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Grandpa

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Grandpa
Roundball Sage said:
Cow manure puck? This brings a whole new meaning to, 'Playing Like Shhhhiii...'.

And it wouldn't be much fun to be a goalie with that kind of thing going on.
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There was never really a goalie. 2 people per team was a big group.

The Hawks game the son-in-law and 3 grandkids went to. I found out later that they put my nearly 16 year old granddaughter on the Jumbotron. Not thrilled about that.
 
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Roundball Sage

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All those thousands of people from Illinois who moved to the Phoenix area and happen to be hockey fans? They can forget about watching NHL games being played in Arizona much longer.

Media reports say that the Coyotes franchise is moving to Salt Lake City after this season.

Whether the problem is with the franchise or the local governments (or both)... people in Arizona just could not get their acts together to find a way to make the team a success there.
 
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GrayGhost77

GrayGhost77
Centennial, CO
GrayGhost77
Roundball Sage said:
All those thousands of people from Illinois who moved to the Phoenix area and happen to be hockey fans? They can forget about watching NHL games being played in Arizona much longer.

Media reports say that the Coyotes franchise is moving to Salt Lake City after this season.

Whether the problem is with the franchise or the local governments (or both)... people in Arizona just could not get their acts together to find a way to make the team a success there.
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Ownership was bad, but they made a huge blunder from the beginning deciding to locate in the West Valley, when the vast majority of their fans were on the opposite side of town. If they could have been in Tempe, Scottsdale, or even downtown Phoenix from the beginning they likely would have been fine and this wouldn't be happening. That said, I don't see them fairing any better in Salt Lake. Smaller population and just not really a hockey town.