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Forget About Phoenix: Are Sean Avery And The Stars Moving To Toronto? (Satire)

Will Sean Avery wind up playing for the Toronto North Stars in the NHL? As I sat on the shore of Lake Ontario at the Colonel Samuel Smith Park yesterday, missing the Penguins-Hurricanes game in the Stanley Cup semi-finals, I had a vision...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 593 reads 3 comments
NHL Semifinals: Balsillie and the Tigers Versus Bettman and the Coyotes

As the Stanley Cup semifinals get under way—with Chicago and Detroit in an Original Six matchup and the Hurricanes taking on the Penguins—all eyes are on NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman ...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 347 reads 7 comments
Why Wayne Gretzky's Phoenix Coyotes are Wanted as the Hamilton Tigers

It's time for the National Hockey League and the Hamilton Tigers to return to Hamilton, according to millions of Canadians, and other hockey fans. The NHL is buzzing about Wayne Gretzky's Phoenix Coyotes moving to southern Ontario...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 665 reads 2 comments
Malcolm Gladwell Explains Why "CrackBerry" Balsillie Will Win Coyotes

Jim Balsillie, billionaire and co-CEO of BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion, had the bestselling author of Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, as his college roommate...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 523 reads 2 comments
Will Jim Balsillie Take The Phoenix Coyotes Back To Winnipeg?

Will Jim Balsillie buy the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes out of the Arizona desert and move the team back to Winnipeg? Does the hockey team belong up north, where the desert is frozen? The NHL is now saying they prefer Winnipeg to Hamilton...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 618 reads 2 comments
BlackBerry Billionaire Becomes Latest, Greatest Captain Canada

Captain Canada is not just a cartoon character or the name given to the captains of hockey teams representing hockey-mad Canada...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 142 reads 0 comments
Canadian Billionaire Offers To Keep Phoenix Coyotes in Arizona Desert

Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie's bid to take over the Phoenix Coyotes and move the NHL team to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, changed into an offer to keep the team in Arizona...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 156 reads 0 comments
Jim Balsillie: Canadian Folk Hero or American Joke?

Coverage of Jim Balsillie's bid to buy the Phoenix Coyotes is quite different in Canada from what it is in the USA. North of the border, Balsillie is elevated to the status of billionaire folk ...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 253 reads 1 comments
212 Reasons The NHL Should Take Basille's Offer For the Phoenix Coyotes

The amount offered by Jim Basille for the Phoenix Coyotes has not been questioned or commented on. Why would he offer $212...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 383 reads 2 comments
No Canadian Teams in Stanley Cup Playoffs, So Canucks Cheer for Crosby's Team

Hockey-mad Canadians are obsessing over the possibility of Jim Balsillie bringing a seventh NHL franchise to Canada and are claiming to be the homeland of hockey at a time when no Canadian teams are in the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 400 reads 0 comments
Jim Balsillie Gets Back-up With Coyotes' Bankruptcy on Hold

Bankruptcy court gave the NHL and Jerry Moyes of the Phoenix Coyotes two weeks to figure out who's in charge of the team. The NHL will argue its case in court on May 15, according to the Calgary Herald...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 115 reads 0 comments
BlackBerry Billionaire's Rant About Canada, the NHL, Coyotes, Tigers

Jim Balsillie's quotable quotes about his reasons for wanting to buy the Phoenix Coyotes are becoming as famous as the "I am Canadian" rant that was incredibly popular a few years ago...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 266 reads 0 comments
A Closer Look at the Billionaire Who Wants to Buy the Phoenix Coyotes

"We're the source of the game, the players, the money, and I think we should have a seventh team. I don't quit and I don't get scared...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 138 reads 0 comments
Rangers' Sean Avery Honored by Career Gear's Second Chance at Life Event

In Sean Avery's exit interview at Madison Square Garden, after the New York Rangers lost Game Seven of their playoff series with the Washington Capitals, he told reporters his plan for the summer was to have more fun than you can imagine...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 249 reads 1 comments
Battle Between Bettman and Balsillie Heating to a Boil

The latest motions by the NHL mark the fiercest attack yet on Jerry Moyes and Jim Balsillie. The league says that Moyes cut a secret deal with Balsillie that flies in the face of the NHL's rules...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 252 reads 3 comments
Penguins' Crosby, Coyotes' Balsillie: Most Popular Canucks Since Gretzky

