Arizona Coyotes

Arizona Coyotes
founding	1972
history	Winnipeg Jets 1972 - 1996 Phoenix Coyotes 1996 - 2014 Arizona Coyotes since 2014
Stadion	Gila River Arena
Location	Glendale , Arizona
Team colors	Sedona red, black, desert yellow, white
league	National Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
division	Pacific Division
Head coach	Rick Tocchet
Team captain	Oliver Ekman Larsson
General manager	Steve Sullivan
owner	Andrew Barroway
Cooperations	Tucson Roadrunners ( AHL ) Rapid City Rush ( ECHL )
Stanley Cups	no
Conference title	no
Division title	2011/12

The Arizona Coyotes ( IPA : [æɹɪˈzoʊnə kaɪˈ (j) əʊtiːs] ) are an American ice hockey franchise of the National Hockey League from Glendale in the state of Arizona . It was founded in 1972 as a franchise of the World Hockey Association under the name Winnipeg Jets and began playing at the beginning of the 1972/73 season . After the dissolution of the WHA in 1979, the Jets were included together with three other teams in the NHL, where they competed for the first time in the 1979/80 season. Before the 1996/97 season , the company moved to Phoenix and was renamed Phoenix Coyotes. In December 2003 the team moved to Glendale , a suburb of Phoenix. The name Phoenix Coyotes was retained until the end of the 2013/14 season . It wasn't until the 2014/15 season that the team renamed itself Arizona Coyotes.

The Coyotes play their home games in the Gila River Arena and are the only Arizona-based franchise in the league. So far, the team has rarely qualified for the play-offs in its franchise history and has not yet won the prestigious Stanley Cup . Phoenix is ​​currently one of four franchises that has never been in the final series.

history

The early years (1996 to 2005)

After the Winnipeg Jets were sold to the two businessmen Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke , the franchise moved from Winnipeg to Glendale in the summer of 1996 . Former stars of the jets, such as B. Teemu Selänne and Alexei Schamnow left the team, but Jeremy Roenick was signed by the Chicago Blackhawks . Together with Keith Tkachuk and Rick Tocchet , he formed the first offensive series from then on. These experienced players were a large number of young talents who were established in Arizona, as Shane Doan , Oleg Twerdowski and especially goalkeeper Nikolai Chabibulin , the most popular for well Coyotes player the following year was and nicknamed "Bulin Wall" was . Another important addition was striker Mike Gartner , who had been signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs but had to resign in 1998 after many injuries .

Until 2002 , the Coyotes reached the play-offs every year with one exception, but were also eliminated every time in the quarter-finals. In 1999 , however, this only happened in the decisive seventh game against the St. Louis Blues . Since moving to Phoenix, the team's popularity has increased enormously, especially in 2001 when they achieved 90 season points, but still failed to reach the play-offs as the best team in NHL history. However, this negative record was assigned to the Colorado Avalanche after the 2006/07 season . In 2001 the businessman Steve Ellman bought the team from Burke, who had already paid Gluckstern in 1998. Wayne Gretzky has since held additional shares in the franchise .

In the following two years, the Coyotes failed to build on previous successes, so the play-offs were missed. This led to a drop in audience numbers. In addition, an unfavorable lease with the America West Arena , where the team had played in Phoenix for its first eight years, meant that the franchise was in the red. In addition, the arena was outdated and not tailored to the sport of ice hockey, so the audience capacity had to be reduced to 16,000. The Phoenix Coyotes played in the second smallest stadium in the league for a year. After several renovation attempts and a new arena in Scottsdale failed, the Coyotes decided to build their own stadium with the Glendale Arena (today's Jobing.com arena ), which they moved into for the 2003/04 season . At the same time, the franchise logo as well as the jersey and team colors were changed so that the Coyotes have appeared in muted colors since then.

The Gretzky era (since 2005)

The new alternative logo of the Phoenix Coyotes

On August 6, 2005, the Phoenix Coyotes signed Brett Hull , NHL superstar and son of former Jets player Bobby Hull . Two days later, the team introduced co-owner Wayne Gretzky as the new head coach, although he had not previously looked after a hockey team. On October 8th, the "Coyotes Ring of Honor" was opened and Gretzky and Bobby Hull were accepted as the first members. A week later, his son Brett announced that he ended his career after only five NHL games for the Coyotes. On January 21, 2006, the former jet star Thomas Steen was accepted as the third member of the "Ring of Honor". On April 13 of the same year, Steve Ellman announced that Jerry Moyes would take over the Coyotes as well as the Glendale Arena and the National Lacrosse League team Arizona Sting , but Wayne Gretzky continued to co-own the team. For the 2005/06 season , the Phoenix Coyotes also planned to host the annual NHL All-Star Game , which eventually had to be canceled due to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin .

