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Ailing Coyotes looking forward to season opener

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Phoenix Coyotes' Vernon Fiddler, middle, celebrates with Scottie Upshall, left and David Spina after scoring a second-period goal against the Los Angeles Kings during a preseason NHL hockey game in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

by The Associated Press

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Posted on October 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM

Updated Friday, Oct 2 at 12:47 PM

GLENDALE -- The Phoenix Coyotes can't wait to open the 2009-10 season.

It means their chaotic off-season is over.

Five months after owner Jerry Moyes took the team into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Coyotes hope the focus shifts to the ice when they visit the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.

The Coyotes spent the summer reading dispiriting news reports about the bitter fight for control of a team that has never turned a profit since it moved from Winnipeg in 1996.

The team's future in the desert remains uncertain after a Phoenix bankruptcy judge rejected both offers for the team this week -- a decision that eliminated Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie's bid but left open the door for the NHL to sweeten its offer.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

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