globesports.com - 1/13/2009
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The Phoenix Coyotes' losses this season are expected to hit $45-million (all currency U.S.) once their debt servicing is taken into account, according to two sources, and the club is making further cutbacks after layoffs last week. Among the austerity measures pushed on the club by the NHL, ...
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thestar.com - 1/12/2009
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thestar.com —
The Phoenix Coyotes may prove to be the
story of the second half of the NHL season
- for all the wrong reasons. They are believed to be not only a house of cards about to fall, but a house of cards on fire.
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Coyotes could be next body buried in desert
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More Cost Cutting For Phoenix
KK Hockey —
... Coyotes’ financial and player-personnel moves, is a reduction in travel by the club’s scouts, according to sources. Last week, the Coyotes laid off 18 people in the front office, about 10 per cent of their staff.
Sources have said the Coyotes owe about $80-million to SOF Investments LP, an equity fund owned by computer tycoon Michael Dell and his family. The club has pledged almost all of its assets and revenue to the company as collateral.
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Puck Headlines: Ovechkin, Crosby and Kane in trick-shot battle
Puck Daddy —
... teammates didn't answer to bell to respond to the hit. Hey, it's LA; everyone's laid back. [LA Times] • In the latest in the Globe & Mail's ongoing series, "As the Phoenix Coyotes burn," David Shoalts reports that "The Phoenix Coyotes' losses this season are expected to hit $45-million (all currency U.S.) once their debt servicing is taken into account." Kyle Turris just took a second job running tables at Glendale Applebee's. [Globe & Mail] • A heavyweight bout between David Koci and Raitis ...
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pensionplanpuppets.com 12/5/2008 — Pre-Game: 8:30 p.m, Leafs TV Broadcast: 9 p.m., Sportsnet, Leafs TV Interactive , AM640 Post-Game: 11:30 p.m., Leafs TV Post Video: mapleleafs.com
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NYT > Hockey 1/14/2009
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Owen Nolan, Andrew Brunette and Cal Clutterbuck each had a goal and an assist and the Minnesota Wild held off the Phoenix Coyotes for a 6-3 victory on Tuesday night. >
