{coyotes} NHL.TV offers live games on more than 400 devices

 

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Hockey is back, with more high hopes and high tech than ever.

Signups are underway for NHL.TV, the way to watch LIVE hockey in an unprecedented era of competitive balance. Watch every live out-of-market game and select out-of-market preseason games on more than 400 supported devices, for one low yearly price with All-Access for $139.96, choose the $24.99 monthly option or follow a favorite out-of-market team all season long for $111.96.

Preseason telecasts starts on Sept. 25, and Opening Night is Oct. 12. This year marks the first time select preseason games will be included with your subscription. Other new features of NHL.TV include a slow-motion DVR control for the HD desktop media player; additional on-demand highlights for select connected devices; and an all-new app for Apple TV (fourth generation), with multi-game streaming.

What makes NHL.TV even more essential is its portability. The NHL App lets you take the action anywhere. Simply log in with your NHL.TV username and password to access live and on-demand hockey, and the greatest players in the world are in the palm of your hand. Enhanced team integration lets you customize the app to feature your favorite team, and you also stay connected with live radio feeds, real-time updates, in-game highlights and more.

"NHL.TV has given me access to games that I wouldn't always be able to watch at school with the channels they provide," said Jessica Pasternack, a Detroit Red Wings fan who will rely on NHL.TV to help her keep up with her team as a sophomore psychology major at Central Connecticut State. "I'm excited because I'll never miss another Wings game again and I can stream it anywhere at any time."

Choose the home or away broadcast so you can embrace tradition and listen to your favorite play-by-play voices. From Joe Bowen in Toronto to Pat Foley in Chicago to Bob Miller in Los Angeles, they are often the irreplaceable voices you grew up with, defining your first love with sport and team.

Rob Dale is a meteorologist in Lansing, Mich., who developed a passion for the Montreal Canadiens as a boy and now has the perfect way to follow them as a displaced fan.

"I've been a longtime NHL watcher, but it's always been difficult to watch anything other than my local team," Dale said. "NHL.TV allows me to watch all my games on my Roku TV or sitting on my couch with my iPad. And I love the recap feature so that if I miss the game and won't have time to watch it all, I can see a shorter version the next day.

"'Hockey Night in Canada' was a regular occurrence for me growing up. NHL.TV allows me to keep expanding on those childhood memories, and adding preseason games is a phenomenal new feature. There's no better way to get back into hockey mode than seeing the Habs back on the ice."

With NHL.TV, you also get on-demand replays and access to live stats and play by play from NHL GameCenter. You can follow the action from multiple games at once with Mosaic view and picture-in-picture; it's the sort of thing that comes in especially handy when you have to keep an eye on so many rivals bunched up in the standings.

If you have questions, support for all subscribers is available with a technical forum and by tweeting @NHLTVSupport as needed.

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{coyotes} World Cup gives a glimpse into new NHL concussion protocol

 

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TORONTO – Brad Marchand got a tap on the shoulder and he wasn't the least bit happy about it.

The Team Canada forward was a couple minutes removed from a collision with Marian Hossa and the NHL's new concussion protocol had kicked into effect. It was an independent spotter that got in touch with the trainers and had Marchand removed from Wednesday's game for further evaluation, just as they did with Logan Couture earlier in the week against Team USA.

"I was very frustrated," Marchand said Thursday. "Seven or eight minutes left in the game and you never know how long these things will take. Again, I understand it's for my own safety, but you never like to leave a game. You want to be out there, especially, it was a 3-1 game at the time, a big time in that game.

"I want to be out there, but safety first."

@reporterchris : Brad Marchand left Team Canada's bench last night because a concussion spotter contacted the trainer. He passed baseline test.

Marchand ended up passing his baseline test and returning late in the third period, but the situation highlighted what is expected to be an even stricter approach to head injuries this season.

As first reported by Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman earlier this month, the NHL now employs four independent trainers to monitor games remotely and look for visible signs of concussion. There will also continue to be team-affiliated spotters in every building.

The independent trainers will be given authority to have players removed from the game – just as Marchand was during the 4-1 win over Team Europe.

He said he felt fine after getting run over by Hossa on a collision where neither player seemed to see one another.

"It happened so quick," said Marchand. "I didn't see him coming, I didn't know. I got absolutely buried."

Fortunately, the Boston Bruins winger was feeling no ill effects a day later. He even cracked a joke about how things went during his baseline test: "They asked me my name, and I always mess that one up anyways."

