Phoenix Coyotes Hockey on AZ Vibe

Well, as we stated in the pregame article, the Phoenix Coyotes were a tired team playing back to back games coming into this game with Dallas. What we didn’t know/tell you was that the Stars were on the tail end of a 6 game home stand who were also playing in back to back games. Both teams out of the gate were sluggish.

Come to think of it the officiating wasn’t all that sharp either as they seemed to change what was a penalty and what wasn’t practically every five minutes.

Anyways, this was a game that was decided by who could muster up the most energy to make the fewest mistakes.

There’s really not much else to tell here. It was a hard fought, tight battle by two tired teams.

Game Notes

- The Coyotes are in sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division and second in the Western Conference due to tie breakers

Game Highlights

Game Summary:

http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/GS021074.HTM

Event Summary:

http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/ES021074.HTM

Play by Play:

http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/PL021074.HTM

Faceoff Stats:

http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/FC021074.HTM

Shootout:

http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20092010/SO021074.HTM

Postgame presser with Coach Tippett (Courtesy of PhoenixCoyotes.com):

http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=337&iid=21246

Postgame interview with Jason LaBarbera (Courtesy of PhoenixCoyotes.com):

Post game comments from Radim Vrbata (Courtesy of PhoenixCoyotes.com):

http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/podcastplayer.htm?pid=335&iid=21247