It's hockey icon night and day in Canada, thanks to Sidney Crosby and Jim Balsillie. Sidney Crosby, captain and leading scorer of the Pittsburgh Penguins, is enormously popular in Canada, and ...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 173 reads 0 comments
Toronto Maple Leafs Vs Hamilton Tigers and Tamil Tigers

Toronto is too busy dealing with protests over the Tamil Tigers to worry about the Phoenix Coyotes turning into the Hamilton Tigers and playing in their lucrative territory...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 538 reads 7 comments
Twenty Years For Balsillie And Hamilton Coyotes

The mayor of Hamilton says he will give Jim Balsillie a twenty year lease if he can bring the Phoenix coyotes to Copps Coliseum...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 199 reads 2 comments
Crosby—Ovechkin: Penguins Win Classic NHL Playoff

The Quarterfinal series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals had the feel of the Stanley Cup finals and was even greater as it featured a match-up between the top two superstars who are destined for hockey immortality...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 457 reads 1 comments
Brian Burke Kills Luke Schenn Trade Rumors

Brian Burke, president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, went on The FAN 590 today to kill the rumor that defenseman Luke Schenn will be traded in an attempt to get John Tavares in the NHL Entry Draft...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 384 reads 0 comments
Gary Bettman vs. Jim Balsillie Brawl

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Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 286 reads 1 comments
Hamilton Has a Tiger by the Tail as NHL Fever Grips the City

Hamilton is going NHL hockey crazy even though it appears the NHL has drawn a line in the sand of the Arizona desert and Wayne Gretzky is reportedly on the side of Chicago sports czar Jerry Reinsdorf, ...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 251 reads 2 comments
Phoenix Coyotes Fans Rally Live and Online

Fans of the Phoenix Coyotes are responding to the "Make It Seven" movement of Jim Balsillie with a "Keep It Six" movement of their own. Make It Seven, at www.makeitseven...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 284 reads 1 comments
Wayne Gretzky Blamed as Dark Phoenix Saga Continues Amid Coyotes Bankruptcy

Will the Phoenix Coyotes rise up like a mythical sacred firebird from ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Phoenician mythologies? Or will the story about moving the team up north be more like "The Dark ...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 642 reads 4 comments
NHL Dogfight in the Arizona Desert Upstages Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Igloo

The Pittsburgh Penguins fans had a white-out at The Igloo, but the home team lost in overtime to the Washington Capitals, and even though that was a very exciting game, it was upstaged by the dogfight in the desert...

Written by Martin Avery about 6 months ago 209 reads 5 comments

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Martin Avery Article Archive

Forget About Phoenix: Are Sean Avery And The Stars Moving To Toronto? (Satire)

NHL Semifinals: Balsillie and the Tigers Versus Bettman and the Coyotes

Why Wayne Gretzky's Phoenix Coyotes are Wanted as the Hamilton Tigers

Malcolm Gladwell Explains Why "CrackBerry" Balsillie Will Win Coyotes

Will Jim Balsillie Take The Phoenix Coyotes Back To Winnipeg?

BlackBerry Billionaire Becomes Latest, Greatest Captain Canada

Canadian Billionaire Offers To Keep Phoenix Coyotes in Arizona Desert

Jim Balsillie: Canadian Folk Hero or American Joke?

212 Reasons The NHL Should Take Basille's Offer For the Phoenix Coyotes

No Canadian Teams in Stanley Cup Playoffs, So Canucks Cheer for Crosby's Team

Jim Balsillie Gets Back-up With Coyotes' Bankruptcy on Hold

BlackBerry Billionaire's Rant About Canada, the NHL, Coyotes, Tigers

A Closer Look at the Billionaire Who Wants to Buy the Phoenix Coyotes

Rangers' Sean Avery Honored by Career Gear's Second Chance at Life Event

Battle Between Bettman and Balsillie Heating to a Boil

Penguins' Crosby, Coyotes' Balsillie: Most Popular Canucks Since Gretzky

Toronto Maple Leafs Vs Hamilton Tigers and Tamil Tigers

Twenty Years For Balsillie And Hamilton Coyotes

Crosby—Ovechkin: Penguins Win Classic NHL Playoff

Brian Burke Kills Luke Schenn Trade Rumors

Gary Bettman vs. Jim Balsillie Brawl

Hamilton Has a Tiger by the Tail as NHL Fever Grips the City

Phoenix Coyotes Fans Rally Live and Online

Wayne Gretzky Blamed as Dark Phoenix Saga Continues Amid Coyotes Bankruptcy

NHL Dogfight in the Arizona Desert Upstages Stanley Cup Playoffs in the Igloo

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