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Late Evening Line
by Paul on 05/25/12 at 01:14 AM ET
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“I was watching the Rangers-Devils game [Wednesday night] and I’m thinking ‘I should be playing [Thursday] to see if I can play against them. ou think that after waiting so long [to win two playoff series] that a sense of accomplishment would be there. But if anything, the frustration is worse.
“Your goal is to win, to win it all. We thought we had a shot at it. But we congratulate L.A. and wish them well in the Final.”
-Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes. More on Doan and the Coyotes from Jerry Brown at NHL.com.
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Shane Doan Talks Handshake Line
by Paul on 05/25/12 at 01:05 AM ET
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from Dan Bickley of the Arizona Republic,
Shane Doan feels sheepish, as he should.
But he wants to make something clear:
“I didn’t swear at him. I didn’t say anything rude or disrespectful,” Doan said of his postgame dust-up with Kings’ captain Dustin Brown. “I just wasn’t as cordial as I should’ve been.”
Alas, there were two endings to the Western Conference finals. The last was a disgrace. The first was a revelation.
First, the ugly: When the Coyotes’ captain and teammate Martin Hanzal turned the ceremonial handshake line into confrontational exchanges with Brown, they breached the NHL’s code of honor.
The handshake line is one of the sacred, quirky traditions that make the NHL special. It demands instant sportsmanship regardless of what just transpired. Circumstances don’t matter. That’s the whole point.
Doan said it wasn’t as bad as it looks. He claims Brown wanted to tell his side of the story, which only infuriated Doan even more.
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Morning Lines
by Paul on 05/23/12 at 09:12 AM ET
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“If [Coyotes forward] Raffi Torres gets 25 games for his hit during the play then this guy [Brown] ought to be done forever.”
-Mike Smith, goaltender for the Phoenix Coyotes.
“I bit my tongue the whole playoffs. I bit my tongue the whole time this series. I look back in the last two games and I still haven’t found where I got my three penalties. I have absolutely no idea where they came from or what they were calling.
“It’s hard because you don’t want to take anything away from L.A. They played unbelievable and give them all the credit. Uncle. Are you freaking kidding me? Uncle. I can’t understand how you miss that. You saw the game. It’s 5-on-3 and they give a penalty to even it up.
“The guy crosschecks Marty [Hanzal] twice in the back. He chips it over the boards, it goes over the boards and there’s no call? Marty gets a stick in the face and then the knee? I mean, come on. Like, come on.
“You don’t want to do it because I don’t want to take anything away from L.A. They played unbelievable and they beat us. Thank goodness their power play didn’t score on all those power plays they were handed. It could have been really ugly. They beat us. There’s nothing else to say about it.”
Shane Doan, captain of the Phoenix Coyotes. More from Tim Wharnsby of CBC.
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Phoenix Coyotes Force A Game Five, LA Kings Now Lead Series 3-1
by Paul on 05/20/12 at 05:52 PM ET
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Just when you think the Phoenix Coyotes are running on fumes, they play their best game of the series and defeat the LA Kings 2-0.
Game 5 will be in Phoenix on Tuesday night and if the Coyotes can pull out another win, anything can happen.
Shane Doan had both goals today and here is the game winner and enjoy Bob Cole of HNIC with the call…
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Video- Shane Doan 5 & A Game For Boarding
by Paul on 05/15/12 at 11:00 PM ET
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Trevor Lewis of the LA Kings was the recipient of the hit.
thanks to gwyshynski for uploading the video
added 11:41pm, Watch the TSN version of the hit below…
added 11:58pm, Just shaking my head on this one, perhaps he should stick to the NBA…
from Eric Goldschein of the Sports Grid,
Shane Doan was thrown out of tonight’s Coyotes-Kings game for a boarding call that made a bloody mess out of Trevor Lewis’ face. But was he the victim of what the NHL would consider a “flop”? The NBA knows all about flopping, but hockey players wouldn’t know how to fake an injury if they tried. Unfortunately, this looks to be the exception.
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Shane Doan And Mike Fisher Cut From The Same Cloth
by Paul on 05/01/12 at 12:30 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
Like Doan and his wife and family, Fisher’s faith is also a staple in his marriage to country music star Carrie Underwood. It was one of the initial draws when the two first met.
“That was a huge part of our relationship early on,” Fisher said. “She’s got a similar story to me in our journey and walking with the Lord. We both kind of learned through the teenage years and found what was really important and made it real for us. That was a big part of our relationship and obviously still is and of our marriage now.”