Concussion awareness has never been higher around the NHL.

Earlier in the year, Mike Babcock was asked about the Dennis Wideman situation – where the Flames defenceman was flagged by a spotter but refused to leave the game after running over linesman Don Henderson – and he said that as a coach you want your player to play if he feels OK.

However, Babcock acknowledged Thursday that he's changed his tune.

"We've just got to smarten up and look straight ahead and not show that we have any kind of reaction (when a player is removed) even when we think it's not worth it," he said. "What we're trying to do, and player safety, is look after the players. So it's imperative we handle that in the right way.

"Do I think sometimes it's needless and foolish? One hundred per cent. But I think with all rules there's an intent to the rule and sometimes it probably doesn't work out the way you want it, but that's life."

Despite his feelings in the moment, Marchand seemed to understand as well.

"I think they're just being a little more cautious this year," he said. "When there's any kind of hit where the guy looks a little woozy then I think they're going to look into it a little bit more and just be sure. Everything is extremely serious with the head contact right now and I think they just want to get ahead of it.

"It can be frustrating at times as a player, but you understand why it's there."

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{coyotes} Michael Stone could miss season opener for Coyotes

 

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Arizona Coyotes defenseman Michael Stone could miss the season opener as he continues to recover from knee surgery.

"He had an in-depth exam today so I want to hear what the doctors say," Coyotes general manager John Chayka said Thursday. "He's been out skating and he looks good to me. He's a real dedicated guy and he's done everything possible to get back to where he is. I know it's been a long road, but I've been impressed with the way he's approached his business."

Stone, 26, had surgery to repair torn anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his left knee. He is skating but has not been cleared to practice. The Coyotes open this season against the Philadelphia Flyers at Gila River Arena on Oct. 15.

Last season, Stone had six goals and 36 points in 75 games for the Coyotes.

Chayka confirmed forward Dave Bolland failed his physical and will be placed on long-term injured reserve.

Bolland, who was acquired from the Florida Panthers with Lawson Crouse in a trade for two future draft picks on Aug. 25, has been recovering from an ankle injury that has limited him to 78 games over the past two seasons.

Coyotes defenseman Kevin Connauton sustained a lower-body injury during an informal workout at Arizona's practice facility in Scottsdale prior to training camp and won't be on the ice when camp opens Friday.

Chayka said the injury isn't considered long-term. Connauton had nine points in 38 games for the Coyotes last season after being claimed off waivers from the Columbus Blue Jackets.

"It happened at an informal skate. [It was] kind of an unfortunate accident, but I don't think he'll be out for too long," Chayka said. "He's going through the rehab process and won't be here for the start of camp, but hopefully he'll be up and running soon.

"He should be fine as it relates to the regular season for sure."

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{coyotes} Former NHL Players and Families Meet with Congress About Concussions: 'This Can't Be Tucked Under the Rug Anymore'

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Former National Hockey League players and their families recently went to the White House to speak with Obama administration officials and members of Congress about the extreme toll concussions has played on their lives.

"I describe it as watching someone in a fire, in a house, and I couldn't pull him out," Temple Greenleaf, the wife of former defenseman Dale Purinton, told The Huffington Post. "There was nothing I could do. There was no help I could give him."

Purinton, who suffered multiple concussions during his career that he says led him to "self-medicate" with alcohol and pain medication, sat down with fellow former players and several members of Congress over two days last week to draw attention to the issue.

After leaving hockey in 2008, Purinton and other players sued the league, saying they mishandled concussion treatments and concealed the long-term effects of brain injuries.

According to the news outlet, the suit is similar to the one more than 4,500 former football players settled with the NFL.

"This can't be tucked under the rug anymore," Purinton said. "We were all young children aspiring to be NHL hockey players. And we finally get to that point, and it's led us into so many situations of depression, anxiety, addictions. And the root cause is concussions. We're here to tell our story, to make a difference for current players, future players, and past players – and players who are no longer with us."

Another former NHL player, Dan LaCouture, spoke out about losing control after suffering a concussion when he fell to the ice during a fight in 2004. According to LaCouture, the team doctor didn't send him to the hospital for an MRI.

He first turned to alcohol – two bottles of wine a night – to deal with depression, and then Ambien.

His marriage fell apart, he was arrested twice and can't see his two kids regularly anymore.

"I'm angry at how I was taken care of," he told the news outlet. Earlier this year, the NFL admitted that there is a link between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, but the NHL continues to deny any connection.

