Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Team Sweden face Team Finland today in the gold medal game at the IHHF World Championships.  The championship game begins at 11:30 a.m. MST today.  The Western Conference Finals also start today.  Game one takes place at 5:00 p.m. MST and can be seen on Versus.  We'll have our pick's for the series up later today.

Coyotes News

Tell-Us-Strader: Looking Back at the 2010-11 Season - Tell-Us-Strader: a Blog by Dave Strader
The Coyotes announcer looks back at the season.

News From Around the Hockey World

The Five for Howling Roundtable - Eastern Conference Finals Predictions - Five For Howling
The crew's picks.

ECF Game 1 recap: Tampa Bay Lightning (5) at Boston Bruins (3) - Raw Charge
The Bolts took game one in convincing fashion.

Derek Boogaard’s family will donate his brain to science to study concussion effects | ProHockeyTalk
Hopefully some good with come out of this tragedy due to his family's wishes.

EU, United States Politicians Urge IIHF to Ditch Belarus 2014 - Puck Worlds
Western countries aren't exactly happy with Belarus being run by a dictator.

The Final Howl

Fox Sports Arizona Video
Comments from Paul Bissonnette and Keith Yandle among others taped at Larry Fitzgerald's charity softball game.

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