The Save The Coyotes Coalition

Greetings Coyotes fans,

Is everyone ready for the WhiteOut?! It should be a blast! The Coyotes have lots of activities planned and the celebration has already started! Be sure to wear white to the game on Saturday; the more white, the better! Paint your face, wear white wigs or sunglasses. Be creative! Let’s have fun with this!

Save the Coyotes Coalition Tailgate

We’ve got the plans finalized for our tailgate party and we’re ready to get the party started! We’ll be setting up in Lot J at 1:00 pm and will be ending the tailgate in time for the opening of the arena doors at 4:00pm. They are opening the doors early so we can all be in there on time to not miss out on any of the festivities! The team is inviting everyone to come out and tailgate with us so hopefully we’ll have a pretty good crowd! So if you didn’t RSVP, come on out anyway. The more the merrier! To get into Lot J you’ll need the tailgate password which is “Save the Coyotes”.

WhiteOut Week in Glendale

To celebrate Coyotes opening night, the city of Glendale is holding “WhiteOut Week”. They have planned a variety of things to celebrate the occassion.

• Wednesday & Thursday all fans wearing Coyotes appareal will receive shopping discounts at select stores in Downtown Glendale. To pick up a map and list of stores, stop by the Glendale Visitors Center at 5800 West Glenn Avenue Suite 140.
• Arrowhead Towne Center off of 75th Ave and Bell Rd. will have staff circulating the mall from 10am to 9pm to spot fans wearing Coyotes gear and will hand out Westcor Gift Certificates and Coyotes merchandise.
• On Thursday, Howler will be making a special appearance at Glendale Main Library 5959 W. Brown St. to read with kids during story time at 10:30am
• Friday is WhiteOut Day throughout the city. City staff will be wearing white or Coyotes gear and local schools and businesses are encouraged to do so as well.
• Landmark Middle School will hold a Coyotes pep rally Friday at 11:00am featuring a visit from Howler and the Pack. There will also be giveaways for students.
• Fans can stop by the Glendale Visitor’s Center to pick up a free Coyotes poster (while supplies last) and enter a drawing to win 4 Coyotes tickets.

For additional information on the festivites, please visit www.glendalesgotgame.com

I look forward to seeing you all Saturday night and celebrating the start of a new season with you after such a horrible summer!

GO COYOTES!

Heather McWhorter
President, Save the Coyotes Coalition
CoyotesCoalition@yahoo.com

Greetings Coyotes fans,

Things are starting to look brighter for us here in the desert! We heard from Todd Jordan today, Chief Financial Officer with Ice Edge, Holdings. The Ice Edge group wants Coyotes fans to know that their bid is still very much alive and that they plan to have a representative from their ownership group at the Coyotes Home Opener on the 10th! Hopefully they will get a TV interview so they can tell you themselves how excited they are about the possibility of purchasing the team. The entire ownership group will also be at the Coyotes game in Pittsburgh on the 7th. Hopefully they will get a chance to do an interview while they are there as well.

The biggest impact that we can have right now is in getting out to the games to show the team support and fill up the seats. This year is crucial for us, we have to prove that hockey CAN and IS working in the desert. We deserve to keep our NHL team. Coyotes fans, staff, players, everyone involved with the team in any capacity has taken a beating this summer. But this is our time, let’s show everyone exactly how the Phoenix will rise from the ashes of this mess!

Our new head coach Dave Tippett and his staff are working hard to get the team ready to be competitive this season and they need our support. The louder the building is, the harder they work.  They need to feed off the energy from the crowd. General Manager Don Maloney is putting together an impressive team on a tight budget. The Coyotes staff has a lot of catching up to do on advertising, ticket sales, suite sales, sponsorships, etc but this in no way has to be a “lame duck” season. Our team isn’t going anywhere this season and its up to us to ensure that they don’t go anywhere in the future either. The Coalition will be here helping as much as we can along the way.

Television Schedule Announced!

We finally have a TV schedule! FOX Sports Arizona will locally televise 50 Coyotes regular season games during the 2009/2010 season, all will be broadcast in High Definition. 28 of those games will be road games and 22 will be home games. In addition, the Coyotes’ road game on Tuesday, Jan. 26 against the Detroit Red Wings will also be on Versus, the NHL’s national cable broadcast partner.