On September 17, 2006, the franchise returned to Winnipeg in a pre-season game against the Edmonton Oilers . In April 2007, General Managers Michael Barnett and Laurence Gilman , Vice President Cliff Fletcher and General Manager of the San Antonio Rampage Farm Team were officially relieved of their positions. The Coyotes ended the 2006/07 season with their worst result since moving to Phoenix. On May 29, 2007, Jeff Shumway announced that Don Maloney had signed a contract as GM of the Coyotes. Due to ongoing economic problems and the seventh consecutive missed play-offs, owner Jerry Moyes planned to sell the franchise to Canadian businessman Jim Ballsillie in the summer of 2009 and move the now bankrupt Coyotes to Hamilton , Ontario . This plan was prevented by a US bankruptcy court on June 15th.

The Winnipeg Jets and the Phoenix Coyotes are still the oldest NHL and also the only former WHA team that has never been in the final of the Stanley Cup .

Venues

The Gila River Arena is the current venue

The then America West Arena was the home of the Coyotes from 1996 to 2003

From 1996 to 2003, the club played in the America West Arena , which opened in 1992 and had a capacity of 16,210 for ice hockey events. This hall is home to the Phoenix Suns NBA team . The hall in Phoenix was the obvious solution after the move from Winnipeg. In practice, however, the arena turned out to be only of limited suitability. It's too small for an ice hockey rink. Although the capacity was reduced by a good 2,000 for ice hockey games, the view from some of the seats was so restricted that another solution was sought, which was implemented in 2003 with the Glendale Arena.

The Coyotes have played their home games in the Gila River Arena , a 17,799-seat multifunctional arena , since 2003 . For the first three years, the hall in Glendale , a suburb of Phoenix , was called the Glendale Arena . The online company Jobing.com has had the naming rights to the arena since 2006 , and these will continue until 2016. The company will pay 25 million US dollars for the entire 10-year period.

The Arizona Coyotes are planning to build a new arena. The club announced this at a press conference on November 14, 2016. The cost of the project will be an estimated 374 million US dollars amount. The costs are intended to be shared through the franchise and government funds. The city has not commented on the plans. With the construction, the Coyotes would move from Glendale to Phoenix. The hall is to be built near Arizona State University in the ASU Athletic Facilities District . In the next 20 years, further sports facilities and green areas are to be built on an area of ​​3.3 km² in addition to university facilities.

Farm teams

The Coyotes, like all other NHL teams, also include teams in lower-class leagues , so-called farm teams . In the case of the Coyotes, these have been the Tucson Roadrunners in the American Hockey League since 2016 and the Rapid City Rush in the ECHL (since 2019). The farm teams are often used in the NHL to prepare the young players and rookies for the NHL games. Like the other clubs, the Coyotes draw their offspring through the NHL Entry Draft , through which the most promising young players enter the league every year.

The Arizona Coyotes farm teams since 1996:

Period team league 1996-2004 Springfield Falcons AHL 1998-2001 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 1998-2002 Mississippi Sea Wolves ECHL 2000-2001 BC Icemen UHL 2002-2003 Augusta Lynx ECHL 2004-2005 Idaho steelheads ECHL 2004-2005 Utah grizzlies AHL

Period team league 2005-2011 San Antonio Rampage AHL 2005-2006 Stockton Thunder ECHL 2005-2008 Laredo Bucks CHL 2006-2008 Phoenix Roadrunners ECHL 2008-2009 Arizona Sundogs CHL 2009-2011 Las Vegas Wranglers ECHL 2010-2014 Arizona Sundogs CHL

Period team league 2011-2015 Portland Pirates AHL 2011-2015 Gwinnett Gladiators ECHL 2015-2016 Springfield Falcons AHL 2015-2017 Rapid City Rush ECHL since 2016 Tucson Roadrunners AHL 2017-2018 Fort Wayne Comet ECHL 2018-2019 Norfolk Admirals ECHL since 2019 Rapid City Rush ECHL

Achievements and honors

Sporting successes

Division Championships	season
Pacific Division	2011/12

The Coyotes have had little sporting success since moving from Winnipeg before the 1996/97 season . After 16 years in the league, they won a division title for the first time in the 2011/12 season .

