Featuring Thomas Galvin: Maricopa County Supervisor for District 2
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An official effort is underway to bring professional hockey back to Arizona after the previous Arizona Coyotes team relocated to Salt Lake City in 2024. Maricopa County Chairman Thomas Galvin has formed an advisory committee, led by Andrea Doan, wife of Coyotes legend Shane Doan, to find a billionaire owner and a suitable arena location for a future franchise. The committee aims to build community support and work with the NHL to demonstrate Arizona’s viability as a hockey market, though there is no set timeline for a return.
Arizona Coyotes’ Departure: The original Arizona Coyotes franchise was sold and moved to Salt Lake City after the 2023-24 NHL season due to ongoing issues with ownership and a lack of a suitable arena.
Advisory Committee: In January 2025, Maricopa County Chairman Thomas Galvin initiated a plan to bring hockey back to the Phoenix area by forming an advisory committee.
Andrea Doan’s Role: Andrea Doan, wife of Shane Doan and mother of NHL player Josh Doan, was named chair of the committee. Her family is prominent in the Arizona hockey community.
Dual Priorities: The committee’s main goals are to:
Find a billionaire owner with the financial commitment to establish a successful franchise.
Secure a suitable location for a new, NHL-caliber arena in the Valley.
Community Focus: A strong community and grassroots hockey following are seen as key assets in proving Arizona’s viability as an NHL market.
Competition from Other Cities: Other cities, such as Houston and Atlanta, are also being considered for NHL expansion, making Arizona’s effort a competitive undertaking.
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15 Comments
I'm actually visiting Arizona right now. Perfect timing! #HOWL
This looks promising. Can't wait for the details. Hope they can overcome a 20+ year arena problem. If they can, it would be great to have the Coyotes back in the NHL.
Bring back the Quebec Nordiques. We have the arena, and definitely the market.
The main issue in arizona was bad ownership. if they can get a solid ownership group they can make it work
Thank you Brodie I’m very excited to see this .
Coyotes 4 life
Watching the final minutes of what was thought to be the Coyotes last game, was really sad. Felt awful for the fans. Fingers crossed they can find a way to make this work. But they MUST come up with a viable arena plan in a suitable location.
Brodie, thanks again for covering this! I just let Craig Morgan a message to check it out.
Instead building a third valley arena. I know Phx Arena got renovated and the Suns are contracted to stay there for a while. Why not renovate it again like they doing to the Delta Center and which can hopefully accommodate bring back the Coyotes again.
I am visiting my nephews next week(in Phoenix).They miss hockey,having grown up in Buffalo 🦬.
Put the arena in Northwest mesa, south of 202, west of Alma School.
I don’t want to see hockey in Arizona EVER again. If your own states citizens voted against keeping a team in your state over a landfill, you don’t belong having a hockey club. Enjoy your landfill Tempe! Go Detroit Red Wings!
The sad thing is the NHL was the only competent ownership the Coyotes ever had. I know the NHL couldn’t continue owning the Coyotes
The desert is filled with hockey hotbed North Eastern and Midwestern transplants, who attended games with their sons and daughters or their moms and dads back there. There is definitely a hunger for hockey here from both locals and transplants. Good luck!
Losing the Coyotes was not like Minnesota losing the North Stars or Winnipeg or Quebec losing their teams, make Arizona wait a decade like Winnipeg had to and Quebec continues to wait on getting their team back. The special treatment Arizona gets is ridiculous.
The valley of the Sun had no business losing there hockey team. Phoenix was in of very few cities/ markets that had all professional sports besides the MLS.