Five for Howling - Now Open for Business
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 7:28 AM MST
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Greetings and Welcome to your new home for Phoenix Coyotes news here on SBNation. I'm OdinMercer and I’ll be your host here. I hope that you'll find my posts and ramblings informative and amusing. As there's a real lack of Coyotes news to be had, we barely even have a beat writer that covers the team, and as nearly all the news is given out by the team, I'm looking to fill the void that I know all of SBNation has been hurting from, by having Breaking Coyotes news! I hope to be able to write many an informative post about the Coyotes so that everyone can learn a little something about "That team in the desert." That doesn't mean that you'll just get stats and news! No! You'll also get amazing (and funny) photoshops and movies about the Coyotes and maybe even some other teams here and there.
If you're new to SBN, take some time to look around the page and check out the awesome features that SBN has put into all of the NHL blogs here. The schedules, rosters, standings and stats of the team are pretty much all here so there's barely a reason to go anywhere else. Have a story that you'd like to write about that you don't see covered? That's great! Take a look at the FanPosts feature and add your own story comparing Jeremy Roenick to a bag of rocks if you like, or breaking down your favorite stats. Got some great picture, video or quote that you just want to share quickly? That’s what the FanShots feature is for. You can upload video, pictures, short blurbs or audio files that you find interesting and have everyone talk about them. If you write or find anything that I find especially awesome you could find yourself on the front page! Here's a more in-depth guide on how to use these features from Bleed Cubbie Blue, the Cubs blog on SBN.
If you’ve been around SBNation for a while, I hope you’ll join Five for Howling as well and comment and be part of our community. Even if you are a fan of some other less cool team…
Comments, suggestions, concerns and complaints are more than welcome. Feel free to email me with your praise or wishes. Complaints however should be filled out in triplicate and sent to:
Complaint Department
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Your complaint address made me laugh out loud.
Welcome to the network!
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. Please enjoy.
by sixfoot6 on Dec 1, 2008 10:48 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Look it up,
It’s even funnier when you look up what’s there…
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 1:31 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
hahaha
nice
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. Please enjoy.
by sixfoot6 on Dec 2, 2008 10:07 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure the curiosity shoppe would be very curious as to why they were receiving my complaints…
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 10:08 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
good show, odinmercer
nice to see your new blog here, odie…best wishes for much success…hopefully there will be a lot of new people coming in shortly..
by goldenbear64 on Dec 1, 2008 11:08 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully!
I’m sure they’ll be around sooner rather than later…
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 1:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Woot! Welcome aboard Odin. Glad to have you as our Phoenix rep.
Follow the Penguins on SBN @ Pensburgh.com
by FrankD on Dec 1, 2008 11:51 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Well hey hey! Welcome! I trust they told you about the initiation rite. Just make sure you have a sleeping bag and prepare to be woken up very early.
Lighthouse Hockey: a New York Islanders blog with hip issues.
by Dominik on Dec 1, 2008 11:54 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Giving away initiation secrets is grounds for a paddlin’.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
by Chemmy on Dec 1, 2008 1:05 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
FYI
We can carry guns everywhere here in Arizona. Just sayin… ;-)
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 1:30 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome Travis — looking forward to seeing what you come up with here.
by James Mirtle on Dec 1, 2008 12:31 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I always thought you were a Leafs fan. :(
Thanks for commenting on our site, best of luck with yours! If you need to borrow some milk or sugar or whatever, you know where to find us.
Pension Plan Puppets*
* Blog contains less than 2% puppet content by weight.
by Chemmy on Dec 1, 2008 1:02 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Nope
Yotes Fan at heart, but if we can’t win I’d love for you guys to!
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 1:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome aboard from the morons at Mile High Hockey!
Go Avs! Let's get some goals!
by Joe Dunman on Dec 1, 2008 1:10 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
As an occasional commenter on your site, does that make me a moron too?
Follow the Penguins on SBN @ Pensburgh.com
by FrankD on Dec 1, 2008 2:58 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure your moron status has little or nothing to do with you posting at MHH! At least that’s what Joe told me.
Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!
by Mike @ MHH on Dec 2, 2008 7:56 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome!
Chemmy will hit you up for a preview because he’s lazy. Learn that early and you’ll fit in fine.
Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.
by PPP on Dec 1, 2008 1:12 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Well dang,
I already told him yes… :-/
Lesson learned I guess…
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 1:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome!
I was ordered by my overlords at PPP to welcome you with open arms, so here you go! Just don’t bite my hands off please!
"God's in His heaven. All's right with the world." - Robert Browning (1812-1889)
by Winkle on Dec 1, 2008 1:20 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
You can keep your hands...
At least until Thursday
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 1:28 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
THANKS!
For all the warm welcomes. Look forward to reading and commenting with the lot of you.
