10 Copyright (c) 2012 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Phoenix Coyotes. http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/pho http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13faahtqh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/los-angeles-kings-does-rest-become-rust-stanley-203150221.html It's late May. You've played three rounds of hockey. The bumps and bruises are there, but you're playing for the Stanley Cup, man. The three teams left in the race for the Cup are all feeling the effects of playing an extra month and a half of hockey. And while the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers will be playing their 18th and 20th games of the playoffs (respectively) tonight, the Los Angeles Kings have breezed their way through three rounds with a meager 14. The Rangers played that many through the opening two rounds and according to STATS, LLC., no Cup-winning team has ever played more than 18 games to get to the Final. By eliminating the Vancouver Canucks in five games and the St. Louis Blues in four, the Kings are used to having time off between series. With eight days between Game 5 against the Phoenix Coyotes and Game 1 of the Final, is that too much rest for the Kings? Fri, 25 May 2012 13:31:50 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,db9d2c2b-0002-3b8b-8e33-5be492ea9017-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13g5pg4dv/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dominik-hasek-wants-nhl-return-tortorella-game-6-195836583.html Fri, 25 May 2012 12:58:36 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,5d1aaeed-9239-366c-8019-50e2ee6045ed-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12oshf22l/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-investigating-coyotes-post-game-163010386--nhl.html Incidents after the Phoenix Coyotes' Game 5 loss to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday reportedly are being investigated by the NHL. Fri, 25 May 2012 09:30:10 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,e0555289-0bf1-3f88-88c3-391b5150500c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13mjekqjc/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/coyotes-doan-explains-tense-handshake-kings-brown-game-134917461.html Fri, 25 May 2012 06:49:17 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,60ed7982-4cfd-33d7-8126-6d6634363abb-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12je2t84c/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/coyotes-finish-off-best-season-212736284--nhl.html GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The end of the season hit the Phoenix Coyotes particularly hard. Thu, 24 May 2012 18:32:08 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,7e120a67-0e90-3355-8627-56f704c0e685-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13h06kirt/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/philadelphia-flyers-cannot-regret-trading-mike-richards-jeff-001700114--nhl.html The day of June 23, 2011 seemed like any other relatively normal early-summer day. It was sunny. It was warm. It was welcoming. It wasn't for Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, whom the Philadelphia Flyers dealt to the Los Angeles Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets respectively, and reshaped their entire franchise in one fell swoop. Now come the complaints from many Flyers fans who say the team made the wrong moves at the wrong times, as Richards and Carter find themselves four games away from doing something they couldn't do in Philadelphia: hoist a Stanley Cup. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:17:00 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,b76a1e87-541d-3d6f-a1bc-a190e5194f6f-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13f7ck0cj/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dodger-stadium-winter-classic-10-worst-nhl-fans-200054795.html Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:54 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,a06890b8-3a0a-33d1-88ec-ca5bb8a4e61d-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13qui9m0j/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/los-angeles-kings-western-conference-championship-belt-yes-153053385.html Thu, 24 May 2012 08:30:53 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,a8ec6af4-5d9e-37db-8f91-bbae2185acaa-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=137h2juav/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/devils-beat-rangers-close-stanley-cup-finals-berth-032546081--nhl.html NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New Jersey Devils let a three-goal lead slip away against the New York Rangers on Wednesday but scored twice late in the third period to claim a 5-3 win and move within touching distance of a place in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Wed, 23 May 2012 21:44:55 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,6387efa6-1366-3627-b543-70a88e21d173-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13avokpp6/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/rangers-devils-back-msg-pivotal-game-5-nhl-224214983.html • Feast your eyes on some screengrabs from NHL 13. [ Operation Sports ] Preview: New Jersey Devils at New York Rangers, 8 p.m. ET Except to see a different Rangers team Wednesday, and not just because they'll be plugging two Brandons into the lineup, with Brandon Dubinsky making his series