For Doan, a word that he repeats over and over is “genuine.” He said it six times during a 15-minute interview with ESPN.com. And it’s clear that perhaps what he’s trying to say is that a lot of athletes cite their faith but not all walk the walk.
“Too many times athletes and people want to think it’s what they should do, and they try to do it, but it’s not genuine,” Doan said. “God called on us to be real. He didn’t call on us to fake, he called on us to be real.”
That’s one thing Doan and Fisher will never be accused of—not being genuine.
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Shane Doan Finally Gets To The Second Round
by Paul on 04/25/12 at 08:52 PM ET
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from the CP at The Hockey News,
And now that Doan has tasted playoff success, he wants more.
“Everyone always talks about if you get out of the first round, anything can happen,” Doan said. “Now we’ve got to find a way to win that next round and that’s really our next goal.”
As special as it was for Doan to get to the second round, those around him may have been more excited than he was.
Doan has been the consummate captain for the Coyotes, leading by example—he’s almost always the last player off the ice at practice, even optional skates—and by speaking up when it’s needed, either with words of encouragement or to light a spark under teammates.
Sure, he gets razzed all the time for Yosemite Sam-like bursts of anger—deeply religious, he doesn’t curse—and his aw-shucks nature, but everyone within the franchise respects him, the way he plays the game and the way he lives his life.
So when Doan flashed that face-engulfing smile after the win over the Blackhawks, the joy of accomplishment spread across the team.
“For a guy like Shane Doan to not get past the first round, that tells you how hard it is,” Coyotes goalie Mike Smith said after Game 6.
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Shane Doan Ready To Return From Suspension
by Paul on 03/28/12 at 10:50 AM ET
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from Sarah McLellan of the Arizona Republic,
“Obviously you never want to be in the position I’m in right now with eight games to go and miss those three,” Doan said. “But it is what it is. It’s over. Now I have to get ready to go.”
Doan will return to the ice Thursday with his teammates when they host the current top dog in the Pacific Division, the San Jose Sharks, but he’ll be faced with a new challenge—how to remain a physical player and not get penalized for it.
“He obviously has to be aware of how he’s hitting people and where he’s hitting people, and hopefully him missing a couple games will tweak that memory in him,” coach Dave Tippett said. “But he still has to be a hard player. He’s not going to be the same player if he tip-toes around out there. I certainly don’t expect him to do that.”
Already this season, Doan has racked up 198 hits, which slots him 22nd in the league. Only four players with more goals than Doan have more hits, hinting that among goal-scorers Doan is of the toughest breed.
That picture paints an unusual dichotomy. Off the ice, he’s respected as one of the game’s finer leaders, a class act and humble man who spends his summers on a horse ranch in Alberta.
But in the past two seasons, Doan’s on-ice record reads two suspensions and a fine.
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3 Game Suspension For Shane Doan
by Paul on 03/21/12 at 09:51 PM ET
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Brendan Shanahan explains the suspension.
added 10:04pm, NHL Release is below…
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Video- Sometimes Shane Doan Forgets There Is Replay
by Paul on 03/20/12 at 10:47 PM ET
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Check out the elbow Doan threw at the Stars’ Jamie Benn.
The the penalty minutes piled-up.
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Doan Fined For Boarding
by Paul on 03/16/12 at 07:53 PM ET
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NEW YORK (March 16, 2012)—Phoenix Coyotes forward Shane Doan has been fined $2,500, the maximum allowed under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for boarding Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano during NHL Game #1058 in Calgary on Thursday, March 15, the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety announced today.
The incident occurred at 7:49 of the first period. Doan was assessed a minor penalty for boarding on the play.
At about the 30 second mark of the video below, you can view the hit…
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Doan’s Future Is Murky
by Paul on 02/08/12 at 06:24 PM ET
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from the CP at TSN,
The thought has at least crossed Shane Doan’s mind.
With the Phoenix Coyotes’ ownership situation still in limbo and unrestricted free agency staring him in the face, the veteran forward could be playing out his final season in the desert.
“Obviously, I’d be pretty naive to not think that way,” Doan said in a recent interview. “At the same time, everything is kind of focused on waiting to see how our team’s doing and what we’re doing and what’s going on with the ownership and different things. (I’ll) make a decision then I guess.
“But yeah, I’d be stupid not to be looking at (my options) and thinking about everything else.”
It’s the last place the 35-year-old wants to find himself in the twilight of his career.
