Phoenix Coyotes Logo — Phoenix Coyotes and the Phoenix Coyotes is a team of professional ice hockey located in Glendale, outside Phoenix, Arizona (United States). He currently plays in the National Hockey League, framed in the Pacific Division. The team was founded in 1996 following the transfer of a franchise to Arizona before, Winnipeg Jets. Throughout its history, has never won a Stanley Cup or a division championship, although it has been ranked several times for the playoff for the title. In May 2009, Phoenix Coyotes declared bankruptcy and became administered by the NHL, looking for a buyer to keep the franchise in Arizona.

The club moved within the deadlines set in Glendale, near Phoenix, and debuted in the 1996-97 season. The franchise saw the Jets’ star players like Teemu Selanne and Alexei Zhamnov were leaving for other teams. To fix this, the new owners decide to sign the star of the Chicago Blackhawks, Jeremy Roenick, that liderase the Coyotes, along with other players like Tkachuk, Toochet or Mike Gartner. In his first season the team offered a dynamic game with a solid defense and failed to qualify for the playoffs, but fell in the first round. The club reached the final rounds in following seasons, but the trend of falling into the first season of the playoff was a constant.

Burke bought out Gluckstein in 1998 but was unable to attract investors and the club began to run financial problems. Finally, in 2001 Burke sold the team to another employer in Phoenix, Steve Ellman, the former star of the NHL Wayne Gretzky as co-owner and CEO. Two years after the club opened a new stadium, Glendale Arena, abandoning his first Stadium America West Arena, which was not especially prepared for hockey. In addition, the Coyotes took the opportunity to change your corporate image and gear.

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