The Arizona Coyotes are moving to Utah after 27 seasons in the Southwest. Hockey could return to the region with an NHL expansion club.
Ryan Smith has never spoken to Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo. It didn’t stop him from executing a $1.2 billion acquisition that will add an NHL team to his growing Utah sports empire. “It’s a little unprecedented in how this is all happening, but with the timeline—there’s so much to do,” Smith said in an …
Utah is officially getting an NHL team. NHL owners voted Thursday afternoon to approve the $1.2 billion sale of the Arizona Coyotes to the owners of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The vote concludes one of the most unique team sales in modern U.S. sports. Led by billionaire …