My final post on Five For Howling. www.fiveforhowling.com/a-statement-...

They're friends!!!!

Per Alex Meruelo, the Roadrunners will be moving to Phoenix. This absolutely sucks for Tucson. They have a thriving hockey culture and some of the most dedicated fans I know. Roadrunners games are unique and special, and it sucks they are losing their team.

Alex Meruelo owns a casino and did not care about the fanbase. I feel you extend this to all gambling outfits, which is why it is great they are so ingrained in sports right now

A sweet story. www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...

Personal note: The Coyotes existing allowed me to live out a dream of being a paid writer for a while. That also had a tragic ending, but for a while things were going great

On the way back from tonight's game I was wearing a Coyotes shirt behind a guy in an A's cap in line at the gas station. If QT pulls the footage they can get a great 2024 picture

From gathering signatures outside a library to a projector hooked up to a car in the parking lot, I feel the message from the start of my time covering the Coyotes to the end is the same. Sometimes the fans have to do it themselves.

For a lot of people there will be a little bit less joy in their life when they wake up tomorrow.

Everyone is on the ice. Scratched players, support staff, everyone

The final 16 seconds of the Coyotes game had no commentary. Just the sound of the fans cheer on their team for final time. It was an incredibly bitter sweet moment, and the perfect choice

Durzi hits empty net after blocking a shot from in front of the goal to make it 5-2! He shot it from in front of Ingram! Commanding lead with 4:15 left!

Guenther on the power play!! That kid is going to be someone special!!!!!

Coyotes get another power play and a chance to regain the buffer goal

Lawson Crouse has been excellent the past three years and became a true leader. There is a reason fans thought he should be named Captain. It is great to see him score in the last Mullett game

Foegele gets the Oilers back within one with a shot from the center of the ice. 3-2

Lawson Crouse scores and it's 3-1 Coyotes!!!

Right across from Mullett Arena you have the ASU Desert Arboretum Park. It has a seating area and is currently empty. They could have planned out and had something official here

The team didn't organize anything so 150-200 fans showed up to watch the final game together. They were told they couldn't watch by the arena so moved across the street to a parking lot

A car has been added and there is power to the projector again

The projector has died, there are some scrambles to get it charged

Yotes headed to box, McBain to sit for hooking

Edmonton maybe gets a goal, but no goal. More cheers

Big cheer from the parking lot as O'Brien makes it 1-0!!!

One last time in the desert

One last time

In Tempe pregaming for the final Coyotes game

I wrote about the #Yotes one last time www.fiveforhowling.com/coyotes-game...

Sports media is incredibly underfunded and one of the industries that is the primary funder is gambling, which is going to create some massive problems in the coming years. Not only is it going to further link sports and gambling but it is going to lead to less critical reporting

For some reason it won't add the link in the first post.

This is a good article on the many ways gambling is marketed at young men, but I have to disagree with this bit. There are ~209M Americans 16+ years old. If 10M of those are problem gamblers, that's 4.8% of the entire population, 1/20 people. That seems like a *huge* portion of the population.

Coyotes can't tie it up and fall 6-5 to the Calgary Flames. Exciting penultimate game if nothing else.

Cooley gets hooked late and the Coyotes get a chance with the man advantage to tie this game

Ingram takes a stick to the face/mask and immediately heads to the box. Vejmelka is in with 2:40 left in regulation

Coyotes get a late power play and a chance to tie it up

Kadri makes it 6-5, Ingram put his hand up so maybe the Coyotes challenge

Coyotes give up a goal and take a penalty? That's the Arizona team I know. Moser to sit for tripping

Kadri ties from a crazy angle. 5-5

Just thinking about how my home office is full of Coyotes stuff. Pucks, sticks, rally towels, bobbleheads, yearbooks. Going to be weird looking at that every day

5-4 after 2 and the Coyotes are in a good position. They just gotta win one more period and they have this

The Coyotes are full of young talent like Cooley, Guenther, Maccelli, and Doan.

Sharangovich gets the Flames within one, neither of these teams wants to quit

Doan makes it 5-3 with a rocket from the faceoff dot!!!!!

Guenther makes it 4-3 after getting out of the box with his second of the game!!! That kid is going to be special

Guenther to sit for hooking and the Coyotes have a big kill coming up

Zary gets in all alone in front of the net and picks up a pass from below the goal line to tie it 3-3

#Yotes with a 3-2 lead after 20 with goals from Kerfoot, Maccelli, and Guenther. A good start, but the Flames have shown they won't go down easy so not lose sight of the final prize

Guenther on the power play makes it 3-2!!!!!