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NHL's return, coming to a bookstore near you
06/25/2011 2:02 PM0THE Free Press is pairing with Penguin Books to publish a commemorative book that will mark Winnipeg's historic re-entry into ......
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Fans react as Jets name made official
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Newfoundland may get a new kind of Moose
06/1/2011 2:43 PM0Winnipeg’s American Hockey League franchise has found a new home on The Rock.
The St. John’s Telegram is reporting that Danny ...
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NHL commissioner indicates Winnipeg must sellout MTS Centre for success
05/31/2011 4:45 PM0The NHL is returning to Winnipeg with a hefty price tag attached to the franchise.
There was no glossing over the ...
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Winnipeg Jets long defied death, kept flicker of hope alive for NHL return
05/31/2011 12:46 PM0The Winnipeg Jets made a habit of defying death.
How else to explain a tear-filled rally known as "The Funeral" that ...
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Future of AHL's Manitoba Moose uncertain following NHL's return to Winnipeg
05/31/2011 5:41 PM0WINNIPEG - It was a bittersweet day for the Manitoba Moose's Nolan Baumgartner.
The captain of the American Hockey League team ...
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Jets cheered, Gary Bettman jeered as fans welcome NHL hockey back to Winnipeg
05/31/2011 2:10 PM0WINNIPEG - Downtown Winnipeg has erupted into a red, white and blue party with the news that the Jets — ...
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INTERACTIVE: Jets vs. Thrashers
05/31/2011 1:15 PM0The puck will drop in the prairies next season! The NHL is coming back to Winnipeg! Our interactive graphic is ...
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Atlanta loses 2nd NHL team as struggling franchise moves to Winnipeg
05/31/2011 4:00 PM0ATLANTA - First, the Flames. Now, the Thrashers.
The struggling NHL franchise was sold Tuesday to a group that will move ...
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Toews itching to take on city NHL team
05/29/2011 1:00 AM0JONATHAN Toews is looking forward to making a few more visits home next hockey season.
Sure, the proud Winnipegger will take ...
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Lies, damn lies, & NHL hockey
05/29/2011 1:00 AM0Over the past 10 days, Winnipeg hockey fans have been following every tiny snippet of NHL news with an obsessive ...
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Bettman stays consistent on message about Thrashers
05/25/2011 1:57 PM0NHL commissioner Gary Bettman went into fire-fighting mode again today with some cold-water words for those convinced the league has ...
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What others are saying:
05/20/2011 1:00 AM0The Internet, no surprise, was abuzz with confirmations and denials. Here are some examples:
Sportsnet.ca also reported the sale was made, ...
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Stow your sourpuss attitudes, whiners
05/20/2011 1:00 AM0We want an NHL team. We want the international cachet that comes with that membership. We want young people to ...
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NHL's Coyotes likely won't howl in Winnipeg, Katz says
04/27/2011 6:38 PM0WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz said he doesn’t believe the Phoenix Coyotes will return to the franchise’s birthplace – ...
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Hulsizer leaves Coyotes meeting early
04/22/2011 12:31 AM0Matthew Hulsizer must not have liked what he was hearing on Thursday night as he elected to take a powder and split early from the Goldwater-Glendale summit.
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Bettman a slick stickhandler
04/21/2011 1:00 AM0Gary BETTMAN, in a non-denial denial, all but confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with True North Sports and Entertainment ...
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A few Jets questions...
04/19/2011 4:42 AM0This return of the Jets thing is, if nothing else, a trip down memory lane. It’s fun, for those ...
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NHL cash call like prostate exam
04/15/2011 4:58 PM0Often, a doctor has to employ somewhat invasive procedures to get a true temperature reading. These probes come at the ...
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Why saddle Glendale taxpayers with risk?
03/29/2011 1:00 AM0Senator John McCain took a run at the Goldwater Institute again this week, calling them "disgraceful." McCain has gotten involved ...
