Coyotes' move to Salt Lake City elicits opposing responses in 2 cities
PHOENIX (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat next to the former Arizona Coyotes owner in a downtown Phoenix hotel meeting room, trying to put a positive spin on the funeral for a franchise.
Late Friday afternoon, Bettman will sit next to the new Coyotes owner in Salt Lake City to bask in the excitement of the league’s newest city and a fan base that had been itching for another team to join the NBA’s Utah Jazz.
One day, two drastically different news conferences for the same hockey team.
“If you look back from the perspective over the last three decades, the NHL support for hockey in Arizona has been unwavering, to say the least,” Bettman said Friday in Phoenix. “And for anybody who’s been on that journey with us, there have been countless times when we could have made another decision and we didn’t. And so I hope everybody understands that this is a place that we believe hockey works.”
Related articles
Larry David reunites with onscreen ex
Larry David reunited with his Curb Your Enthusiasm ex-wife Cheryl Hines for the Max hit comedy's Pal2024-04-20King Charles 'asked Katy Perry for selfie' for a private secretary
King Charles asked Katy Perry to take a selfie with a member of staff after he confessed to the mona2024-04-20EMMA COWING: A precious glimpse into the Queen's happy home
It's a picture that has been burnished into the collective memory. Queen Elizabeth II smiling, a lit2024-04-209/11 first responder 'who shot a man dead in a South Carolina Chick
A 9/11 first responder is in custody in South Carolina where he's accused of shooting dead a man he2024-04-20A former Russian tycoon who once led separatist region launches a hunger strike in Azerbaijan jail
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A former Russian tycoon jailed in Azerbaijan on charges stemming from his ti2024-04-20- It was the scoop of the decade, a history-making interview that brought an abrupt halt to the Duke o2024-04-20
atest comment