On April 20, 1997, Phoenix hosted its first ever playoff game and brought the infamous White Out over from Winnipeg and the Coyotes responded with a 4-1 victory over the Mighty Ducks.
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only reason why arizona still has hockey is because of gary bettman
Arizona should not even be in the league anymore. Joke of a franchise who bleeds out money every year. The only reason they have lasted this long is because Bettman does not want to admit his mistake that this franchise is the Western Conference Thrashers with a tiny bit more “success”
They should never have left Phoenix city and bring those jerseys back. – Canadian
@NHL Can you post a recap on the first ever Coyotes game in Phoenix?
Keep the tradition
We’re building off of something great! Sure we almost contracted, but getting to this point from that horrible state is nothing short of incredible! Our stadium is filling up (well… until COVID hit) we’re getting big name and big talented players, we have an amazing, committed owner now! Our future is looking bright! Go Yotes! 🐺🔴🏒
what’s the song?
Screw Winnipeg they got their own franchise plus they’re back. (Yotes Fan)
This was a very underrated playoff series. This was the very first playoff series for the Anaheim franchise and the very first playoff series for the city of Phoenix. I remember watching some of the games in this series, and the atmosphere in both arenas were very electric
The crowd was awesome!!
Keep hockey in Arizona.
The crowd was bandwagon. These 'fans' only show up at playoff time but otherwise are AWOL. Coyotes fans are always provided free white t-shirts unlike Jets fans who always bring their own white gear. The Whiteout belongs solely to Jets fans. It's a Winnipeg thing. Coyotes should have come up with something like 'The Sandstorm'.
Hope the Yotes bring these unis back
Those OG Coyotes logo designs are 90s AF!
This goal howl and song was just awesome.
Why did you have to steal our team Phoenix
those were the times…
Never should have moved the friggin team to the nether reaches of the west valley … hope the Tempe rink plan goes through
Semi-popular opinion: the Mighty Ducks and Coyotes Kachina were the most iconic NHL logos of the 90's. No logos scream 90's more than those two. Coyotes just brought back the Kachina full time now the Ducks need to bring back the Mighty Ducks logo full time.
This is proof hockey in PHX can work
This was my childhood right here! I went to the 98 playoffs against Detroit. Man i wish i could go back in time
Interesting Fact: America West Arena is now known as Footprint Center.
Rest in peace Arizona Coyotes
why did this show up on my news feed today when we all know they're going to leave?
we'll miss ya Arizona
hope you will be back Yotes !
I'm here after the last game played in Arizona. Stars fan here. We had some battles with the (then) Phoenix Coyotes in the late 90s and early 2000s. Sad to see them leave. I love the fact that they kept the white out traditional that their former city Winnipeg started. I always wanted to see an Arizona vs. Winnipeg playoff series. White out vs white out
Good to hear Jiggs Macdonald