The Coyotes have qualified for the play-offs eight times . After seven first-round defeats, they moved into the second play-off round for the first time in 2012.

NHL Awards and All-Star Team Nominations

Award	Surname	season
Jack Adams Award	Bob Francis Dave Tippett	2001/02 2009/10
King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Shane Doan	2009/10
Mark Messier Leadership Award	Shane Doan	2011/12
NHL General Manager of the Year Award	Don Maloney	2009/10
Second all-star team	Keith Tkachuk Ilya Brysgalow	1997/98 2009/10
NHL All-Rookie Team	Clayton Basement	2017/18

Since the franchise moved , two Phoenix Coyotes coaches have won one of the individual NHL awards . In addition, two players managed to be selected into one of the All-Star teams . In 2010, team captain Shane Doan was the first to be honored with an individual award who stood out for his leadership qualities on and off the ice and for social commitment and won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy .

After the team had reached more than 90 points for the first time in the 2001/02 season , Bob Francis was honored as the NHL's best coach with the Jack Adams Award , making it the first person working in the franchise to receive an individual award. That same year, Sean Burke became the first and only player to be in the final three in a trophy poll. In the election for the Vezina Trophy , however, Montréals José Théodore prevailed. Dave Tippett , who was newly signed for the 2009/10 season, received the Jack Adams Award as Trainer of the Year after his debut season in Phoenix. Under his leadership, the team had completed the best regular season in franchise history to date and reached a new record with 107 points.

In the second season after the move, Keith Tkachuk was elected to the Second All-Star Team . Ilya Brysgalow succeeded in the same after the end of the 2009/10 season.

NHL All-Star Game Nominations

year Surname 1997 Keith Tkachuk Oleg Twerdowski 1998 Nikolai Chabibulin 1999 Jeremy Roenick Keith Tkachuk Nikolai Chabibulin Teppo Numminen Jim Schoenfeld * 2000 Jeremy Roenick Nikolai Chabibulin 2001 Sean Burke Teppo Numminen 2002 Sean Burke Paul Mara ** Krystofer Kolanos ** 2003 Ossi Väänänen ** Branko Radivojevič **

year Surname 2004 Shane Doan 2007 Ed Jovanovski Yanic Perreault 2008 Ed Jovanovski Peter Mueller ** 2009 Shane Doan Mikkel Bødker ** 2011 Keith Yandle 2012 Keith Yandle 2015 Oliver Ekman Larsson 2016 John Scott 2017 Mike Smith 2018 Oliver Ekman Larsson 2019 Clayton Basement * Participation as assistant trainer ** Participation in the YoungStars Game

A total of 23 Arizona Coyotes players have been voted into the All-Star Game by fans because of their popularity or have been nominated by the coaches because of their performance.

Keith Tkachuk and Oleg Twerdowski were the first players who were allowed to represent the Coyotes in an all-star game. The following year, goalkeeper Nikolai Chabibulin was , as usual, a third in the goal of the world selection. He represented his team three times in a row, no other player had more nominations during his time with the Coyotes. Only in the third All-Star Game since the team was founded in 1999 , Jeremy Roenick scored the first point for a player from Phoenix with a template. A year later he was also the first goalscorer. The best scorer in an All-Star Game at the Coyotes is Ed Jovanovski , who increased his points account to three with two assists in the All-Star Game 2008 .