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Video- After 1,161 Games…
by Paul on 01/07/12 at 11:22 PM ET
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... finally has his first career hat trick.
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Shane Doan Welcomes The Jets
by Paul on 10/14/11 at 09:55 PM ET
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from Allan Maki of the Globe and Mail,
Saskatchewan-born, Alberta-bred, B.C.-trained, Doan is as Western Canadian as canola and cowboy boots. He can’t forget where he came from because to do so would defy his DNA. He remembers what it was like to be 19 and playing in the NHL and admits that Saturday, when Phoenix plays host to Winnipeg for the first time in their twist-tied existence, there will be a tug at his heartstrings. “A surreal moment,” he says, knowing that at 35 he is the last Coyote with a link to the original Jets. “It was the team that gave me the incredible opportunity to play my first NHL game. I don’t take that lightly.”
But neither should his attachment to the Coyotes be dismissed. As their long-standing captain, Doan has had to address family members, teammates, Jobing.com arena workers even parking attendants on the on-going saga that has been the team’s quest for a new owner. Single-handedly, Doan has kept the flag flying, hopeful the Coyotes will stay where they are, where he feels comfortably at home.
“You look at Atlanta [whose Thrashers became the new Jets] and you’re almost jealous. It’s over and done with. We’ve had to deal with it for two, three years,” Doan says. “Last year, the hardest part was the playoffs. We’d made it and we were playing Detroit and on the day of the game it was announced when we’re beat out we’re going to be moving. Instead of feeling that incredible excitement, it stole the joy out of what we’d accomplished.
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Doan Wants A Certain Edge To Coyotes Style Of Play
by Paul on 09/17/11 at 10:30 AM ET
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from Jim Gintonio of the Arizona Republic,
The Coyotes have played with an edge since Dave Tippett took over as coach two seasons ago.
This time, says captain Shane Doan, something a little extra has to be there to begin the process of erasing the bitter taste of a four-and-out first-round playoff exit last season against Detroit.
“I wasn’t too happy with the way it ended, I don’t think anybody was,” Doan said. “You’re embarrassed at the way that it ended last year. Hopefully, you kind of carry that chip on your shoulder forward and make it so that you do respond and that we do have a good start, and we’re ready to.”
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Coyotes Want To Keep Doan Around
by Paul on 08/18/11 at 04:27 PM ET
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from Kevin Allen of USA TODAY,
Phoenix Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said he wants to sit down and discuss a new contract with captain Shane Doan before training camp begins.
“I would like to start dialogue to see where he is at, and what he is thinking,” Maloney said. “He is certainly a guy we would like to re-sign, and I would rather do it now and not next June 30.”
Doan, 34, has played his entire career with the Coyotes organization, dating to when the team was still located in Winnipeg. He moved with the team to Phoenix in 1996-97.
“He lives and dies with the Coyotes as much anyone,” Maloney said. “He’s important to us.”
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Shane Doan in a Familiar Situation
by Alanah McGinley on 04/21/11 at 01:44 PM ET
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From Bob McManaman at the Arizona Republic:
History has a funny way of repeating itself and on Wednesday night, in front of a “white out” crowd at Jobing.com Arena - much as it was 15 years ago in Winnipeg - the Coyotes might have played their last game in Arizona.
Again, it was Detroit that ended their season. This time, it was a series sweep punctuated by a 6-3 victory in a bitter Game 4 before a sellout crowd of 17,314.
“Nobody likes to leave their home, ever,” Doan said after the game. “Fifteen years ago, it was an emotional time to leave. When you’re told to leave your home, it’s always difficult.”
The only difference is, back then the Jets and their fans knew it was coming. The relocation to Phoenix was a done deal before the playoffs even began in 1996.
This time, there is nothing but uncertainty.
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Doan Beats The Mantracker
by Paul on 04/18/11 at 05:07 AM ET
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from the CP,
Shane Doan can add something else to his resume. The Phoenix Coyotes captain beat the “Mantracker.”
Doan, 34, and his 23-year-old brother Brook survived a manhunt on “Mantracker” television show.
On the episode that aired Sunday night, the start of Season 6 of the OLN show, the Doans had to elude “Mantracker” Terry Grant and local hunting guide Russ Floyd in B.C.‘s southern Chilcotin Mountains.
Equipped with a compass and a map, the brothers had to get to the finish point some 37 kilometres away without being caught.
