| Final - 3.14.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | Total |
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Phoenix Coyotes
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0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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Atlanta Thrashers
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0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Adrian Aucoin Again Lifts Coyotes in the Shootout, This Time Over Thrashers 3-2
by Travis Hair on Mar 14, 2010 10:21 PM MST
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What was once a joke is now starting to become an expectation. Adrian Aucoin has gone form the guy who the coaching staff just took a chance on in the shootout to the guy that's being sent out to win them now. He's not only 4 for 4 in the shootout, but each of those four have been the deciding goal each time. He's not doing anything fancy. He typically just skates in and blasts it from about the hash marks right past the opposing goaltender.
The Coyotes though were lucky to get the game to a point where they were going in the shootout though as this was a quick turn around for a team that played last night and lost an hour to daylight savings. They looked like a team that was tired for the majority of the game. Matthew Lombardi was able to find a goal in the second period getting a tip in off a Keith Yandle shot from the point. The puck just seemed to be pinballing all over but found it's way in. It was a bit of luck that the Coyotes needed with how asleep everyone seemed to be. Well, everyone except Jason LaBarbera. He was outstanding. He made a ton of big saves and really saved this game for the coyotes making 39 stops on 41 shots.
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Coyotes at Thrashers - Game #69 Gamethread - Hehe.
by Travis Hair on Mar 14, 2010 2:00 PM MST
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Next Game
| Phoenix Coyotes |
Atlanta Thrashers | |
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| 41-22-5 |
28-29-10 | |
| 87 points |
66 points |
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| 4th in Western Conference |
11th in Eastern Conference |
Sunday, Mar 14, 2010, 2:00 PM MST
Philips Arena
TV: Center Ice Only
Radio: XTRA 910 AM
Opposition Blog: Bird Watchers Anonymous
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
LET'S GO COYOTES!
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Phoenix Coyotes at Atlanta Thrashers - Game #69 Preview - Dog > Bird
by Travis Hair on Mar 14, 2010 11:58 AM MST
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Well it's certainly a quick turn around for the Phoenix Coyotes as they play the Atlanta Thrashers today at 2pm our time after finishing up with the Hurricanes at 7:30 last night. That's just barely outside of the minimum time allowed for a back to back in the CBA, but the guys will have to pretend like they're completely rested.
The Coyotes will carry the momentum of a shutout win over the Hurricanes into this afternoon's game, but they'll try to do it with backup Jason LaBarbera in in relief. LaBarbera hasn't had an outstanding season per se, but when he's scheduled to play instead of just getting a game because Bryz is having an off day he tends to do pretty well. Hopefully we see the LaBarbera that's capable of stonewalling a team and not the spaztastic one that misses simple saves. IT also helps when we're not allowing breakaway chances to doom him though.
The Thrashers were in the playoff race for the first half of the season or so, but have tapered off of late. They've lost their last 5 games and are only 4-9 since the beginning of February. Not good news for a team that much like the Coyotes could really use a playoff run this year.
STARTING GOALTENDERS
In LaBarbera's last start, all the way back on February 3rd, he did a solid job of stifling the Chicago Blackhawks to get a 2-1 in the shootout. he made 28 saves on 29 shots in that outing with the Coyotes playing solidly in front of him. It seems like everytime he plays the most important part of the game is about the first ten minutes or so. If he can make a big stop or two early the team in front relaxes and can play their game rather than worrying about making saves themselves.
While it's certainly possible that Johan Hedberg gets the start, he's been shaky the last couple of games so I'd go with Pavelec tonight. He doesn't have the best numbers either if you look at the GAA and sv%, but Someone has to find a streak for them right?
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Coyote Tracks for March 14 - I'll Make This Quick
by Travis Hair on Mar 14, 2010 6:00 AM MST
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I'm exhausted but have to get us up some links for today. It's an early early game (more or less) with a 2pm Arizona time start. Let's have at the links with previews and gamethread to come later.
The biggest link has to be from the Arizona Republic website. After I got a hold of Ice Edge yesterday Jim Gintonio followed up and got some more detail out of them. They're still optimistic and are just working out the kinks with Glendale to get this thing done. Hopefully it gets done both right and soon. Ice Edge CEO optimistic deal for Coyotes can be reached.
Saturday's Three Stars: Pronger's heroics, Bryz blanks Canes - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports
Puck Daddy gives Ilya Bryzgalov the 2nd star of the night. the NHL gave him the first star. Just outstanding work.
Is Shouting "Stars" During The Star Spangled Banner Wrong? - Defending Big D
The Stars have a tradition of yelling STARS! at the same time the word comes up in the anthem. They talke a look at what people think about that.
Mile High Hockey Looks At The Calder Trophy Race - Mile High Hockey
Who is going to take home the hardware for NHL's top rookie? Matt Duchene, Tyler Myers, or Jimmy Howard? The Avs may or may not have a horse in this race.
See you in the preview and at 2 for the game.
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Coyotes Roll Over Hurricanes in 4-0 Shutout
by Travis Hair on Mar 14, 2010 2:21 AM MST
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When the Coyotes twitter feed and Dave Strader told me pregame that there were going to be big changes to the lines that had gotten us to this point in the season I was worried. The first game of a 4 game roadtrip and you're going to start with all your lines jumbled? Seems fishy. However it turned out fantastically. While there was a bit of a learning curve for a few guys, overall everything was clicking. It helps when your goaltender in Ilya Bryzgalov is just vaccuming up every puck that comes his way too.
