Mark Brown

Mark Brown is a former sports editor for daily newspapers in the Philadelphia and Cincinnati markets. He was named Best Sports Columnist, honorable mention 2004 by the Associated Press Society of Ohio. He is a contributor to major daily newspapers, including the Chicago Sun Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Milwaukee Journal, Arizona Republic, Nashville Tennessean and the Associated Press. He was a Featured Columnist for bleacherreport.com and covered the Arizona Coyotes.

Campbell Brings Needed Strength To Coyotes’ Blue Line

Mark Brown | February 9, 2015

The benefits were immediate. For the past few seasons, Arizona Coyotes’ coach Dave Tippett’s search for a left-handed shot and a defensive defenseman as one player was fruitless. Over the…

Coyotes Elevate Effort: Encouraged for The Future

Mark Brown | February 8, 2015

For the Arizona Coyotes, this was a statement game. Despite a sub-par season and disappointment on many levels, the opponents on Saturday night at the Gila River Arena, the Detroit…

Coyotes Show Life: Smith Confident, Penalty-Killing Better

Mark Brown | February 6, 2015

Little steps before giant steps. Despite dropping a 2-1, shootout loss to the Carolina Hurricanes before 12,649 in the Gila River Arena Thursday night, the Arizona Coyotes demonstrated there is…

Coyotes Search For Ways to Win

Mark Brown | February 2, 2015

When Arizona Coyotes’ general manager Don Maloney read the most recent weekly list of the NHL’s Three Stars, there must have been a churning twist in the pit of his…

Coyotes Are Far From ‘Relevant’ This Season

Mark Brown | January 27, 2015

If the opening game of the second-half of the season portends more of the same, the Arizona Coyotes’ hockey campaign is a protracted, unhappy experience. In blowing leads of 2-0…

Coyotes’ Dismal Fortune At The All-Star Break

Mark Brown | January 21, 2015

As the Arizona Coyotes head into the All-Star break, things appeared have gone from worse to the abysmal. Not only do the Coyotes enter the mid-season classic with a six-game…

Continued Losing May Result In More Coyotes’ Changes

Mark Brown | January 16, 2015

As the hockey season continues to evolve, there may be one constant in the Arizona Coyotes’ overall game. Individual play, at times, have been lauded but collectively, this is a…

Dubnyk traded: Coyotes Commit To Mike Smith

Mark Brown | January 14, 2015

After one-half season of vacillating, general manager Don Maloney and coach Dave Tippett settled on their number one goalie. No surprise they selected Mike Smith and this only reinforces a…

Coyotes’ Challenging Season Continues To Endure

Mark Brown | January 14, 2015

When you’re not gaining victories, finding ways to actually win becomes more difficult. Just ask captain Shane Doan and his Arizona Coyotes teammates. Traversing through another frustrating game and equally…

Special Teams Remain A Key Barometer To Coyotes’ Season

Mark Brown | January 11, 2015

There’s a theory afloat in the NHL that the better the penalty killing result, the greater the chances are of winning. A recent study found between 1968 and 2010, 76…

Coyotes’ Special Teams Catalyst To Victory Over Jets

Mark Brown | January 9, 2015

Some may think the Jekyll and Hyde syndrome is solely reserved for the pen of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson. In the course of two consecutive games, the Arizona Coyotes…

Tippett Labels Coyotes Play as ‘Garbage’

Mark Brown | January 7, 2015

When you’re sitting near the bottom of the NHL standings and your journey to the precipice of playoff contention remains uneasy at best, you better come to play every night.…