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Evening Line
by Paul on 04/11/11 at 07:52 PM ET
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“They are a great team with an incredible history and they have accomplished so much over the last 20 years. At the same time, we feel like we’re a good match with them. We should have beat them last year, and we let that opportunity slip away. But we have another chance and we have to find a way.”
“I think Detroit has so much skill, you have to be physical against them. You can give them time with the puck or they have players that will make you pay. It’s not like it’s a big secret how you want to play against them. And I think we have the personnel and the system that can be successful.”
-Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes talking about the Detroit Red Wings. More from Jerry Brown at NHL.com.
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Video- Doan Hit On Suter
by Paul on 02/20/11 at 12:39 AM ET
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Shane Doan of the Coyotes with the hit on Ryan Suter of the Predator with less than a half minute in the 2nd period.
Suter received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the play, did not serve the penalty and did not return to the game. Nashville is calling it an upper-body injury.
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A Little Help Please
by Paul on 12/09/10 at 08:44 AM ET
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from Kevin Allen of USA TODAY,
Doan’s leadership is unquestionably crucial to the team’s success. His poise and composure during the team’s bankruptcy saga seemed to have a trickle-down effect in the dressing room. He is the man you hope your son becomes. He’s principled, dependable, fair-minded and family-oriented. He’s tough in the right way.
“If Shane produces in the 15- to 25-goal, and 35- to 50-point range and brings the many intangibles we require, we will be more than happy,” Maloney said.
Doan, 34, should always have the intangibles covered because that’s how he lives his life, but he has more work to do to get his numbers in shape. Because of a three-game suspension for a blindside hit and an injury, Doan has missed 10 games this season. But if you look at numbers for the 16 games he has played, he’s only on pace to net 10 goals. His plus-minus of minus-5 is the worst among Phoenix forwards.
more plus other players who could help their team…
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Doan Out With Upper-Body Injury
by Paul on 11/06/10 at 08:22 PM ET
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via Jim Gintonio of Ice Chips,
Coyotes captain Shane Doan suffered an upper-body injury in Friday night’s 6-3 loss at Dallas and his status is week to week.
Meanwhile, defenseman Ed Jovanovski likely will be scratched from tonight’s game against the Penguins with the flu.
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Afternoon Line
by Paul on 10/19/10 at 03:49 PM ET
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“I accept the decision of the NHL…but I disagree with it. I was pretty shocked at the fact I got suspended, let alone for 3 games.”
“They want to send a message and obviously they did… I really don’t understand it but I have to accept it, I guess.”
-Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes on his 3 game suspension. The quote is via a Dave Vest tweet.
added 3:51pm, More is coming in from Doan via Dave’s tweets, so make sure to visit his Twitter feed.
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Doan Gets Three Games
by Paul on 10/18/10 at 03:27 PM ET
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via Darren Dreger tweet,
As per Mike Johnson (tweet) 3 games for Doan is confirmed.
If you missed the hit, watch it here.
added 4:17pm, via NHL.com,
“Doan delivered a late hit from the blind side to the head of an unsuspecting opponent,” NHL Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell said. “While it was fortunate that Sexton did not suffer an injury, the message should be clear that this is the type of hit that we want out of our game.”
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Oh Doan
by Paul on 10/18/10 at 09:38 AM ET
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via Nick Kypreos tweet,
Possible suspension looming as league reviewing #Coyotes Shane Doan’s late hit on #Ducks Dan Sexton in last nites 3rd period.
added 9:47am, Earlier in the game, Doan welcomed Cam Fowler to the NHL with a huge hit after Folwer did his Bobby Orr impression. Watch below…
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Defamation Suit Settled
by Paul on 08/27/10 at 09:25 AM ET
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from the CP at TSN,
NHL player Shane Doan and longtime Liberal MP Denis Coderre have reached an out-of-court settlement to bring an end to their defamation dispute.
During the 2006 election, Coderre demand Doan be barred from Canada’s team for the Turin Winter Olympics.
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Battling Defamation Suits
by Paul on 08/25/10 at 10:45 PM ET
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from Dominique La Haye at the Toronto Sun,
The legal saga involving Canadian NHL player Shane Doan and MP Denis Coderre will be back in Montreal Superior Court on Sept. 7.
The two men are each suing the other for defamation in relation to the events of Dec. 13, 2005 during a hockey game between the Montreal Canadiens and Phoenix Coyotes at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
During the game, Doan, a Coyotes forward, is alleged to have referred to four officials as “f—-ing Frenchmen.” That night, Doan was penalized after linesman Michel Cormier accused Doan of making racist comments towards him and his colleagues.