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After work with Hulsizer, Goldwater still plans court challenge on sale of Coyotes
03/25/2011 6:50 PM0After working with Matthew Hulsizer over the past 48 hours to try and get a better understanding of his deal ...
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Hulsizer letter doesn't change Goldwater stance
03/21/2011 7:32 PM0The Goldwater Institute says its concerns in the matter of the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes have not been allayed ...
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102 million reasons to get Coyotes
03/17/2011 1:00 AM0BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Revenue and fans appear to be scarce in more markets than Phoenix, where the financially troubled ...
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Goldwater puts pressure back on Glendale
03/17/2011 1:00 AM0The Goldwater Institute's announcement that it will back up its talk with a lawsuit once again places the onus on ...
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Goldwater a tough customer
03/10/2011 1:00 AM0It's hard to fathom, but some parties involved in the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes fail to understand what the ...
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Clock ticking, NHL pushing bonds
03/5/2011 1:00 AM0The NHL is not standing idly by waiting to see if Matthew Hulsizer will sink or swim in his effort ...
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If we get NHL back, we better love it a lot
03/5/2011 1:00 AM0For some time now, Winnipeggers have made noise about their desire for the NHL to return to this city and ...
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Goldwater Institute challenges city of Glendale
03/3/2011 1:02 PM0The Goldwater Institute is ready to rumble.
The Phoenix-based watchdog has responded to an editorial in the Arizona Republic entitled
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Coyotes purchase no closer to closing
03/1/2011 1:00 AM0THE Goldwater Institute called Matthew Hulsizer's bluff on Monday and no imminent resolution appears upcoming in the ongoing saga of ...
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Proposed sale of Coyotes drags on
02/25/2011 1:00 AM0THE clock on the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes continues to tick with the whiff of a lawsuit jamming up ...
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Don't get too worked up, Winnipeg: Bettman
01/31/2011 1:00 AM0RALEIGH, N.C. -- Even though NHL commissioner Gary Bettman acknowledges time is running short on the Phoenix Coyotes sale, he ...
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Player poll: Quebec City most deserving of NHL team, fighting belongs in game
01/31/2011 10:14 AM0TORONTO - Quebec City is the Canadian locale most deserving of an NHL team while both fighting and the instigator ...
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Gary Bettman says time is running short on sale of Phoenix Coyotes
01/29/2011 7:50 PM0RALEIGH, - Even though NHL commissioner Gary Bettman acknowledges time is running short on the Phoenix Coyotes sale, he doesn't ...
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Coyotes sale to Hulsizer on verge of closing, Bettman says
01/29/2011 7:01 PM0TORONTO — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday he believes the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to Matthew Hulsizer is ...
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No deadline for Coyotes
01/30/2011 1:00 AM0TORONTO -- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday he believes the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to Matthew Hulsizer is ...
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Coyotes deal looking shaky
01/27/2011 1:00 AM0TORONTO -- Bonds are failing. Lawsuits are pending. The media is in a froth. Denials are being issued. Tweeters are ...
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Coyotes saga has governors demanding answers
01/28/2011 1:00 AM0TORONTO -- NHL commissioner Gary Bettman will walk into his board of governors meeting Saturday with his pockets empty and ...
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Glendale bond-failure report false: NHL
01/26/2011 5:08 PM0TORONTO - A report on a Toronto radio station earlier today about the status of the City of Glendale's public ...
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NHL's deal in the desert approaches tipping point
01/21/2011 1:00 AM0The NHL has remained patient in its bid to sell the Phoenix Coyotes to a buyer interested in keeping the ...
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Sale of Coyotes still not done deal
01/11/2011 1:00 AM0It's been nearly a month since the City of Glendale ripped out the hearts of Winnipeg hockey fans by passing ...
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NHL will Thrash about in Atlanta for a while
01/11/2011 1:00 AM0The status quo isn't going to cut it in Atlanta.
That much can be agreed upon as some measure of focus ...