"The relationship between concussions and the asserted clinical symptoms of C.T.E. remains unknown," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told The New York Times in July.

Yet CTE has been diagnosed in at least six deceased NHL players, along with roughly 100 former N.F.L. players. Scientists believe it is caused by repeated blows to the head, the newspaper reports.

Adds LaCouture: "Dale and I aren't here because there's some pot of gold at the end of the rainbow," he told the Huffington Post. "There's no friggin' money. It's medical monitoring. None of us ... want to live and feel this way."

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[cactuswings 3661] Storage & Other News

Last week’s movers

Victorville – KVCV

ASA9466       B734         arr Sep 14 from Paine Field = N788AS

2DEER          B788         dep 12 to Boeing Field

EIXLG            B744         dep Sep 09 to Dublin

Mojave – KMHV

N492CS         B744         arr Sep 15 from Portsmouth PSM

Marana – KMZJ

EVA402         B744         arr Sep 17 from Chicago ORD = B-16402

Goodyear – KGYR

JTN6107        A30B        dep Sep 13 to San Bernardino = N364DH

Roswell – KROW

AAL9636       E190         arr Sep 17 from Philadelphia = N955UW

AAL9667       MD83       arr Sep 15 from Dallas DFW = N9409F

AAL9635       E190         dep Sep to Philadelphia = N956UW

VOZ9948       E190         dep Sep 13 to Nashville = VH-ZPJ

Cecil Field – KVQQ/KNZC

SXA333         B752         made local test flight Sep 16 & 17 = N273DH

FlightAware uses VQQ and FR24 uses NZC

other bits

New Iberia Acadiana – KARA

BOE447         B789         arr Sep 12 from Charleston = N821AN

Bangor – KBGR

N14937          E145         arr Sep 15 from Portsmouth PSM, dep Sep 16 to Goose Bay, con’t Sep 17 to Nasarsuaq

VOI9017        A320         arr Sep 12 from Hamburg XFW via Kefalvik & dep to Toluca = N528VL delivery flight

Goose Bay – CYYR

TUA3210       B738         arr Sep 13 from Boeing Field & dep to Birmingham BHX = EZ-A018 delivery flight

Gander – CYQX

N308V            DH8C       arr Sep 15 from Reyklavik & dep to Muskoka

GJZHJ            B738         arr Sep 13 from Boeing Field & dep to Leeds Bradford delivery flight

Any help with missing registrations is appreciated.

Those not on FlightAware I have try to trace using Libhomeradar & FR24, also thanks to Chris Witt/Skyliner.

All the best,

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{coyotes} Oliver Ekman-Larsson seeks expanded role at World Cup

 

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ETOBICOKE, Ontario -- In the last best-on-best tournament for Team Sweden, things didn't go exceptionally well for Oliver Ekman-Larsson.

Yes, the defenseman had three assists in the 2014 Sochi Olympics but he averaged 10 minutes of ice time per game and did not have a shift in the semifinal victory against Team Finland despite being dressed for the game.

It was a humbling experience for Ekman-Larsson, who was on the brink of superstardom with his NHL team, the Arizona Coyotes.

"It was tough because I didn't play much in that tournament," Ekman-Larsson said after practice Saturday at MasterCard Centre. "I hope that I will be able to play a little more in this one."

Team Sweden plays its first World Cup of Hockey 2016 preliminary round game on Sunday against Team Russia at Air Canada Centre in Toronto (3:30 p.m. ET; ESPN, Sportsnet, TVA Sports), and it's a safe bet that Ekman-Larsson will be an integral part of the defensive rotation.

Team Sweden coach Rikard Gronborg has full confidence in Ekman-Larsson, believing the defenseman can play the 200-foot game needed to see a regular shift.

"I think he is solid in the defensive end too and has been put in some kind of a niche of just being an offensive defenseman," Gronborg said. "I think he has a complete game. He just maybe does it a little bit different than maybe some defensive defensemen do it.

"We need from all six, if not all seven, defensemen we have here to play solid defense because we are facing off against the most offensive minded team here, against Russia, in the first game. It's important that we are all sticking together with the game plan. I'm not worried about his defensive side of that game; that is going to take care of itself."

Ekman-Larsson also has the confidence of his teammates, many of whom play against him regularly in the NHL.

"For me, he has always been great from Day Onw," Team Sweden forward Daniel Sedin said. "But, for me, I think he is now getting the recognition around the League and I think you look at him as a great offensive defenseman, but he is just as good on the defensive side of things.