Jim Schoenfeld was an assistant coach at the All-Star-Game in 1999. A YoungStars Game was held for the first time in 2002. In the first two years there were two Coyotes players in the squad. In 2008, Peter Mueller became the fifth coyote to take part in this game. Mikkel Bødker followed a year later .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	space	division	Playoffs
1996/97	82	38	37	7th	-	83	240	243	3.	Central	Conference quarterfinals lost, 3-4 ( Anaheim )
1997/98	82	35	35	12	-	82	224	227	4th	Central	Conference quarterfinals lost, 2-4 ( Detroit )
1998/99	82	39	31	12	-	90	205	197	2.	Pacific	Conference quarterfinals lost, 3-4 ( St. Louis )
1999/00	82	39	31	8th	4th	90	232	228	3.	Pacific	Conference quarterfinals lost, 4-1 ( Colorado )
2000/01	82	35	27	17th	3	90	214	212	4th	Pacific	not qualified
2001/02	82	40	27	9	6th	95	228	210	2.	Pacific	Conference quarterfinals lost, 4-1 ( San Jose )
2002/03	82	31	35	11	5	78	204	230	4th	Pacific	not qualified
2003/04	82	22nd	36	18th	6th	68	188	245	5.	Pacific	not qualified
2004/05 1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	82	38	39	-	5	81	246	271	5.	Pacific	not qualified
2006/07	82	31	46	-	5	67	216	284	5.	Pacific	not qualified
2007/08	82	38	37	-	7th	83	214	231	4th	Pacific	not qualified
2008/09	82	36	39	-	7th	79	208	252	4th	Pacific	not qualified
2009/10	82	50	25th	-	7th	107	225	202	2.	Pacific	Conference quarterfinals lost, 3-4 ( Detroit )
2010/11	82	43	26th	-	13	99	226	220	3.	Pacific	Conference quarterfinals lost, 4-0 ( Detroit )
2011/12	82	42	27	-	13	97	216	204	1.	Pacific	Victory in the Conference quarter-finals, 4-2 ( Chicago ) victory in the Conference semi-finals, 4-1 ( Nashville ) defeat in the Conference final, 1-4 ( Los Angeles )
2012/13 2	48	21st	18th	-	9	51	125	131	4th	Pacific	not qualified
2013/14	82	37	30th	-	15th	89	216	231	4th	Pacific	not qualified
2014/15	82	24	50	-	8th	56	170	272	7th	Pacific	not qualified
2015/16	82	35	39	-	8th	78	209	245	4th	Pacific	not qualified
2016/17	82	30th	42	-	10	70	191	258	6th	Pacific	not qualified
2017/18	82	29	41	-	12	70	206	251	8th.	Pacific	not qualified
2018/19	82	39	35	-	8th	86	209	220	4th	Pacific	not qualified
total	1770	762	753	94	151	1789	4612	5055			8 playoff appearances 10 series: 2 wins, 8 losses 57 games: 22 wins, 35 losses

¹ season because of the NHL lockout 2004/05 failed

² season shortened due to the 2012/13 NHL lockout

Franchise records

Listed here are all the records that have been set in the NHL since the franchise was founded, including the period from 1979 to 1996 when the franchise operated as Winnipeg Jets .

Career

	Surname	number
Most games	Shane Doan	1,540 (in 21 seasons)
Most consecutive games	Dale Hawerchuk	475 (December 19, 1982 to December 10, 1988)
Most goals	Shane Doan	402
Most templates	Shane Doan	570
Most of the points	Shane Doan	972 (402 goals + 570 assists)
Most penalty minutes	Keith Tkachuk	1,508
Most shutouts	Mike Smith	22nd

season

	Surname	number	season
Most goals	Teemu Selänne	76	1992/93
Most templates	Phil Housley	79	1992/93
Most of the points	Teemu Selänne	132 (76 goals + 56 assists)	1992/93
Most points as a rookie	Teemu Selänne	132 (76 goals + 56 assists)	1992/93
Most points as a defender	Phil Housley	97 (18 goals + 79 assists)	1992/93
Most penalty minutes	Tie Domi	347	1993/94
Most wins as a goalkeeper	Ilya Brysgalov	42	2009/10

Team records

In the jersey of the Coyotes no other collected as many points and penalty minutes as Shane Doan

The records listed only include achievements that have been achieved since moving and renaming to Phoenix Coyotes in 1996.

Career

	Surname	number
Most games	Shane Doan	1,466 (in 20 seasons)
Most goals	Shane Doan	395
Most templates	Shane Doan	560
Most of the points	Shane Doan	955 (395 goals + 560 assists)
Most penalty minutes	Shane Doan	1252
Most shutouts	Mike Smith	22nd

season

	Surname	number	season
Most goals	Keith Tkachuk	52	1996/97
Most templates	Ray Whitney	53	2011/12
Most of the points	Keith Tkachuk	86 (52 goals + 34 assists)	1996/97
Most points as a rookie	Clayton Basement	65 (23 goals + 42 assists)	2017/18
Most points as a defender	Keith Yandle	59 (11 goals + 48 assists)	2010/11
Most penalty minutes	Daniel Carcillo	324	2007/08
Most wins as a goalkeeper	Ilya Brysgalov	42	2009/10