debut and Brandon Prust returning from his one-game suspension. The Rangers have played fabulously at Madison Square Garden this postseason, and it's hardly possible for them to be as poor as they were in the 4-1 Game 4 loss that evened this series at two games apiece. The Rangers desperately need to get their forwards going, as Chris Krieder is the only one with two goals. Might we see a more open game than we've grown accustomed to? Evening Reading • Cool post on Sidney Crosby's comic book death. [ The Hockey Writers ] • An open letter to Shane Doan from a Kings fan. Incredibly, it's nice. [ Nebulous Verbosity ] • Kirk McLean's entire career is up for auction, if that's what you're into. [ PITB ] • If the Devils and Rangers go to a Game 7, it will be shown on NBC Sports, not NBC. Why? The Senior PGA tour's got dibs. [ Newsday ] • The Oilers don't need a stud defenceman just yet. [ Oilers Nation ] Puck Buddy Comment of the Day: Luke, on the screenshot of the woman behind the Coyotes' bench Wednesday night : If you stare hard enough thru the picture like one of those Magic Eye books you CAN see Dave Tippett..... Uncanny. Bold Prediction: Brandon Dubinsky scores in his first game back. Wed, 23 May 2012 15:42:14 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,27f2836a-7d61-3240-9daf-9a2b55abf94c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12gjk8d9q/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/la-kings-conquer-west-await-195230620--nhl.html LOS ANGELES (AP) The crowd was dozens deep and hundreds wide, screaming and chanting and surrounding the Los Angeles Kings' cars as they drove home after writing another improbable chapter in the big, mostly empty book that holds their franchise history. Wed, 23 May 2012 15:21:08 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,2204ea9a-bea8-3449-a816-661c872f8098-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13apen6l5/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/eulogy-remembering-2011-12-phoenix-coyotes-205832141.html Wed, 23 May 2012 13:58:32 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,80f41840-85de-309d-9daf-56e2f102117b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13f0in9ba/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dubinsky-returns-game-5-no-hearing-brown-spacek-182950748.html Wed, 23 May 2012 11:29:50 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,a8f55b53-8142-3e1e-b224-ae0b2be8fa29-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13f373r6c/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/marek-vs-wyshynski-radio-tyson-nash-mike-brophy-174521683.html It's a Wednesday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT , and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Stars: Tyson Nash gives us a post-mort on the Phoenix Coyotes and takes on the Dustin Brown hit. Mike Brophy of Sportsnet looks at the Stanley Cup Playoffs and other matters. • In which Marek and Wysh preview Game 5 between the Devils and Rangers. • The Shane Doan, Keith Yandle and Coyotes go off on officiating. • The evils of the handshake line. • Puck Headlines and Talking Points Question of the Day: Overheard in the Kings/Coyotes handshake ally last night was... Email your answers to puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or tweet them with the hashtag #MvsW to either @jeffmarek or @wyshynski . Click here for the Sportsnet live stream or click the play button above! Click here to download podcasts from the show each day Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes or Feedburner . Wed, 23 May 2012 10:45:21 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,e8e31aba-e495-3d5f-96b1-10bb29c321ed-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13ghatpgi/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/dustin-penner-jeff-carter-mike-richards-edit-nhl-160040865.html Why are the Los Angeles Kings in the 2012 Stanley Cup Final? Because the two drunk, locker room cancers helped set up a lazy fat-ass for the game-winning goal. At least that's how it would have been framed about eight months ago, when the narratives about Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Dustin Penner had defined them as players. The first two were banished from the Philadelphia Flyers, ostensibly for cap relief in the pursuit of a No. 1 goaltender (or, failing that, Ilya Bryzgalov) but mostly for a culture change in the dressing room. Penner, meanwhile, was (a) a waste of salary compared to production and (b) out of shape and (c) lazy to the point where his general manager suggested he might be better off playing for the El Cid Lounge in a men's softball league . In overtime of Game 5 in the Western Conference Final on Tuesday night, Richards won the faceoff near the defensive zone. Slava Voynov moved it up the boards, and Penner kept the puck alive in the attacking zone on the forecheck, sending a nifty backhand pass to a streaking Carter. He fired the puck off of Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith with Richards causing chaos on front of the net, helping to clear the slot for Penner to fire home the rebound over Smith's glove. With that, the Kings were headed to the Cup Final. This trio was maligned and decried for the better part of 2011-12. Yet it was this Dry Island of Misfit Toys that has the Kings four wins away from the first Stanley Cup. Wed, 23 May 2012 09:00:40 