"I have a lot of respect for him as a defenseman. He is very all-around in how he plays. I don't know if he is under-appreciated around the league but I have him as top-5 for sure."

Gabriel Landeskog, who plays for the Colorado Avalanche, rarely relishes playing against Ekman-Larsson.

"He is tough to play against, I will tell you that," Landeskog said. "It's tough to stay in the shooting lane on him. He finds a way to get shots through either way whatever you do. He's tough to play against, but I am happy to have him on my team. "He's one of those guys that you trust out there both defensively with his skating ability and offensively getting pucks to the net and doing all the right things."

There has never been any question about Ekman-Larsson's ability to change games with his offensive skill. This past season, he had career-highs in assists (34) and points (55). In 2014-15, he had a personal-best 23 goals.

Now he is starting to impact games in a positive manner in his own end. Last seaspn, he increased his plus-minus rating by two-thirds, going from a minus-18 to a minus-6.

"He can be a little gritty and strong in the corners and with his skating ability, you are not going to get around him unless you have a couple of steps on him," Landeskog said. "He's not a guy that you look at the lineup and say, 'OK, we can take advantage of this guy.' It's almost the other way around. You know you are going to have your hands full with him and he is not going to give you anything.

"It's almost that Erik Karlsson-type skating where it doesn't look like they are putting a whole lot of effort into it, yet they seem to be the fastest guys out there."

Even Ekman-Larsson feels he is a more complete player than the one that was too often an afterthought during the Sochi Olympics.

"Obviously that was two or three years ago now; I hope I am a better player," he said. "I should be."

Ekman-Larsson is looking to forget about the disappointments and says he has turned the page.

"Obviously, it is always nice to represent your country and I am going to do the best to help the team to win and that is why I am here," he said.

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{coyotes} World Cup does not spell end of Olympics for NHL: Bettman

 

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TORONTO (Reuters) - The success or failure of the World Cup of Hockey will not determine whether the National Hockey League continues its Olympic participation, said league commissioner Gary Bettman on Friday.

While the World Cup, an eight team, best-on-best tournament, begins on Saturday in Toronto, Bettman said it was well-known, thorny issues with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) that could scupper the NHL's Winter Games future.

With the NHL already unhappy at shutting down in the middle of the season to allow players to participate in the Olympics, the IOC further antagonized owners by announcing earlier this year it would no longer cover insurance and travel costs.

"The fact we are doing a World Cup and we believe it is going to be huge success, and that we are going to continue to do it on a regular basis does not mean we can't also do the Olympics," stressed Bettman, speaking at the Economic Club of Canada.

"The fact that there are complications relevant to the stopping of our season in the middle at a very prime time ... and the difficulties of dealing with the International Olympic Committee and the International Ice Hockey Federation are really the factors if we continue to go."

After a 12-year hiatus, the NHL and NHL Players Association have rebooted the World Cup with plans to stage it every four years, positioning it to become the league's prime global property and lessening the need for the spotlight the Olympics can provide.

With the NHL believing it is putting more into its Olympic investment than it is getting in return, and the IOC offering little sympathy or concessions, tough negotiations lie ahead.

While the IOC has had problems convincing NHL owners that Olympic ideals are noble and worth pursuing, players have bought in. Russian captain Alex Ovechkin says he plans to compete in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games no matter what the league decides.

Donald Fehr, head of the powerful NHL Players Association, acknowledged that the Olympics is something the players want and sees no reason there cannot be room for both.

"The events are fundamentally different, they are played different times and there is a long, long history to the Olympics," said Fehr, who joined Bettman on the panel.

"The players want to play provided an appropriate agreement can be reached so you can shut the season down. Shutting down a $4 billion business for several weeks is not the easiest thing in the world.

"Having said that, I don't see any reason why one would preclude the other."

A successful World Cup may not be the deciding factor in continuing participation in the Winter Games but it would give the NHL a safety net if it decides to pull the plug on Olympic involvement.

Bettman said the World Cup is the foundation for a new commitment to growing the game globally and that the NHL was pushing ahead with discussions about a North American v Europe Ryder Cup style competition along with other tournaments and events in Europe.

"The game plan is to use this (World Cup) as a foundation for new, more energized effort to give us a bigger presence outside of North America," said Bettman.

"Whether or not it is a new event, more exhibition games against local teams, exhibition games among NHL teams, regular season games, clinics, it is all part of what we want to do, need to do to grow the game at all levels throughout the world."

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