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Coyotes @ Hurricanes - Open Gamethread #68 - Mild Breezes Reported
by Travis Hair on Mar 13, 2010 4:31 PM MST
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Next Game
| Phoenix Coyotes |
Carolina Hurricanes | |
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| 40-22-5 |
28-31-8 | |
| 85 points |
64 points |
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| T-4th in Western Conference |
13th in Eastern Conference |
Saturday, Mar 13, 2010, 5:00 PM MST
RBC Center
TV: Center Ice Live, Tape Delay on FSNAZ at 8:30
Radio: XTRA 910 AM
Opposition Blog: Canes Country
AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LET'S GO COYOTES!!!
New User Notes: The Gamethreads are wide open to talk about the goings on during the game. go off topic. Comment 743 times. I don't care. It a free venue so long as everyone is civil to each other and not annoying :P
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Phoenix Coyotes at Carolina Hurricanes - Game #68 Preview
by Travis Hair on Mar 13, 2010 12:32 PM MST
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The Phoenix Coyotes begin a four game roadtrip through the Southeast Division tonight at RBC Center against the Carolina Hurricanes. While Carolina is toward the bottom of the Eastern Conference ladder in terms of the standings, there's still some hope that the team could make it in to the playoffs if they can find a way to keep putting together the wins. While they may be 8 points out of 8th win 15 games to go, the Canes have gone 8-1-1 over their last 10 after a terrible beginning to the season. Is it enough to get them into the playoffs? It could be in a weak east. That makes them one hungry team that's fueled by a lot of desperation at the moment.
That's not a good thing for the Coyotes who have not done well against the Canes in the past couple of seasons. we always seem to run into them when they get hot and get blasted. Hopefully that's a little different tonight as for the first time in... ever? the Coyotes are riding on their success heading into the final 15 games of the year. While the Hurricanes are fighting just to get in, the Coyotes at this point are battling to try and get home-ice in the first round. We keep going back and forth with the Kings Who we're no tied with both in points and have an identical record as. Both teams will figure to be hungry tonight.
One other note: The Coyotes recalled Viktor Tikhonov from the KHL as the season was done over in Russia. He's with the team, but there's no indication that he'll play tonight, or when he might see some playing time. We've got a lot of extra players now so the competition for ice time will be huge.
Starting Goaltenders
Bryz will get the first start of the 4 game trip tonight and against a hot Canes team it's probably the smart move. Bryzgalov is tied for the league lead in shutouts with 7 and if he can collect another he'll tied Nikolai Khabibulin for the team record.
I know nearly nothing about the Hurricanes' rookie goaltender, but he's done well so far if you look at the stats. He'll get his second consecutive start and the Coyotes will have nearly no intel on him. We need to pepper him with shots quickly to try and get a read on him.
Note for new users: Use the preview to talk anything and everything about the game right up until gametime. a gamethread will be up later to talk during the game. Join up and chat even if you chat elsewhere too!
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Coyote Tracks for March 13 and a Welcome to New Users
by Travis Hair on Mar 13, 2010 7:00 AM MST
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Hi Everybody! I'm Travis and I run this little outpost of SBNation where we talk anything and everything Coyotes. Recently we've seen a big upturn in traffic with how well the Coyotes have been doing, especially after the trade deadline. Though oddly we haven't had that many people take the time to sign up and get involved. SO I though making a little introduction to the site would be a good way to maybe get you to do so.
First things first. You have to sign up in order to really be a member of the community. You can make up your own username, or use a Yahoo! or OpenID to sign up. There's a link at the top right hand corner of the site that can help with that, or there's also a box on the side that says start posting about the Coyotes. Clicking either one works and will take you through the sign up process. Once that's done you can add your twitter account to your profile if you want or even your facebook page so you can post there are the same time should you be so inclined. Once you're done signing up though you can jump right in and start commenting. There's not a ton of people here yet, but there hopefully will be soon. So it may take some time to get a response.
While you're here you might want to take a minute and look at the Community Standards for the site as well as the other links on the left hand sidebar that can help you navigate the site. I'm still working on the commenting guide, but it's pretty easy. Just type your comment in the big box at the bottom of a post and hit preview or post. It's that easy. If you want to reply to a specific comment there's a little link at the bottom of each that will create a separate box to comment in so you can carry on a conversation.
I know some people worry about abandoning an online community they're already a part of or something like that. Don't be. We're not telling you to just hang out here, we just want your input on the site too. So jump in to the links, chat hockey all you want and stick around later today for the gamethread for tonight's game against the Hurricanes where we'll be chatting during the game (Which is good since it's radio only unless you have center ice.)
To the Links...
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Pacific Standings
| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
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San Jose
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68 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 96 |
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Phoenix
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69 | 42 | 22 | 5 | 89 |
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Los Angeles
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68 | 40 | 23 | 5 | 85 |
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Dallas
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68 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 71 |
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Anaheim
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68 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 70 |
(updated 3.14.2010 at 9:39 PM MST)
Coyotes Schedule
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Tue 03/16 | 4:30 PM MST |
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Florida
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Thu 03/18 | 4:30 PM MST |
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Chicago
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Sat 03/20 | 6:00 PM MST |
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Dallas
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Sun 03/21 | 4:00 PM MST |
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Chicago
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Tue 03/23 | 5:30 PM MST |
Last 5 Games
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Atlanta
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Sun 03/14 | SO - W 3 - 2 |
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Carolina
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Sat 03/13 | W 4 - 0 |
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Vancouver
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Wed 03/10 | SO - W 4 - 3 |
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Anaheim
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Sat 03/06 | W 4 - 0 |
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Colorado
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Thu 03/04 | W 3 - 1 |
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