Trainer

Abbreviations: GC = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after
overtime , Pts = points, Pts% = point quota

Surname	season	Regular season							Playoffs
		GC	W.	L.	T	OTL	Pts	Pts%	GC	W.	L.
Don Hay	1996/97	82	38	37	7th	-	83	.506	7th	3	4th
Jim Schoenfeld	1997 / 98-1998 / 99	164	74	66	24	-	172	.524	13	5	8th
Bob Francis	1999 / 00–2003 / 04 *	390	165	144	60	21st	411	.527	10	2	8th
Rick Bowness	2003/04 *	20th	2	12	3	3	10	.250	-	-	-
Wayne Gretzky	2005 / 06–2008 / 09	328	143	161	-	24	310	.473	-	-	-
Dave Tippett	2009 / 10–2016 / 17	622	282	257	-	83	647	.520	27	12	15th
Rick Tocchet	since 2017/18	164	68	76	-	20th	156	.476	-	-	-

* Change during the current season

No success in the playoffs bothered most of the Coyotes coaches in the first few years after moving to Phoenix. With Don Hay , they initially relied on a coach who had worked successfully in the junior sector, but had no references in the NHL. After a respectable first season, the end came in the first playoff round and Phoenix brought on a new coach. Jim Schoenfeld , his successor, could already look back on experiences from Buffalo, New Jersey and Washington. Also he could not bring the team beyond the first playoff round in his two seasons and was therefore replaced by Bob Francis . Francis had previously been an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins . He was named the NHL's Best Coach in 2002. Twice in four years he made it into the playoffs, but after one round he was also over. In 2004, Rick Bowness replaced him until the end of the season. From 2005 to 2009 Wayne Gretzky , also co-owner of the franchise, was active behind the gang. He did not manage to lead the team into the play-offs. For the 2009/10 season he was replaced by Dave Tippett on the gang. Tippett led the Coyotes to the playoffs for three years in a row and to the conference finals in the 2011/12 season. However, this was followed by five years without a playoff participation, so that he left the Coyotes after the 2016/17 season. Rick Tocchet was introduced as his successor .

General manager

Surname	season
John Paddock	1996/97
Bobby Smith	1996 / 97-2000 / 01
Cliff Fletcher	2000/01–2001/02
Michael Barnett	2001/02–2006/07
Don Maloney	2007 / 08–2015 / 16
John Chayka	2016 / 17–2019 / 20 *
Steve Sullivan	since 2019/20 *

* - Change during the current season

player

Squad for the 2019/20 season

As of December 25, 2019

No.	Nat.	player	Item	Date of birth	in org. since	place of birth
35		Darcy Kuemper	G	0May 5th 1990	2018	Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
32		Antti Raanta	G	May 12, 1989	2017	Rauma , Finland
6th		Jakob Chychrun	D.	March 31, 1998	2016	Boca Raton , Florida , USA
55		Jason Demers	D.	0June 9, 1988	2017	Dorval , Quebec , Canada
23		Oliver Ekman Larsson -  C.	D.	17th July 1991	2010	Karlskrona , Sweden
33		Alex Goligoski	D.	July 30, 1985	2016	Grand Rapids , Minnesota , USA
4th		Niklas Hjalmarsson -  A.	D.	0June 6, 1987	2017	Eksjö , Sweden
46		Ilya Lyubushkin	D.	0April 6, 1994	2018	Moscow , Russia
42		Aaron Ness	D.	May 18, 1990	2019	Roseau , Minnesota , USA
82		Jordan Oesterle	D.	June 11, 1992	2017	Dearborn Heights , Michigan , USA
67		Lawson Crouse	LW	June 23, 1997	2016	Mount Brydges , Ontario , Canada
18th		Christian Dvorak	LW	0February 2, 1996	2015	Mokena , Illinois , USA
36		Christian Fischer	RW	April 15, 1997	2015	Chicago , Illinois , USA
83		Conor Garland	RW	March 11, 1996	2015	Scituate , Massachusetts , USA
40		Michael Grabner	RW	05th October 1987	2018	Villach , Austria
91		Taylor Hall	LW	November 14, 1991	2019	Calgary , Alberta , Canada
29		Barrett Hayton	C.	0June 9, 2000	2018	Peterborough , Ontario , Canada
13		Vinnie Hinostroza	LW	0April 3, 1994	2018	Chicago , Illinois , USA
9		Clayton Basement	C.	July 29, 1998	2017	Chesterfield , Missouri , USA
81		Phil Kessel	RW	02nd October 1987	2019	Madison , Wisconsin , USA
15th		Brad Richardson	C.	04th February 1985	2015	Belleville , Ontario , Canada
8th		Nick Schmaltz	C.	February 23, 1996	2018	Madison , Wisconsin , USA
34		Carl Söderberg	C.	October 12, 1985	2019	Malmo , Sweden
21st		Derek Stepan -  A.	C.	June 18, 1990	2017	Hastings , Minnesota , USA