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Glendale Council approves Coyotes lease
12/13/2010 12:55 PM0GLENDALE, Az. - Tuesday night’s last gasp vote did not go the way many Winnipeggers were hoping and the Phoenix ...
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Tuesday vote will tell tale for 'Yotes
12/11/2010 1:00 AM0PHOENIX -- Glendale city council has scheduled a vote for Tuesday on a new 30-year lease for the Phoenix Coyotes, ...
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Coyotes suitor may get $100M
12/11/2010 1:00 AM0Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer will likely purchase the Phoenix Coyotes in the coming weeks for $170 million, with the City ...
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Coyotes’ purchaser could get hefty subsidy from Arizona city
12/10/2010 8:59 PM0Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer will likely buy the Phoenix Coyotes for US$170 million in coming weeks, and $100 million of ...
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Price list for would-be NHL team-buyers
12/3/2010 1:00 AM0If Mark Chipman and David Thomson are still intent on buying an NHL team, they might want to consider doing ...
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Who's next?
11/21/2010 1:00 AM0While hockey may be Canada's most popular spectator sport, football may actually do more to unite the country.
This counterintuitive idea ...
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GO, — GO!!!
11/14/2010 1:00 AM0Long-suffering Winnipeg sports fans will celebrate a dubious milestone this week, as the stadium debate lurches into its sixth year.
The ...
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Coyotes deal now up to NHL governors, Glendale says
10/15/2010 2:40 PM0Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer is closing in on a deal to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes from the National Hockey League.
Hulsizer ...
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Canadians support NHL return to Winnipeg
09/23/2010 8:22 AM0A new poll says most Canadians want to see the NHL return to Winnipeg and Quebec City but they don't ...
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Better than most: We're no fair-weather hockey town
09/22/2010 1:00 AM0A group devoted to promoting the facts about Winnipeg's suitability as an NHL market has published a study adding more ...
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Winnipeg's ready for NHL's return
09/22/2010 1:00 AM0Yes, it was very kind of Steve Yzerman to say Winnipeg might someday be a nice little NHL town. But ...
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Prospective buyer plunks down $25M
09/18/2010 1:00 AM0A prospective buyer of the Phoenix Coyotes, widely believed to be Chicago businessman Matthew Hulsizer, has placed $25 million in ...
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Game on: Winnipeg vs. Quebec
09/17/2010 7:37 AM0It's shaping up to be the biggest-ever hockey battle between Winnipeg and Quebec City -- which will be the first ...
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Jets documentary here Aug. 20
08/5/2010 10:58 AM0Winnipeg Jets fans looking to reminisce about the not-too-distant past can head to 4Play Sports Bar on Aug. 20 where ...
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True North strong and ready
07/6/2010 1:00 AM0FP: How will the recent buzz about a possible return of NHL hockey to Winnipeg effect the Manitoba Moose for ...
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Glendale gong show just getting started
06/9/2010 1:00 AM0The gong show in Glendale, Ariz., has only just begun.
Jerry Reinsdorf is out of the running to purchase the Phoenix ...
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Ice Edge gets 60 days to deal on Coyotes' lease
06/9/2010 1:00 AM0THE City of Glendale, Ariz. has granted Ice Edge Holdings the exclusive right to negotiate a lease at Jobing.com Arena ...
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Hard times may scuttle Coyotes deal
06/8/2010 1:00 AM0Ice Edge's deal to keep the Phoenix Coyotes in Arizona could be in peril due to tough financial times, says ...
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Bettman puts 'Winnipeg' and 'NHL' together, so we're listening, waiting
05/29/2010 1:00 AM0CHICAGO -- Patience is a virtue, somebody once said.
Tolstoy scribbled, "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." And ...
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Shenkarow says stay the course
05/27/2010 1:00 AM0The former largest ownership partner and president of the Winnipeg Jets thinks the city is on the right track back ...
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NHL-calibre city? We've now got it on paper
05/26/2010 1:00 AM0Last weekend's news that the NHL has referred to True North Sports and Entertainment in an agreement between the league ...
