A tournament made up of entirely Coyotes’ teams is gonna be a low-scoring tournament and this was that, up until Game 5. In Game 1, Ray Whitney scored a goal in the first and second period to give the top-seeded ’11-’12 Coyotes a 2-0 lead going into the third period. However, the 8th-seeded ’10-’11 Coyotes tied the game up by the 7:07 mark of the third. The game went into overtime and just a minute and a half into the overtime period, Lauri Korpikoski scored to give the ’11-’12 Coyotes a 3-2 win. Mike Smith then posted a 26-save shutout performance in Game 2 as they won 4-0. Raffi Torres scored twice and Martin Hanzal posted two assists in the win. Whitney then led the ’11-’12 Coyotes to a 4-2 win in Game 3 with a goal and two assists. Radim Vrbata and defenseman Keith Yandle also registered multi-point games. In Game 4, a goal each from Whitney and Yandle in the second period led the ’10-’11 Coyotes to a 2-1 win to avoid the sweep. The ’11-’12 Coyotes ended the series with a 6-4 win in Game 5 as four different players posted a multi-point game, including a goal and four assists from Whitney and three assists from Kyle Turris.
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’10-’11 Coyotes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
’11-’12 Coyotes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’11-’12 PHX – 3 ’10-’11 PHX – 2 (OT) (1-0 ’11-’12 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Ray Whitney (’11-’12 PHX) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +2 11 S
2nd Star: G – Ilya Bryzgalov (’10-’11 PHX) – OTL 3.00 GAA .943 SV% (50 SV’s)
3rd Star: RW – Shane Doan (’10-’11 PHX) – 0 G 2 A 2 P -1 5 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’10-’11 Coyotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
’11-’12 Coyotes | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’11-’12 PHX – 4 ’10-’11 PHX – 0 (2-0 ’11-’12 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Mike Smith (’11-’12 PHX) – W 0.00 GAA 1.000 SV% (26 SV’s)
2nd Star: LW – Raffi Torres (’11-’12 PHX) – 2 G 0 A 2 P +3 2 S
3rd Star: C – Daymond Langkow (’11-’12 PHX) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +3 5 S
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’11-’12 Coyotes | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
’10-’11 Coyotes | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’11-’12 PHX – 4 ’10-’11 PHX – 2 (3-0 ’11-’12 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Ray Whitney (’11-’12 PHX) – 1 G 2 A 3 P +1 15 S 2 PIM
2nd Star: RW – Radim Vrbata (’11-’12 PHX) – 1 G 1 A 2 P +2 6 S
3rd Star: G – Mike Smith (’11-’12 PHX) – W 2.00 GAA .943 SV% (33 SV’s)
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’11-’12 Coyotes | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 |
’10-’11 Coyotes | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’10-’11 PHX – 2 ’11-’12 PHX – 1 (3-1 ’11-’12 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: G – Ilya Bryzgalov (’10-’11 PHX) – W 1.00 GAA .972 SV% (35 SV’s)
2nd Star: G – Mike Smith (’11-’12 PHX) – L 2.00 GAA .955 SV% (42 SV’s)
3rd Star: D – Keith Yandle (’10-’11 PHX) – 1 G 0 A 1 P +1 5 S 2 PIM
1st Period | 2nd Period | 3rd Period | Overtime | Total | |
’10-’11 Coyotes | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | 4 |
’11-’12 Coyotes | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 6 |
GAME SUMMARY: ’11-’12 PHX – 6 ’10-’11 PHX – 4 (4-1 ’11-’12 PHX)
STARS OF THE GAME:
1st Star: LW – Ray Whitney (’11-’12 PHX) – 1 G 4 A 5 P +3 7 S
2nd Star: RW – Radim Vrbata (’11-’12 PHX) – 2 G 1 A 3 P +2 7 S
3rd Star: RW – Shane Doan (’10-’11 PHX) – 1 G 2 A 3 P Even 6 S
Up next is the 4-5 matchup between the ’96-’97 Coyotes and the ’97-’98 Coyotes!