Games to be televised:

Date - Opponent
10/3 - @ Los Angeles
10/7 - @ Pittsburgh
10/8 - @ Buffalo
10/12 - @ San Jose
10/15 - St. Louis
10/22 - Detroit
10/26 - @ NY Rangers
10/28 - @ Columbus
10/29 - @ St. Louis
11/2 - Los Angeles
11/4 - @ Colorado
11/5 - Chicago
11/12 - Montreal
11/16 - Tampa Bay
11/18 - @ Minnesota
11/19 - @ St. Louis
11/27 - Dallas
12/7 - Minnesota
12/10 - @ Los Angeles
12/12 - San Jose
12/14 - @ Detroit
12/16 - @ Toronto
12/17- @ Columbus
12/26 - Los Angeles
12/29 - Vancouver
1/2 - Detroit
1/5 - @ Edmonton
1/7 - @ Vancouver
1/9 - NY Islanders
1/12 - San Jose
1/18 - Buffalo
1/26 - @ Detroit***
1/30 - NY Rangers
2/2 - @ Nashville
2/5 - @ Chicago
2/6 - @ Dallas
2/8 - Edmonton
2/12- @ Colorado
2/13- Dallas
3/2 - St. Louis
3/13 - @ Carolina
3/18 - @ Florida
3/20- Chicago
3/21 - @ Dallas
3/23 - @ Chicago
3/25 - @ Nashville
3/27- Colorado
3/30 - @ Vancouver
3/31 - @ Calgary
4/3 - Edmonton
4/8- @ Los Angeles

*** VERSUS

TAILGATE UPDATE:

If you haven’t RSVP’d for the tailgate yet and would like to go please send me an email to CoyotesCoalition@yahoo.com and let me know how many people will be with you. The time is tentatively set for 3pm in Parking Lot J. The location may change if we have a larger amount of RSVP’s so please let me know ASAP if you plan to attend & haven’t already done so!

As a reminder, everyone will be bringing their own food, chairs, drinks, grills, etc. We look forward to seeing everyone there and celebrating at the Welcome Back WhiteOut on the 10th!

Heather McWhorter
President, Save the Coyotes Coalition
CoyotesCoalition@yahoo.com

Peter Mueller and Keith Yandle would both appreciate your support by joining Team Coyotes on October 4, 2009! There is a $30 donation fee which all goes to City of Hope, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

We are extremely honored to have been named co-chairs for the 2009 Walk for Hope in Phoenix on Sunday, October 4. The fight against breast cancer is an important cause to us, as this devastating disease has impacted both of our lives.

Please help us raise awareness and financial support to eradicate breast cancer by donating and/or joining our walk team.

www.walk4hope.org/teamcoyotes

Sincerely,
Peter Mueller and Keith Yandle
Phoenix Coyotes
Walk of Hope-Phoenix, Co-Chairs

Tell them the Save the Coyotes Coalition sent you!

Mr. Gretzky released a statement today via his official website announcing his resignation as head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes.

 
“We all hoped there would be a resolution earlier this month to the Coyotes ownership situation, but the decision is taking longer than expected. Since both remaining bidders have made it clear that I don’t fit into their future plans, I approached General Manger Don Maloney and suggested he begin looking for someone to replace me as coach.”

“I want to thank every staff member of the Phoenix Coyotes, past and present. It was a real pleasure to work with each and every one of you. I’ve always said that Phoenix is a great sports city and deserves nothing but the best. I still believe that.”

“I’ve loved the four years I spent coaching the Coyotes. Not a day went by when I took it for granted, and I will miss the competition of the NHL dearly. It was an honor to hold the position, and I will always consider myself especially fortunate to have had this opportunity.”

Mr. Gretzky,

On behalf of the fans, the Save the Coyotes Coalition would like to thank you for your dedication to Phoenix and the Coyotes and for all you’ve done for us. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and hope our paths will cross again.

Sincerely,

Heather McWhorter
President, Save the Coyotes Coalition
CoyotesCoalition@yahoo.com

The Coyotes will drop the puck on the pre-season - ready or not - tomorrow night Tuesday 9/15/2009. We kick off the pre-season with split squad games against the LA Kings. Our home game starts at 7, the LA game starts at 7:30. Tickets are available here.

Here’s the roster for the home game:

GOALTENDERS
Ilya Bryzgalov
Josh Tordjman

DEFENSEMEN
Zbynek Michalek
Jim Vandermeer
Adrian Aucoin
Kurt Sauer
Ed Jovanovski
Michael Stone

FORWARDS
Scottie Upshall
Martin Hanzal
Matthew Lombardi
Petr Prucha
Radim Vrbata
Shane Doan
Jeff Hoggan
Vern Fiddler
Brett MacLean
Justin Bernhardt
David Spina
Francis Lessard

The roster for the away game in Los Angeles:

GOALTENDERS
Jason LaBarbera
Al Montoya

DEFENSEMEN
Keith Yandle
David Schlemko
Sami Lepisto
Shaun Heshka
Ross Lupaschuk
Mathieu Brodeur

FORWARDS
Kevin Porter
Lauri Korpikoski
Ryan Hollweg
Taylor Pyatt
Colin Long
Stefan Meyer
Chad Kolarik
Viktor Tikhonov
Mitch Fritz
Peter Mueller
Mikkel Boedker
Kyle Turris

Come on out to Jobing.com Arena and let the guys know that regardless of this legal mess, their fans are still behind them!