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Sell Coyotes or it's the 'Peg
05/23/2010 1:00 AM0The NHL has told the City of Glendale to sell the Phoenix Coyotes to a buyer willing to keep them ...
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Coyotes not coming: TSN report
05/22/2010 1:00 AM0The NHL and City of Glendale, Ariz., have reached an agreement that ensures the Phoenix Coyotes will remain in the ...
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NHL, Glendale reach agreement for Coyotes to stay for another season
05/21/2010 7:25 PM0TSN's Darren Dreger says the NHL and the City of Glendale have agreed on a deal that ensures the Coyotes ...
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Mystery group now interested in Coyotes
05/20/2010 1:00 AM0A new group has entered the game for the cash-strapped Phoenix Coyotes but it does not change the NHL's deadline ...
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Coyotes' sticky situation just tip of iceberg for NHL
05/15/2010 1:00 AM0Anyone of a certain age will remember that act on the Ed Sullivan Show where this guy would frantically attempt ...
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True North is playing it smart
05/15/2010 1:00 AM0Considering the hill they needed to climb to get to this point, the strategy employed by True North Sports and ...
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Arizona taxpayer watchdog holds its fire -- for now
05/15/2010 1:00 AM0GLENDALE, Ariz., city manager Ed Beasley has begun talks with the NHL over how it will pay the league up ...
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Speaking his mind
05/14/2010 1:00 AM0Gary Bettman is no stranger to trouble.
In his 17 years as NHL commissioner, he has presided over two work stoppages, ...
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Bend it like Bettman
05/14/2010 1:00 AM0Is it just me, or is it getting a little negotiated in here?
With the Phoenix Coyotes still in play, you ...
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Watchdog lining up lawyers
05/14/2010 1:00 AM0There will be no straight course to the finish line over the fate of the Phoenix Coyotes, at least not ...
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Don't give up, NHL tells city
05/13/2010 6:37 AM0GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The NHL's deputy commissioner has a message for Winnipeg hockey fans: Don't be dejected by what happened this week in Arizona...
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Quebec City joins line wooing NHL team
05/13/2010 1:00 AM0MONTREAL -- First Winnipeg, then Quebec City?
While Manitoba awaited word on the return of NHL hockey, the would-be owner of ...
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There's still a fighting chance
05/13/2010 1:00 AM0NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is saying everything the good people of Phoenix want to hear but he remains fully prepared ...
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Confederacy of dunces
05/13/2010 1:00 AM0Here's a dilemma you don't have every night: Should I watch Game 6 of the blood-and-guts series between the Canucks ...
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Landmines on road to keeping Coyotes in desert
05/13/2010 10:12 AM0The City of Glendale, Ariz., has authorized its city manager to cut a deal worth up to US$25 million with the NHL to cover losses and keep the Phoenix Coyotes playing in the city's Jobing.com Arena next season, but a sandstorm is immediately on the horizon...
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Hockey's hotter than ever on Prairies: survey
05/13/2010 1:00 AM0WITH hockey both on television and the minds of Winnipeggers, a new poll says we're more in love with our ...
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Glendale repeats our long-ago mistakes
05/13/2010 1:00 AM0Three hours before boarding a (delayed) flight out of Phoenix last November, I was on the hunt for souvenirs.
I have ...
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Alternate schedule or maybe it's a matrix
05/13/2010 1:00 AM0THE hot NHL rumour earlier in the week was that Winnipeg was included on an alternate schedule the NHL has ...
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Katz eyes other 'bleeding' NHL teams
05/12/2010 3:04 PM0WINNIPEG - Mayor Sam Katz said he isn’t surprised that Glendale's city council agreed to bail out the NHL Coyotes ...
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NHL offers no comment Winnipeg's inclusion in schedule
05/11/2010 4:17 PM0WINNIPEG - THE National Hockey League is declining to comment on published reports it has come up with a “contingency” schedule that includes Winnipeg.