Team captains

year	Surname
1996-2001	Keith Tkachuk
2001-2003	Teppo numbers
2003-2017	Shane Doan
2017-2018	five assistant captains
since 2018	Oliver Ekman Larsson

In the history of the Arizona Coyotes, there have been three different players who have held the position of team captain. With Keith Tkachuk was the star of the team and one of the integration figures with the Coyotes first captain. After his move, he was followed by Teppo Numminen, an experienced defensive specialist who was the second oldest player on the team at the time. After he too had left the Coyotes, Shane Doan became a player who had been in the ranks of the Coyotes since they moved from Winnipeg. Doan led the team until the end of the 2016/17 season, with 13 seasons together with Mario Lemieux and Daniel Alfredsson in fifth place in the list of longest-serving team captains. The following season started with five assistant captains , of which Oliver Ekman Larsson and Niklas Hjalmarsson were seated and the third A rotated between Derek Stepan , Brad Richardson and Alex Goligoski . With the start of the 2018/19 season , Ekman Larsson was named the fourth full captain in franchise history.

Members of the Hockey Hall of Fame

→ Main article : List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame

Surname	Recording date	position
Mike Gartner	November 12, 2001	player
Wayne Gretzky	November 22, 1999	Co-owner trainer
Dale Hawerchuk	November 12, 2001	player
Bobby Hull	1983	player
Brett Hull	November 9, 2009	player
Serge Savard	1986	player

So far, four players were the former Winnipeg Jets and a player of the Phoenix Coyotes in Toronto located Hockey Hall of Fame added. Four never played for the Phoenix Coyotes in their careers, but were included in the stats after the franchise moved from Winnipeg to Phoenix.

As a functionary, Wayne Gretzky is in direct contact with the Phoenix Coyotes as co-owner and head coach. However, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame two years before joining the Coyotes.

Blocked jersey numbers

→ Main article : List of blocked National Hockey League jersey numbers

No.	Surname	Blocking date
7th	Keith Tkachuk	December 23, 2011
9	Bobby Hull	February 19, 1989
10	Dale Hawerchuk	April 5, 2007
19th	Shane Doan	February 24, 2019
25th	Thomas Steen	April 1, 1994
27	Teppo numbers	January 30, 2010
97	Jeremy Roenick	February 9, 2012
99	Wayne Gretzky	February 6, 2000 (league-wide)

So far in their franchise history, the Arizona Coyotes have officially banned a jersey number. In addition, two blocked numbers were taken over from the previous Winnipeg Jets franchise and another was added. In addition, another one is no longer officially awarded.

Already on February 19, 1989, the Winnipeg Jets blocked the jersey with Bobby Hull's number 9. In April 1994, the jersey with the number 25 of the Swede Thomas Steen followed . Despite the franchise's move from Winnipeg to Phoenix, the Coyotes kept the two blocked numbers of their predecessors. This makes you the only former World Hockey Association franchise to do so. The banners of the two first blocked jerseys are therefore kept in the club colors blue, white and red of the jets. On April 5, 2007, they also blocked Dale Hawerchuk's number 10 jersey .

Wayne Gretzky is one of seven members of the "Coyotes Ring of Honor"

With the number 27 of the Finn Teppo Numminen , the Phoenix Coyotes hung a banner under the ceiling for the first time on January 30, 2010 for a player who had also played for the franchise in Phoenix. On December 23, 2011, number 7 was blocked by Keith Tkachuk and on February 9, 2012, number 97 by Jeremy Roenick . On February 24, 2019, number 19 was banned by Shane Doan .

In the meantime, Bobby Hull released the number 9 again for the 2005/06 season so that his son Brett Hull could wear it. After five games, Brett Hull ended his career and the number was again banned.

Furthermore, the famous 99 of the Canadian Wayne Gretzky will no longer be awarded to a player, as it has been officially banned by the league since February 6, 2000.