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 1:32 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
well, odie, at least you have some old P6P friends around to have your back
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 1, 2008 1:59 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
hockey in the desert!?!
Well, now i’ve heard everything. next thing ya know, they’ll be putting a man on the moon and women will be voting.
Shenanigans!
anyhoo, welcome. just so you know, i like to leave my shoes on when visitng strange new blogs. nothing personal.
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 1, 2008 2:32 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
You should really try it some time. You can drink on the patio (without freezing) and then go to a hockey game while it’s 75F out. It’s sweet. Greatest game + sweet weather.
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 2:35 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
i like my perch...
here in CA thanks. closer to the ocean, less like living on the surface of the sun…
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 1, 2008 2:37 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
I guess that works… Wait… Wouldn’t hockey in LA be just as difficult to comprehend? :P
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 2:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
what!?!?
hockey in LA. i must head there in approximately 6 hours to investigate this first hand!
"You do dat, you go to da box, you know, uh, two minutes by yourself, and you feel shame, you know, and then you get free."
The Left Coast Lock
by blurr1974 on Dec 1, 2008 2:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
hockey in L.A. is an oxymoron
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 1, 2008 2:46 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Hope your Leafs kill the Queens tonight. I love it when Pacific teams lose to Eastern Conf. teams…
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 6:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
hey odie, he said shenanigans!!!!!!!!!
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 1, 2008 4:52 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Can't post the you tube so here's the link...
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 5:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
ha-ha, shenanigans…
Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!
by Mike @ MHH on Dec 2, 2008 7:58 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Coyotes Hockey...takin over the NHL, one blog at a time!
Go Odie! Go Odie!! P6P and coyoteshipcheck representin!!! YO!
by Z4dfense on Dec 1, 2008 3:22 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Yes, Ice DOES belong in the Desert!
& we’re out to prove it. Greetings & salutations from The Ice Hockey Diva. I look forward being a part of this site. GO COYOTES!
by C13TheDiva on Dec 1, 2008 3:58 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Of course ice belongs here. Only way to get hockey and frosty beverages. :-D
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 4:00 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
odie got it right…only way to get a cool, refreshing corona is in a cooler with lots of ice…hockey works better with it, too…and desert rats love living very close to the surface of the sun
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 1, 2008 4:03 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
tuesday vs kings
in other news, the swedish wolf is ticketed to start against the kings tuesday night…maybe TGO does not have a total case of cranio-rectumitis
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 1, 2008 4:07 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
That's good news!
Don’t need more Bryz softies. Let Telly play untilBryz gets his head back in the game.
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 4:15 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome, Odin…you trumped me!
Good to see some quality representation from Phoenix. Just too bad you guys don’t have a reliable, high-scoring center to see you into the post-season…D’oh!
Looking forward to reading the blog daily. And I can’t thank you enough for Ballard and Boynton…personally I believe that deal worked out phenomenally well for both of us. Sorry to hear about Joks anmd the injury…he’ll be leading the Yotes for many years to come.
by Donny Rivette on Dec 1, 2008 5:08 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I certainly hope so!
I was bummed about Olli the Alien going down. He hasn’t got all the Goals yet, but was getting Assists left and right and making things happen. He should be back soon though. Keeping my fingers crossed.
As for Bally And Boynton, there were plenty of fans that were majorly bummed about them leaving, especially Ballard. Even though we knew we were getting a quality guy in Olli, Ballard was a fan favorite and an awesome shutdown Dman. Couldn’t believe the deal they gave him though, that was huge!
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 5:20 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Wait a sec..
What do you have against restaurants in historic buildings in the Jaw? BTW, it’s Athabasca, no k. Know your Cree!
Good to finally see some Jets coverage…. wait a second, Phoenix? Huh?
Congrats.
Hockey blogging can't get any flatter.
by saskhab on Dec 1, 2008 5:30 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks! I’ll fix that spelling. That’ll teach me to listen to Google Maps!
I have nothing against restaurants. It’s the curiosity shops and the ability of complaints to reach me that I have things against…
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 5:34 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome!
Glad to have all the local teams together on SB
It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Dec 1, 2008 6:11 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Greetings from the AZ SnakePit
Seeing as the Coyotes are my second-favorite Arizona team, figured I should pop over and say hello. :-) Be really nice if all four Phoenix teams experienced the playoffs in 2009, though Bryzgalov needs to get his act together if that’s going to happen!
Expect a formal plug on the ’Pit in due course!
Cheers,
Jim
AZ SnakePit
by Jim McLennan on Dec 1, 2008 6:54 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Congrats and good start!
Congrats on the new blog Odie!! Good luck and keep up the good work, look forward to reading your insights. :)
by HatTrickHound on Dec 1, 2008 7:38 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks!
