Posts About "Rick Tocchet"
Coyotes’ Tocchet Deserves Serious Jack Adams Consideration
July 10th, 2020 Besides a Stanley Cup, the Jack Adams Award is the most coveted trophy a head coach can win in the National Hockey League. By definition, the Jack Adams is awarded annually to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success. The 2019-20 campaign, like in many past seasons, has seen its fair share of outstanding...
Coyotes Lack the Cap Space to Re-Sign Hall
May 26th, 2020 Premier pending unrestricted free agent Taylor Hall may be a good fit with the Arizona Coyotes in theory based on their needs. In practice there’s less room for him to fit than you may think, though. Ex-New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall - (Photo by Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) To illustrate the point, the...
Coyotes' Playoff Hopes on Life Support
March 10th, 2020 Let's not sugarcoat things. The Arizona Coyotes had an absolute nightmare of a Western Canada road trip over the past few days - one which has put their playoff hopes in grave danger. After picking up a massive come-from-behind victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, the 'Yotes followed that up with visits to the Calgary...
Coyotes Weekly: Bad Losses Beginning to Add Up
February 27th, 2020 There are just 16 games remaining in the 2019-20 regular season for the Arizona Coyotes, and the team finds themselves in a perilous position when it comes to ending a seven-year postseason appearance drought and qualifying for the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. The 'Yotes have won just five times over the last 43 days, and are 5-9-3 in...
Coyotes Weekly: Limping Into the All-Star Break
January 24th, 2020 The All-Star break is here, and it couldn't have come at a better time for the Arizona Coyotes. With a 1-4-1 record in their last six games, and a 6-7-1 mark since losing goaltender Darcy Kuemper to injury back on Dec. 19, the Coyotes need to rest, refocus, get healthy, and prepare for what will be an intense second half. The Arizona...
Coyotes Come up Just Short of Playoff Spot
April 9th, 2019 The Arizona Coyotes lost their starting goaltender after 12 starts, the kind of setback that could spoil an entire season. The injuries kept coming, piling up like no other team in the league, which should have sent them to the bottom of the standings ...
Coyotes Battle Injuries to Remain in Playoff Picture
January 29th, 2019 GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes lost their starting goalie for the season, normally a crushing blow for a team's playoff chances. The hits literally kept coming. Their dynamic new player, gone for the year. Their leading scorer, out indefinitely....
5 Penguins Who Went From Supervillains to Superheroes
October 27th, 2018 There is always an opposing player that every city loves to hate. He gets away with the cheap shots, agitates the defense, or has the goalie’s number. The city hates him… until he becomes one of their own. The Pittsburgh Penguins and their fans are no stranger to this situation. Over the years, general managers have acquired former...
Dylan Strome Talks Confidence, Quickness and Group Chats
December 9th, 2017 Things are going really well in the hockey life of Dylan Strome. He captained the Erie Otters to an OHL Championship. He went to the Tucson Roadrunners and dominated in his short time there. He's now gaining confidence in himself with every passing day in the NHL. Strome was kind enough to stop by on Saturday morning after the...
Coyotes off to Historically Bad Start
November 15th, 2017 As is to be expected after 100 years of league operation, there aren't many more feats or records left that haven't been accomplished at some point in NHL history. However, the 2-15-3 Arizona Coyotes have indeed managed to pull off something that's never been done before. They're the first team ever to fail to win at least one of...
Coyotes' Inconsistency Continues in 10th Straight Loss
October 27th, 2017 You might be wondering what has gone wrong so far this year for the Arizona Coyotes. For that, I'd tell you it might be easier to instead ask what has gone right this season. The answer? Not much. At 0-9-1 through the season's first 10 games, the Desert Dogs are just one defeat away from tying the record set by the 1943-44 New York...
Blown Leads & Missed Opportunities Plaguing Coyotes
October 24th, 2017 There's no question that the Arizona Coyotes are off to an absolutely brutal start to the 2017-18 season. They've failed to win a game in eight tries and are off to the worst start in franchise history by a wide margin. Prior to this year, the Coyotes had never started a season with more than two consecutive losses since moving to...
Arizona Coyotes Dogged by Blown Leads
October 8th, 2017 If NHL games were only 40 minutes long, the Coyotes would be 2-0 and everyone would be praising their quick start. Instead, two blown leads find the Coyotes 0-1-1. “That’s something we’re going to have to learn, to close games down,” defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson said. “But at the same time, we didn’t play good enough to...
