Confirmed with Link: Coyotes to open 2023-24 season in Australia

[Mosby]

If this is posted elsewhere, I missed it.

Not confirmed yet, but Coyotes appear to be one of the four teams headed to Australia.

Conflicting reports whether it is for a regular season game(s) or preseason.

Kings, Coyotes appear to be going to Australia for future game

As the NHL continues to finalize plans for its future slate of international games, details are beginning to take shape for a potential game in Australia.

www.sportsnet.ca

 

[Arizonatah]

G'day for hockey mate!

 

[MIGs Dog]

I hear that south of the equator, water freezes from the bottom up.

 

[moosemeister]

Nothing like having your best player being eaten by a Scrub Python.

 

[lanky]

G'day for hockey mate!

How ya goin?

 

[MIGs Dog]

Nothing like having your best player being eaten by a Scrub Python.

Just so I know, who's our best player next season?

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Just so I know, who's our best player next season?

TBD, i believe. But there's an x.y% chance of it being...etc. etc. etc.

 

[XX]

@Muppet in your part of the woods for once

 

[rt]

It makes sense that they’d force the lowly coyotes to do this. Aren’t the players angry about this one?

 

[hbk]

It makes sense that they’d force the lowly coyotes to do this. Aren’t the players angry about this one?

AZ Coyotes very similar to Ausi Coyotes. Could be a huge marketing gimmick.

 

[Mosby]

Can’t wait to listen to all the whining about the travel. Yes, it’s far, but it’s not like they’re going on JetBlue. Likely Muruelo’s PJ and a charter. Pampered with all the amenities. It’ll take like a day or two to get over the jet lag and readjust. Not the whole season.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

@Muppet in your part of the woods for once

"No! Not Oakland, Auckland!"

 

[Bonsai Tree]

My flight to and from Cape Town was just miserable, and this is twice as long. It's going to cost all the teams a few games upon their return.

"No! Not Oakland, Auckland!"

Aukward

 

[MIGs Dog]

@Muppet in your part of the woods for once

I haven't seen them around here lately. Hope he/she is ok.

 

[Mosby]

Coyote luck is winning Bedard only to then have him get eaten by a dingo.

 

[TheLegend]

"No! Not Oakland, Auckland!"

Hey… Oakland is a paradise.

 

[BAdvocate]

Who's scouting Australia for the Coyotes? Wallaby Jack Dingo? Maybe they can find and bring back a few 'prospects' from the AFL?

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Hey… Oakland is a paradise.

That actually happened once - one of those "in other news" anecdotes - someone boarded the wrong flight and ended up in New Zealand. One wonders how far they got over the Pacific until the person realized "uh oh".

Found it

Oakland vs Auckland Confusion Lands Student In New Zealand

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ It was a long trip home for a student bound for Oakland who instead ended up in Auckland, New Zealand - and airline officials said Wednesday it was just a case of misunderstood pronunciation.

apnews.com

 

[MIGs Dog]

That actually happened once - one of those "in other news" anecdotes - someone boarded the wrong flight and ended up in New Zealand. One wonders how far they got over the Pacific until the person realized "uh oh".

Found it

Oakland vs Auckland Confusion Lands Student In New Zealand

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ It was a long trip home for a student bound for Oakland who instead ended up in Auckland, New Zealand - and airline officials said Wednesday it was just a case of misunderstood pronunciation.

apnews.com

The $2000 ticket didn't tip them off? Probably using daddy's card.

 

[TheLegend]

Who's scouting Australia for the Coyotes? Wallaby Jack Dingo? Maybe they can find and bring back a few 'prospects' from the AFL?

We need a Donk…..

 

[MammuthusPrimigenius]

If it is confirmed, it'll be in Sydney or Melbourne; I prefer Melbourne. Guessing it'll count as a Coyotes' home game as it's a higher increase in revenue over what the Kings could get while they're in Mullet Arena.

Presumably it'd be an early start to the regular season and it would be about a 6 hour time difference, so jet lag isn't that bad. You try and stay up as late as you can the first night and you're pretty much set. Going back is slightly more difficult, but they'll have the best accommodations for sleeping on the plane and I'm sure they'll feed them and dim the lights properly to get the body to adjust as best it can.

Probably good it's a team like the Kings because Australians tend to go for NY and LA, maybe Las Vegas (Australians gamble like 10 times more than anyone else per capita), and if they've been to the US, their trip is invariably those 3 cities as a starting point.

 

[rt]

Coyote luck is winning Bedard only to then have him get eaten by a dingo.

Dingo ate my Beh-Dahd.

 

[MIGs Dog]

If it is confirmed, it'll be in Sydney or Melbourne; I prefer Melbourne. Guessing it'll count as a Coyotes' home game as it's a higher increase in revenue over what the Kings could get while they're in Mullet Arena.

Presumably it'd be an early start to the regular season and it would be about a 6 hour time difference, so jet lag isn't that bad. You try and stay up as late as you can the first night and you're pretty much set. Going back is slightly more difficult, but they'll have the best accommodations for sleeping on the plane and I'm sure they'll feed them and dim the lights properly to get the body to adjust as best it can.

Probably good it's a team like the Kings because Australians tend to go for NY and LA, maybe Las Vegas (Australians gamble like 10 times more than anyone else per capita), and if they've been to the US, their trip is invariably those 3 cities as a starting point.

Are you close enough to attend?

 

[MammuthusPrimigenius]

Are you close enough to attend?

I'm in Adelaide, so it'd be like 2-3 hours flying to Melbourne or Sydney. It'd be like me living in Houston and needing to travel to New Orleans (Melbourne) or Orlando (Sydney).

If the price is so nonsensical, I don't think I'd bother as I'd rather just go to a real NHL game (or more) next time I'm back in the States. I don't have very high expectations that the conditions will be great, so with the travel and lodging, it'll add up.

 

[MIGs Dog]

I'm in Adelaide, so it'd be like 2-3 hours flying to Melbourne or Sydney. It'd be like me living in Houston and needing to travel to New Orleans (Melbourne) or Orlando (Sydney).

If the price is so nonsensical, I don't think I'd bother as I'd rather just go to a real NHL game (or more) next time I'm back in the States. I don't have very high expectations that the conditions will be great, so with the travel and lodging, it'll add up.

I was just watching the Tour Down Under, which as you probably know, started in Adelaide this year. Looked like a beautiful city.