honor the Jets ' retired numbers, including the elder Hull's.

Doan had a successful and memorable 2011-12 campaign for the Coyotes, leading his team to their most successful regular season ever, as the Coyotes would finish third in the Western Conference, and win their first division title.

After struggling with injuries for the next two seasons, the Coyotes traded Tkachuk to the Blues in 2001 for Ladislav Nagy, Michal Handzus, Jeff Taffe and a 1st round selection ( Ben Eager ), where he was re-united with Dallas Drake, who had signed a free agent deal with the Blues in the summer of 2000.

On June 27, 2011 the Phoenix Coyotes announced that the franchise had entered into a five-year player development contract with the Pirates .. WMTW-TV mentioned that during the announcement of the Coyotes being the Pirates affiliate that 2 of the 4 teams that were negotiating with the Pirates wanted the Pirates to change the team name and logo, but the Pirates agreed to the deal with Phoenix in order to keep their name and logo and because the Coyotes " wanted it the most ".

While the season was marked with an uncertain future for the Coyotes from a business perspective, as the franchise had filed for bankruptcy in May 2009 and was taken over by the league, the team performed well and recorded their best season in history.

Although the Coyotes had home-ice advantage for the first time since 1985 -- when they were the Winnipeg Jets -- it was the Red Wings who came out victorious, defeating the Coyotes in seven games.

In 2010 – 11, Tippett led the Coyotes to the playoffs once again, as they had a 43 – 26 – 13 record, earning 99 points and sixth place in the Western Conference.

The Coyotes had a strong season, going 39 – 31 – 8 – 4, earning 90 points and third place in the Pacific Division, sixth in the Western Conference.

The club had another tough season in 2003-04, as the Coyotes had a 20 – 24 – 15 – 3 before the team fired head coach Bob Francis and named Bowness as the interim head coach.

He made his Calgary debut on March 27, 1999, as Belak had no points in a 2-1 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes.

On 11 April 2007, the Coyotes announced that it had fired Rampage general manager Laurence Gilman, who had been with the Coyotes organization for 13 years.

Coyotes are persistent hunters, with successful attacks sometimes lasting as long as 21 hours ; even unsuccessful ones can continue more than eight hours before the coyotes give up.

With 21 games remaining and sitting 4 points out of 8th in the Western Conference, the Blue Jackets dealt long time defenseman Rostislav Klesla and Dane Byers to the Phoenix Coyotes for Scottie Upshall and Sami Lepistö at the trade deadline ( February 28, 2011 ).

Coyotes shed once a year, beginning in May with light hair loss, ending in July after heavy shedding.

Coyotes will sometimes mate with domestic dogs, usually in areas such as Texas and Oklahoma, where the coyotes are plentiful and the breeding season is extended because of the warm weather.

Coyotes have also been known, on occasion, to mate with wolves, though this is less common than with dogs, due to the wolf's hostility to the coyote.

Coyotes are opportunistic, versatile carnivores with a 90 % mammalian diet, depending on the season.

Coyotes shift their hunting techniques in accordance with their prey.

Coyotes will sometimes form a symbiotic relationship with American badgers.

Coyotes have also competed with and occasionally eaten Canada lynxes in areas where both species overlap.

Coyotes have never been domesticated ( not the same thing as tamed ) with the possible exception of the Hare Indian dogs, which may have been domesticated coyotes or dog-coyote hybrids, used by the Hare Native American tribe of northern Canada for hunting.

Coyotes will typically bite the throat just behind the jaw and below the ear when attacking adult sheep or goats, with death commonly resulting from suffocation.

In May 2000, he agreed to buy a 10 % stake in the Phoenix Coyotes in a partnership with majority owner Steve Ellman, taking on the roles of alternate governor, managing partner and head of hockey operations.

Gretzky did not attend the Coyotes ' training camp, leaving associate head coach Ulf Samuelsson in charge, due to an uncertain contractual status with the club, whose bankruptcy hearings were continuing.

Eventually finishing with the sixth seed, they faced the Phoenix Coyotes in the opening round.

The Ducks finished with a 36 – 33 – 13 record, the franchise's first winning record, good enough for home ice in the first round as the number four seed against the Phoenix Coyotes.

* Steve Sullivan, NHL player with the Phoenix Coyotes

Kariya debuted with the team on October 4, 2007, registering an assist in a 3 – 2 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes.

The Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL once called the US Airways Center home, starting with their move from Winnipeg to Phoenix in 1996, and up until 2003, when they moved to Jobing. com Arena ( formerly Glendale Arena ), which was more suited for NHL hockey.

Teams at the University of South Dakota and the College of Idaho are " Coyotes ".

Gartner coached the Minor Midget AAA, South Central Ontario Coyotes hockey team in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association in which his son Dylan played on in the 2010-2011 season.

* South Dakota Coyotes, the University of South Dakota athletics team

Category: South Dakota Coyotes football players

Category: South Dakota Coyotes football players

Category: South Dakota Coyotes football players