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Friday's Coyotes Tracks - hockey after dark

Both of last night's playoff games went to overtime, and the Sharks and Predators needed three extra frames to decide their game. Details in today's edition of the Tracks.

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Coyotes News

Arizona Coyotes Officially Announce John Chayka as General Manager - Five For Howling
The Coyotes Announce John Chayka as General Manager. Let the analytics era begin.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson for Auston Matthews: The Talk Needs to Stop - Five For Howling
The Coyotes will not trade Oliver Ekman-Larsson for Auston Matthews. It's not going to happen.

Dvorak Playing Key Role for London in OHL Playoffs - Arizona Coyotes
Coyotes prospect Christian Dvorak, the first-line center and co-captain for the London Knights, will enter the Ontario Hockey League’s championship series vs. the Niagara IceDogs as the third leading scorer in the OHL playoffs to date.

The Coyotes would be ‘shocked’ if there was no arena announcement by June 24 – ProHockeyTalk
Is the team headed back to downtown Phoenix?

John Chayka's youth is not a reason for concern - Five For Howling
Not for its own sake, anyway.

Playoff News

Recap: The Stars Come Back Big to Tie Up the St. Louis Series in OT - Defending Big D
Round 2 is now a three-game series, and the Stars have home ice for two of them. Kisses!

Second-best game in Nashville sports history? Or the best ever? Fisher's 3OT goal seals it. - On the Forecheck
If you stayed up and watched this game on television or even saw it live inside Bridgestone Arena, you were lucky. Outside of the Music City Miracle, this could be the second-greatest game sports event ever played in the city of Nashville.

NHL's no-goal ruling on Joe Pavelski's tally is unconvincing - Fear The Fin
San Jose ended up on the wrong end of an important call on Thursday.

News From Around the Hockey World

Trading Henrik Lundqvist: We Have To At Least Talk About It - Blueshirt Banter
The New York Rangers shouldn't actively try to trade Lundqvist, but they should see what the market will bear.

With four vacancies, the NHL coaching carousel is ‘spinning out of control’ – ProHockeyTalk
The Flames, Ducks, Wild and Senators are all without a head coach.

IIHF World Hockey Championship Preview - Matchsticks and Gasoline
Mikael Backlund captains Sweden, and Canada sends a young roster to Russia.

Appreciating Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and his world class touch - Raw Charge
Some organizations claim to be World Class but don't live up to it. Jeff Vinik and the Lightning are World Class and more.

Barry Trotz is a Jack Adams Finalist - Japers' Rink
The coach is in his second season behind the bench for the Caps.

The Legend Returns: Jaromir Jagr re-signs with the Florida Panthers - Litter Box Cats
Ageless wonder inks a one-year deal to remain with the Cats.

Down Goes Brown: The top 10 old guys without a Cup - Sportsnet.ca
Every season, right around this time, fans start hearing about the grizzled veterans on the remaining teams that are chasing the very first championship of their NHL careers. Here are the ten best OGWAC candidates left standing in this year's playoffs.

The Final Howl

Coyotes' Strome tweets unflattering photo of McDavid to garner NHL 17 cover votes | theScore.com
Arizona Coyotes prospect Dylan Strome is bribing fans in an attempt to land former junior teammate, Connor McDavid, on the cover of NHL 17.