Harkokin Ice Ice Hockey a Downtown Phoenix
Phoenix Roadrunners wani kwararren hockey ne wanda ke kira gidan US Airways Center. Idan wannan sunan ya saba sabawa, to, saboda ana amfani da shi a wata ƙungiyar Phoenix Road hobbies a garin.
A Brief History of Phoenix Roadrunners
A shekarar 1967, Phoenix Roadrunners na WHL ta zama tawagar kwallon kafa na farko na kungiyar Arizona. Sun buga hockey na kankara a Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum a Phoenix.
Masu hakar magunguna sune gasar ta WHL a 1973 da 1974. A cikin 1974 an cire WHL, amma Roadrunners ya zama wani ɓangare na WHA, sannan daga bisani kungiyar League Hockey League. PHL ta daina aiki a 1979.
Shekaru goma bayan haka, a shekarar 1989, 'Yan Kasuwanci sun dawo cikin ɓangare na Ƙungiyar Hockey ta Duniya. Sun zama "ƙungiyar gona" ga Los Angeles Kings a shekara ta 1990. Lokacin da Phoenix Coyotes ya zo birnin daga Winnipeg a shekarar 1996, Roadrunners ba su iya yin gasa da sunan kyautar NHL ba. Har ila yau, Phoenix Roadrunners, ya sake bar garin.
Phoenix Coyotes ya koma Gandale Arena a Glendale, AZ. Bayan haka, a shekara ta 2005, mutanen da suka mallaki Phoenix Suns, Arizona Rattlers da Phoenix Mercury, sun sanar cewa sun sayi sayen kyauta na ECHL. Sun kuma sami hakkoki ga sunan, don haka Phoenix zai iya sake samun hanyar su Roadrunners. Yanzu suna wasa a filin fasinja mai suna Talking Resort Arena (wanda aka sani da Amurka Airways Center da Amurka West Arena) a cikin birnin Phoenix.
Sun canza sunan kungiyar hockey zuwa Arizona Coyotes a shekarar 2014.
ECHL (wanda ya kasance yana wakiltar layin Likoki na Gabas ta Gabas, amma yanzu yanzu ba wani abu ba ne game da wani abu!) Shi ne hockey AA. Akwai ƙungiya biyu, kowannensu ya raba kashi biyu. A Phoenix Roadrunners taka leda a taron kasa, West Division.
Sauran ƙungiyoyi a cikin ƙungiyar mu Alaska Aces, Utah Grizzlies, Victoria Salmon Kings da Idaho Steelheads.
Fans sun yi farin ciki da mashahuriyar Rocky Roadrunner ya dawo a matsayin mascot na tawagar!
A watan Afrilu 2009 a karshen kakar wasa ta yau, an sanar da cewa tawagar zata dakatar da ayyukan.