What’s Behind the Phoenix Coyotes’ Dominance at Home?
November 11th, 2013 by Mark Brown Leave a reply »When the hockey season began, a major goal for the Phoenix Coyotes was improved play at home.
Turn our home rink into a House of Fear, players collectively reasoned.
For the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, Jobing.com Arena, the Coyotes’ home building, was not exactly a House of Horrors for opposing teams. In fact, the Phoenix home record last season barely reached .500, and the Coyotes went 14-8-2 on home ice.
Fast forward to five weeks into the season.
Clearly improved at home specifically and overall within the league, the Coyotes’ play can best be defined as “finding ways to win.” The combination of stable ownership and the influx of skilled players have raised the bar as well as the team‘s collective confidence level.
After the Coyotes squeezed out a 4-3 shootout win over Washington at Jobing.com Arena last Saturday, they increased their home record to 8-0-1. That means Phoenix continues undefeated in regulation at home and only the Anaheim Ducks remain the other Western Conference team without a home defeat.
“We talk about not losing at home,” said goalie Mik ...
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