Coyotes Ring of Honor

Surname	Recording date	position
Wayne Gretzky	October 8, 2005	Co-owner trainer
Dale Hawerchuk	April 5, 2007	player
Bobby Hull	October 8, 2005	player
Teppo numbers	January 30, 2010	player
Jeremy Roenick	February 11, 2012	player
Thomas Steen	January 21, 2006	player
Keith Tkachuk	December 23, 2011	player

The so-called "Coyotes Ring of Honor" , which was founded on October 8, 2005, includes players and officials who have made extraordinary contributions to the franchise through their work for the Winnipeg Jets and Phoenix Coyotes. So far the "Ring of Honor" has seven members.

Top 10 voting rights in the NHL Entry Draft

Surname	year	Draft position
Blake Wheeler	2004	5.
Peter Mueller	2006	8th.
Kyle Turris	2007	3.
Mikkel Bødker	2008	8th.
Oliver Ekman Larsson	2009	6th
Dylan Strome	2015	3.
Clayton Basement	2016	7th
Barrett Hayton	2018	5.

So far, the Arizona Coyotes have been able to select eight players among the top ten rights since the 1996 NHL Entry Draft , but for the first time in the 2004 edition.

The Coyotes had their highest suffrage to date in 2007, when they were able to select Kyle Turris in third overall position. Furthermore, in 2006 and 2008, they selected Peter Mueller and Mikkel Bødker in eighth position each. The fifth pick chosen by Phoenix in the 2004 Entry Draft caused a stir. Management failed to sign Blake Wheeler in the four years following the draft, as he refused to play for the Arizona team. The Coyotes received a second-round draft pick in 2008 as compensation under NHL regulations.

Top point collector

The ten best point collectors of the Phoenix / Arizona Coyotes (excluding Winnipeg Jets) until the end of the regular season 2018/19 and the playoffs 2019 .

Abbreviations: Pos = position, GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, Pts = points, P / G = points per game

Regular season Surname Item season GP G A. Pts P / G Shane Doan LW 1996 / 97–2016 / 17 1466 395 560 955 0.65 Jeremy Roenick C. 1996 / 97–2000 / 01 2006/07 454 152 227 379 0.66 Radim Vrbata RW 2007/08 2009/10–2013/14 2016/17–2017/18 509 157 186 343 0.67 Keith Tkachuk LW 1996 / 97-2000 / 01 332 179 155 334 1.01 Oliver Ekman Larsson D. since 2010/11 657 116 218 334 0.51 Martin Hanzal C. 2007 / 08–2016 / 17 608 117 196 313 0.51 Keith Yandle D. 2006 / 07–2014 / 15 558 65 246 311 0.56 Teppo numbers D. 1996 / 97-2002 / 03 551 55 214 269 0.49 Ladislav Nagy LW 2000/01/2006/07 321 92 157 249 0.78 Mikkel Bødker RW 2008 / 09–2015 / 16 445 80 133 213 0.49

Playoffs Surname Item GP G A. Pts P / G Shane Doan LW 49 15th 13 28 0.57 Keith Yandle D. 27 3 16 19th 0.70 Jeremy Roenick C. 18th 9 9 18th 1.00 Keith Tkachuk LW 25th 11 7th 18th 0.72 Radim Vrbata RW 27 6th 8th 14th 0.52 Martin Hanzal C. 23 4th 8th 12 0.52 Teppo numbers D. 24 6th 5 11 0.46 Rick Tocchet RW 13 6th 5 11 0.85 Cliff Ronning C. 13 1 10 11 0.85 Antoine Vermette C. 16 5 5 10 0.63

Web links

Commons : Arizona Coyotes  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Official website (English)
• Arizona Coyotes on hockey-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Arizona Coyotes: State instead of the wrong city
2. ↑ coyotes.nhl.com, Coyotes name Don Maloney as general manager
3. ↑ No Coyotes move to Canada. In: derwesten.de. June 16, 2009, accessed March 10, 2017 . 
4. ↑ No Coyotes move to Canada. In: handelsblatt .com. June 16, 2009, accessed March 10, 2017 . 
5. ↑ andrewsstarpage.com, NHL Arena Naming Rights ( Memento of November 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ stadionwelt.de: New arena for the Arizona Coyotes Article from November 16, 2016
7. ↑ azhockey.com, list of the Arizona Coyotes farm teams ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.