After the Phoenix Coyotes defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning at home last Saturday, they inched closer to the top of the Pacific Division.
With the beginning of play Tuesday, the Coyotes are within one standing point of first place in the Pacific Division. Tied with San Jose at 31 points, both the Sharks and Coyotes stand one point behind division-leading Anaheim.
The road to the top has been nothing less than dramatic.
It hasn't been a small feat for a team that was lost, forgotten, vilified and tossed amid the tumbleweeds, coyotes, cactus and scorpions, then left for dead in the desert of the American southwest.
Like a ship without a rudder, here’s a franchise that wandered aimlessly through the NHL landscape for nearly one-half decade. Owned and operated by the NHL for the last four years, no viable suitor came through to purchase the team, which set in motion an environment of great uncertainty.
The franchise was rumored to relocate more times than not and the future remained as clouded as the pervasive dust clouds that envelop the Phoenix region.
It wasn't until George Gosbee and his IceArizona organization offered a serious bid ...
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