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9548b43c-638b-379c-8bd1-bf21f888380c-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=137nbjhsc/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/tribute-phoenix-coyotes-abundant-talent-125258986.html Wed, 23 May 2012 05:52:58 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,370ff7d4-12fe-3741-a686-ed04aef90e1f-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=1379j0ji2/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/coyotes-disappointed-different-reasons-elimination-092123477--nhl.html The Coyotes were livid at the end of Game 5 -- about what they saw as a brutal hit by Kings captain Dustin Brown that sent defenseman Michal Rozsival out of the game with a knee injury, and about the goal by Dustin Penner seconds later that ended their season. Wed, 23 May 2012 02:21:23 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,cb67a2ae-173c-3ab2-aaba-7adbd5537549-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12b282lni/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/kings-edge-coyotes-4-3-081343966--nhl.html GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) A great road playoff run has the Los Angeles Kings in a place they haven't been since the Great One was skating in Southern California. Wed, 23 May 2012 01:13:43 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,3ec5e64a-d262-3965-a3b4-9de32614e9f3-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=14emiorm7/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl--kings-advance-to-stanley-cup-final-with-ot-goal-just-seconds-after-dustin-brown-s-controversial-hit.html Dustin Brown delivered a borderline bodycheck on Michal Rozsival that enraged the Coyotes and might result in a call from the league for the Kings captain. Wed, 23 May 2012 01:12:45 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,0d846acb-3153-3ea0-bc45-3c21e04f0dd7-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12kgatfag/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/glendale-council-takes-1st-step-065655461--nhl.html GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) The Glendale City Council has approved a preliminary budget that includes $17 million to be paid to the prospective buyer of the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes for operating costs for the city's Jobing.com Arena. Tue, 22 May 2012 23:56:55 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,46eae914-a8c2-3f23-8476-e51403efe4a7-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13l2gbm5j/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/coyotes-mike-smith-believes-dustin-brown-done-forever-061050628.html Tue, 22 May 2012 23:10:50 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,c94da12a-918f-3b10-ac28-3950ab384b15-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=12lpgqveh/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/la-kings-reach-stanley-cup-final-044616777--nhl.html LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Kings booked their place in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in almost 20 years after wrapping up the NHL Western Conference title with a 4-3 overtime win over Phoenix in Game Five on Tuesday. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:56:40 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9314ffd1-37af-3164-be31-6199f53b92d3-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=132drmqqk/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/news/kings-stun-phoenix-ot-reach-stanley-cup-final-055405401--nhl.html The Los Angeles Kings continued their road to success in the 2012 NHL postseason, punching their ticket to the Stanley Cup finals by eliminating the Phoenix Coyotes in five games. Tue, 22 May 2012 22:54:05 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,2dead200-89e5-3af9-809f-88b579890fee-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13g0n8m82/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/mike-milbury-vs-jeremy-roenick-over-dustin-brown-053042696.html Tue, 22 May 2012 22:30:42 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,9b1178f9-45af-37a2-9062-c85e2ef95f1b-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13oi52nkq/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/watch-kings-coyotes-hostile-handshake-line-dustin-penner-050010630.html For a team that's gone from punchline to champion, Dustin Penner was the perfect player to send the Los Angeles Kings to the 2012 Stanley Cup Final. His goal at 17:42 of overtime gave the Kings a 4-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes in Game 5, and L.A. heads to the Cup Final for the first time since 1993. But after the Kings' celebration, the real drama started: The most contentious, hostile handshake line in recent memory, as the Coyotes players verbally assailed Kings captain Dustin Brown, whose controversial hit took out defenseman Michal Rozsival moments before Penner's goal with no penalty called: Here's another look at the handshake line: Tue, 22 May 2012 22:00:10 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,48064904-2d99-374a-876f-3ea8c3a472aa-l:1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nhl/SIG=13hppia6a/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/kings-vs-coyotes-game-5-pierre-mcguire-tortorella-230201950.html Tue, 22 May 2012 16:02:01 PDT nhl urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,lego:19780928:top,article,44fcb924-9bab-362b-b7a1-b6e7805b8eab-l:1 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:31:50 PDT