CuJo retires without hockey’s highest prize
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, Editorial, NHL,
One of the greatest goalies has officially called it a career. 42-year old Curtis Shayne Joseph, better known as “CuJo” to fans, announced his retirement from the National Hockey League on Tuesday at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Joseph will be remembered most for the fact that he has the most wins among goalies who have never won a Stanley Cup, as well as the fact that he is tied with Gump Worsely for most losses in a career as well, but people won’t talk about that as much.
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Hockey in Phoenix will go on
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Editorial, Front Office, NHL, Rumors,
It looks like the Phoenix Coyotes will be staying in Glendale, Arizona for the foreseeable future. That bodes well for the NHL, who not only suffered an embarrassing victory against multi-millionaire Jim Ballsillie this past summer over team ownership, but they also have a multi-decade deal in place for the Coyotes’ home, Jobing.com Arena. The league has reportedly reached an agreement with former bid-mates Ice Edge Holdings that will see Ice Edge take ownership of the team.
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The North American Coyotes
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Editorial, NHL,
The state of Arizona is not short on competition for the sports dollar, which doesn’t help a team like the Phoenix Coyotes, whose chilly brand of entertainment isn’t what most fans in the desert care for. Sharing Glendale with the Coyotes are the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals. Up the road in the city of Phoenix play the NBA’s Suns, WNBA’s Mercury, and, less straining on the Coyotes woes, MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks. However, to add baseball’s imprint on the Coyotes revenues is the fact that 14 MLB teams bring in their Spring Training clubs in March for the Arizona Cactus Leagues. Throw college football, NASCAR, and golf into the mix throughout the year and that doesn’t leave a lot of room for the failing Coyotes to continue operating.
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