Hopefully my insights are… insightful? :-P
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 7:58 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Congrats Odie! It’s about time you got this thing up and running. :P
by wo4bb on Dec 1, 2008 7:38 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
howdy
wo4bb, good to see you here
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 2, 2008 9:50 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Good times
Nice to see a Coyotes blog open on SBNation. I used to watch hockey religiously in the 90’s, following the Sabres. I’ve been trying to pay attention the Coyotes, though, this season so it’ll be nice to have a site to help me along.
You keep on rowin', and I'll keep on smilin'.
by soco on Dec 1, 2008 8:02 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
I'll do my best...
To fulfill your Coyotes tracking needs. Thanks for stoping by and posting!
by Travis Hair on Dec 1, 2008 8:05 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Odie say what?
Horay for the site being up! Looks to be fun times. :-)
Go Yotes!
P.S. Shinanigans.
The Virgin Hockey Fan. for those of us that don't know what we're doing.
by Virg on Dec 1, 2008 9:58 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Not a hockey fan, personally,
but wanted to send along my best wishes, as an Arizonan.
4/1/1983-11/27/2007 * RIP#21 * The Eternal Redskin
by DbacksSkins on Dec 1, 2008 10:59 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Welcome!
Colorado Avalanche: Gellin' and Propellin'!!!
by Mike @ MHH on Dec 2, 2008 8:00 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Congratulations
/stands in the lobby of brand new blog, making “raise the roof” hand gestures and generally dancing and festivicating in a celebratory fashion.
Ahem.
/adjusts tie, turns and heads back to more familiar environs.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
by jrwendelman on Dec 2, 2008 8:08 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
odie, looks like the site’s off to a good start. “fetivicating” sounds vaguely like it should be dirty…but i like it
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 2, 2008 9:25 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah. Hopefully this keeps up. I’m sure there will be a decent decrease in comments, but that’s alright so long as they’re reading it.
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 9:47 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
festivicating = joyous celebration without disturbifying. This is very important.
jrwendelman
The Artist Formerly Known as "Junior", who blogs at heroesinrehab.ca/blog
"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
by jrwendelman on Dec 2, 2008 1:36 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Not causing any disturbification is very important. Thank you jrwendelman.
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 5:04 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
sa rampage
on another note, the rampage are 2-20-1, with a cumulative 200 +. J-Lov is, however , only a -3 after 14 games…enough to get him a callup? with the team so sucky they might keep him just to give them some help…but its an awful start. maybe murray back there may help… brett maclean is 7-7-14 and a +2, only rampage player with a +. guess we can’t hope for much help from the farm if injuries pile up
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 2, 2008 9:55 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
JLov
Is just showing that he’s better than the others. But the only way he gets called up is if one of our DMen go down.
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 10:31 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome, Odin!
Always good to see another SBN blog from the Western Conference…in all honesty, I’m not a big ‘Yotes fan, but I love the Great One, and you’ll do until the St. Louis Blues blog is up and running!!!
Seriously, though, best of luck to you!
by tbell61 on Dec 2, 2008 10:31 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
That's only because
We though Tkachuk was all washed up. And we call him names. I’m sure you could warm up to us if you tried… :-)
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 10:45 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Awesome
Great to see the Yotes getting some attention around here. Look forward to reading more from you Odin!
by HockeyJoe on Dec 2, 2008 10:38 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks!
I’m glad they’re getting more attention too. Now if I could just get everyone else to be more positive about our chances…
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 10:48 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
chances???
we would all be more optimistic about our chances if TGO would provide a little stability with his line combos and would have ridden the hot goalie
the yotes 3rd uni sucks
by goldenbear64 on Dec 2, 2008 11:23 AM MST reply actions 0 recs
I know.
Heck everyone knows. Except TGO apparently.
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 11:34 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Congrats on the startup.
Looking forward to following the place.
by Azreous on Dec 2, 2008 1:30 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks
for the… awwwwwww…. cute kitty! Sorry, got distracted. Welcome and I hope you enjoy it here.
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 1:36 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Welcome!
It’s great to have you on board SBN!
I’ll be keeping my eye on this blog for any Kevin Porter-related news. I intern in the U-M athletic media relations department, specifically hockey, and he’s a recent alum that I’ll be rooting for!
by Christy on Dec 2, 2008 10:39 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
Porter
Has been great so far. He netted a few goals, mostly by camping in front of the net and creating chances off of rebounds. The other thing I like about him is that while we’re a young young team that makes mistakes, not once have I shouted his name in frustration for a rookie mistake.
Also thanks for the welcome!
by Travis Hair on Dec 2, 2008 11:02 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
Snoogans
I’m a Coyotes fan from NYC.
This is cool, not many NHL blogs on SB Nation, but yet they have one for our boys.
by elricsi on Dec 4, 2008 4:19 PM MST reply actions 0 recs
It's pretty sweet!
Don’t worry, there are plans for a few more in the next few weeks too.
by Travis Hair on Dec 4, 2008 4:25 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs
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