Christopher Lackey
Christopher Lackey has been a student and grand amateur of the game of hockey since the age of 6. He covers the Pheonix Coyotes and Hockey History for thehockeywriters.com, and blogs about politics and economics with plenty of hockey analogies at lackingcredentials.com
Author's Posts
Nightmare Week Scuttles Coyotes' Cup Dreams
No matter what, this wasn't about the officiating. Dave Tippett and his 22 players are holding the bag today after the mountain of expectations that built up over the 2012 playoffs around the Phoenix Coyotes collapsed last night, and that does not rest on one blown call. It became clear last Friday that my writing of the Phoenix...Coronation Crashers? Phoenix's Last Chance to Stop L.A.
Only one big question mark remains for the Phoenix Coyotes in these playoffs. Do they make good on their last, best shot at redemption at the Staples Center tomorrow night? For Phoenix, Game 2 was Game 7 Overtime. They had a chance to continue their good work, make this a normal, hard fought series, and go into the Staples...Coyotes Will Have to Dig Deep Against Crowned Favourites
Their name may mean royalty. But the Los Angeles Kings have been playing like well-paid mercenaries. The Phoenix Coyotes may have finally met their match in the Kings. Neither team was on anyone’s radar at the start of the playoffs; now, they’re playing for a chance to go to the Stanley Cup final and win it all. The Coyotes..."Russian Problem" Analysis Surrounding Radulov & Kostitsyn Falls Flat
Regardless of whether they return to the lineup in Game 5 or ever this season, the Russian Left Winger Alexander Radulov and the Belarussian Left Winger Andrei Kostitsyn have cemented the decline of the NHL’s Russian contingent into obscurity. Or at least that’s the thesis being pushed by some of the hockey media’s most...
So You Wanna Go Up 3-0? How the Coyotes Can Get the Stranglehold.
May 1st, 2012 Tomorrow night, the Phoenix Coyotes have a chance to make their most memorable season yet the greatest in franchise history. I believed they had the stuff to win this series, as did at least one colleague, but more pundits than not thought the Preds could lock this up. The series is far from over for Phoenix, but consider that...
