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Another step towards bringing an NHL team back to Arizona
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Another step towards bringing an NHL team back to Arizona
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The NHL may have left Arizona, but there's nothing to rule out the return of a team to the state in the future. In January, newly elected Maricopa County official Tom Galvin announced his intention to set up a committee to promote the return of an NHL franchise to Arizona.

On Thursday, this new committee spoke for the first time at Scottsdale's Ice Den.

This new committee is headed by Andrea Doan, the wife of former Coyotes player Shane Doan.

Andrea Doan explained that hockey has a place in the desert and that Arizona is a hockey state, as reported by Leah Merrall of PHNX Sports.Tom Galvin was also present at the event, of course, and he took the time to confirm that there is real interest in bringing hockey back to Arizona.

The most interesting part of Galvin's remarks was that he confirmed that there is real political support for the return of a team to Arizona. We know that the Coyotes' biggest problem was finding an NHL-caliber amphitheater. Their time in Mullett Arena, which only seated around 5,000, was ridiculous for an NHL team. content-ads] The NHL could indeed return to Arizona, but this time the amphitheater situation would have to be sorted out in advance, and the new owners would have to be much more competent than the old ones. Even if the Coyotes organization has had its setbacks, Arizona remains a place where the sport is very popular. The committee headed by Andrea Doan will probably have to be patient before they can hope to bring an NHL team back to Arizona, but with the NHL always looking to expand with expansion teams, the dream is far from dead.

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