Coyotes goalie Connor Ingram played his final game of the season on March 26, stopping 29 shots in a 4-3 shootout loss at Colorado. That capped a run of 17 games in the new year in which he stopped 591 of 641 shots on goal for a .922 save percentage. The league average this season was .904. After adjusting to…
Up until the past seven games, the Coyotes had exceeded most external expectations. They were as close to a playoff spot as they were to the NHL basement. Their middle core was showing further signs of progress. Goaltender Karel Vejmelka was among the league leaders in goals saved above expected. They were beating elite teams and they were winning with…
Before a Friday meeting at Mullett Arena, the last time the Coyotes had beaten the Boston Bruins was Oct. 9, 2010 in Prague, Czechia, when they won 5-2 behind two goals from Czech native Radim Vrbata. It made sense then that it was another Czech who ended the Bruins’ 19-game winning streak against the Coyotes. Karel Vejmelka made 43 saves in…
There’s a backstory behind Liam O’Brien’s beard that we’ll get to in a minute. Suffice to say that he never wanted to shave it. That’s why he gave his Hershey Bears roommate, Chris Brown, such a tall task in a game of What Are the Odds when O’Brien was first breaking into the pro ranks in the Washington Capitals’ system.…...
The Coyotes locked up a key part of their core when they signed restricted free agent forward Lawson Crouse to a five-year extension with an average annual value of $4.3 million.
Contract talks between the Coyotes and Lawson Crouse's camp are progressing slowly due to a gap in perceived annual value.
Coyotes GM Bill Armstrong provided an update on a variety of topics in the latest edition of the Neutral Zone.
Jakob Chychrun, Phil Kessel, and the team's prospects dominated your questions in the March edition of the PHNX Coyotes monthly mailbag.