The biggest thing stressed at the Coyotes optional skate on Wednesday was the fact that the team needs to play better against the Kings if they expect to win a game, let alone the series.
The Kings made the Coyotes go places and do things they didn’t want to do in Game 2 on Tuesday night, and it cost them dearly.
There have been little the Coyotes have done wrong during this post season run they are currently on.
The Phoenix Coyotes year-long slogan “Hockey the Hard Way” has been put in play again after the ‘Yotes fell to the Los Angeles Kings 4-2 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale on Sunday night.
Many know one of the oldest traditions in hockey is the growing of playoff beards until your team is eliminated from the playoffs.
It’s the calm before the storm for the Phoenix Coyotes. After dispatching the Nashville Predators in the Western Conference Semi-Finals in five games, their next task is attempting to slow down the Los Angeles Kings who have rolled through the first two playoff series losing only once.
It is an exciting time if you’re a Coyotes fan. This team has never ventured this deep in a season in their entire 15 years of existence here in Arizona, and for that fans need to celebrate.
Every step forward, every goal achieved, every critic silenced has become the norm for the Phoenix Coyotes as they’ve methodically marched their way into the Stanley Cup Western Conference Finals and a matchup with the 8th seeded Los Angeles Kings starting this weekend in Glendale.
The Phoenix Coyotes don’t care about distractions, ownership issues, or any other obstacle standing between them and the Stanley Cup.
An hour before the Coyotes took the ice for their biggest game in franchise history, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman stood in front of a room filled with local and national reporters and said negotiations are getting closer to keep the Coyotes in Glendale, but nothing is official.