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Ice Edge out; True North silent
05/11/2010 1:00 AM0The folks at True North Sports and Entertainment aren't making a peep right now.
Don't be fooled, however, into thinking there's no action going on in the downtown rink's basement offices.
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Coyotes' future just a blip on Phoenix sports radar
05/11/2010 4:07 PM0WINNIPEG - While Winnipeg hockey fans wait anxiously for the result of tonight's vote by Glendale city council, the metropolitan ...
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Winnipeg is looking mighty fine
05/11/2010 1:00 AM0The Young and the Homeless melodrama surrounding the Phoenix Coyotes aside, there appears to be a noteworthy development in regards ...
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Rock and a hard place
05/11/2010 1:00 AM0GLENDALE -- For the second time in 15 years, the fate of the NHL franchise that began in Winnipeg and ...
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CAN WE AFFORD IT THIS TIME? The economics behind an NHL team
05/14/2010 5:24 PM0ALTHOUGH Winnipeg might be ready for an NHL franchise, the MTS Centre might not.
Eyes have turned to the six-year-old downtown ...
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Ice Edge breaks off talks to buy Coyotes
05/10/2010 9:33 PM0WINNIPEG — Ice Edge Holdings has walked away from the table in its bid to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes.
"Talks have broken ...
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Glendale council OKs NHL requirements for Coyotes
05/10/2010 4:19 PM0GLENDALE, Ariz. — The return of the NHL to Winnipeg appears to be on hold for another year, as the City of Glendale has agreed to meet the league’s requirements for keeping the Phoenix Coyotes in Arizona for the 2010-2011 season.
Glendale’s seven-member city council voted unanimously tonight to approve a plan spend up to $25 million to hold on to the troubled franchise for another year if the NHL doesn’t find a new buyer dedicated to keeping it in Arizona... -
Ice Edge feels Winnipeg's pain
05/10/2010 1:00 AM0Daryl Jones and his Ice Edge partners feel a little queasy about getting in the way of a potential new ...
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True North holds its fire
05/8/2010 1:00 AM0THE Manitoba Moose and True North Sports and Entertainment released a statement Friday afternoon in response to reports Thursday that ...
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Don't bet on Jets yet
05/8/2010 1:00 AM0‘COULD It Be?’
That was the headline on the TSN home page Friday afternoon, emblazoned in bold 'Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbour' ...
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Deal to keep Coyotes in desert fluid
05/8/2010 1:00 AM0Ice EDGE Holdings Inc.'s chances of acquiring the Phoenix Coyotes were suddenly revived Friday, and so were the chances of ...
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We've all seen this movie before
05/8/2010 1:00 AM0I've finally figured out what's happening in Phoenix: It's Winnipeg in 1995 all over again.
Deadlines involving the Coyotes come and ...
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Coyotes sale goes sour in desert
05/7/2010 1:00 AM0The sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to Chicago sports tycoon Jerry Reinsdorf appears to be dead -- opening the door ...
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Coyotes sale to Reinsdorf dead, team headed to Winnipeg?
05/6/2010 10:35 PM0The sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to Chicago businessman Jerry Reinsdorf appears to be dead, and this increases chances the ...
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Time for Canadian teams to contend for Cup
05/10/2010 6:04 PM0For the longest time, the thought of a Stanley Cup parade being held in Canada was about as improbable as ...
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Moose taking care of business
05/10/2010 6:04 PM0When the governors of the American Hockey League assemble today near Chicago's O'Hare airport, they'll all have an answer for ...
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Let's connect no-goal dots
04/23/2010 1:00 AM0Somebody call Mulder and Scully, because there's a lot of conspiracy theories floating around the NHL these days.
I've even got ...
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Steal of a deal gets nuttier: Reinsdorf gets $200K if it flops
04/16/2010 1:00 AM0Not to beat a dead Coyote, but.....
Surprise, surprise. Turns out, as suggested in this space Thursday, the lavish and too-good-to-be-true ...
