sports.yahoo.com - 12/8/2008
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"Attendance at Jobing.com Arena was announced at 13,377, but many of those customers must have come disguised as empty seats." -- Kevin McGran, Toronto Star, Dec. 5 That factoid above was mentioned in the third paragraph of McGran's game story from the Toronto Maple Leafs ' 6-3 ...
globesports.com - 12/6/2008
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globesports.com —
Despite a promising young club with Wayne Gretzky
at the helm, the Phoenix Coyotes are expected to...
lose between $25- and $35-million (all currency U.S.) this year and with his primary business under financial duress, owner Jerry Moyes may not be able ...
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Coyotes face potential disaster
totalprosports.com - 12/8/2008
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totalprosports.com —
With the economy headed for the second great
depression, it seems only fitting that teams in the...
big 4 sports leagues (NBA, NHL, NFL, MLB) start filing for bankruptcy and suspend operations. The NBA is already feeling this with arenas that are empty and ticket sales ..
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Will The Phoenix Coyotes Become Extinct?
fromtherink.com - 12/8/2008
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fromtherink.com —
The Phoenix Coyotes are expected to lose between
$25- and $35-million (all currency U.S.) this year and...
with his primary business under financial duress, owner Jerry Moyes may not be able to cover the hockey team's losses any longer. As Swift ...
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Growing cause for concern in Phoenix
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Growing cause for concern in Phoenix
From The Rink —
... Yahoo! Sports' Greg Wyshynski has painted the recent coverage of the Coyotes' woes as a Canadian v. American issue, or more specifically, as part of a trend of Canadian media attacking U.S. franchises in "non-traditional" markets. But much of what we're seeing this season in particular is actually some very real pain due to the declining economy, something that has hit the Phoenix metro area harder than almost anywhere else in the United States. ...
Glad we're not Phoenix?
Lighthouse Hockey —
... about how much money the Coyotes have lost, how the owner's other assets are stressed, how something must break. PuckDaddy's Greg Wyshynski says it's just more "move the NHL back to Canada!" talk. But is it? ...
Are the Buffalo Sabres for Sale? Hamilton, Ontario Is Salivating
FanHouse —
... On the heels of a great post at Puck Daddy on the Canadian media's obsession with the potential failure of the Phoenix Coyotes comes a report to be filed in a ...
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globesports.com 1/9/2009 — Maybe he didn't really intend to mislead us. Maybe, one month ago, when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said this of the Phoenix Coyotes "They're going to get through the season just fine" he was merely waiting for someone to ask the right question. ...