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Tracking Down Shane Doan
by Paul on 08/24/10 at 08:39 PM ET
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from Jim Gintonio of Ice Chips,
For 36 hours, he was being pursued by the bad guy on the horse.
Doan and his brother Brooke were the hunted in the Outdoor Life Network series “Mantracker,” trying to elude capture and reach the finish line about 40 kilometers away.
“They dropped us off somewhere in the middle of nowhere,” Doan said. “There’s a guy that chases you on horseback. He doesn’t know where you start or where you finish.”
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Doan After Practice
by Paul on 04/26/10 at 07:06 PM ET
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Shane Doan did practice with the Coyotes today.
Watch as he talks about being in the lineup tomorrow night.
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Evening Line
by Paul on 04/22/10 at 09:09 PM ET
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“(Howard) was kind of in a vulnerable position on his hands and knees and I didn’t want to clip him in the head. “I tried to avoid him as best I could. I want to hit them all I can, but I don’t want to hit anyone in a vulnerable position.’‘
-Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes describing how he injured himself by going shoulder first into the boards. Via Ansar Khan of Mlive.
thanks to a KK member for the pointer
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Shane Doan Out With Upper Body Injury
by Paul on 04/18/10 at 05:53 PM ET
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Doan goes into the end boards after falling over Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard and must have hurt a shoulder or ribs.
Doan did not return to the game and the Coyotes are just saying upper-body injury.
Coyotes still went on to beat Detroit 4-2 with game 4 on Tuesday night,.
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Intensity Will Be Higher In Game 2 Wings/Coyotes
by Paul on 04/15/10 at 06:40 PM ET
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Shane Doan says the Coyotes must continue to play ‘hard’ minutes against players like Lidstrom or else they are going to beat you.
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Doan Nailed It
by Paul on 03/19/10 at 12:51 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
I bring you back to an August conversation I had with Shane Doan. The Phoenix Coyotes captain was insisting anyone picking his team to be brutal this season was making a big mistake.
“As bad as everything you hear about us, we just don’t think we’re that bad,” Doan told me six months ago. “We don’t think we’re the worst team in the league even though everybody seems to be picking us to finish last.”
Fast forward to late Thursday night. Doan was about to board a plane in South Florida with the Coyotes a few hours after erasing a three-goal, third-period deficit to beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 in a shootout. The victory set the all-time Coyotes/Winnipeg Jets franchise record for wins in a season with 44.
Just another day at the office for the team everyone wrote off before the season.
I mentioned our August conversation and Doan laughed.
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‘Bobblin Doan’
by Paul on 01/13/10 at 10:36 PM ET
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The Coyotes will be handing out the Shane Doan Bobblehead on January 16th.
Some of the Coyotes critique the work of art.
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Doan Doesn’t Complain, He Just Goes To Work
by Paul on 01/08/10 at 09:55 AM ET
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from Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province,
It doesn’t seem fair that any player — let alone one the quality of Doan — would have to endure two Twilight Zone seasons in their career but, this year, the 33-year-old native of Halkirk, Alta., again finds himself in circumstances you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy.
This offseason, as you are doubtlessly aware, the Coyotes declared bankruptcy and became wards of the NHL when Jim Balsillie’s attempt to purchase the team was thwarted by the league. That meant they were staying in Phoenix for one more season. But it also meant they started training camp without a coach and, more to the point, without any semblance of hope.
But, for all that bad news, the good news is Doan again finds himself in the middle of a remarkable story. The Coyotes — the team no one wanted, literally — have rallied around coach Dave Tippett, a steely group of veterans and their own sense of desperation and, against all odds, sat in fourth place in the West before last night.
I mean, before this season, you’d have got better odds on Tiger Woods being named Husband of the Year than the ‘Yotes making the playoffs.
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Evening Line- Part 2
by Paul on 12/30/09 at 09:12 PM ET
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“Stevie Y,” you messed up, big time.
-Jim Gintonio of the Arizona Republic writing about Shane Doan not being selected to Team Canada.
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Morning Line
by Paul on 12/16/09 at 08:23 AM ET
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“The solution is simple. Win. If we had consistently won, the situation would be different.
“It can work there. Without a doubt. I’ve said it over and over again. I mean, previous to the last couple of years we were averaging 14,000 per game, even more.
“But we haven’t been to the playoffs in seven years. This franchise hasn’t even been out of the first round for something like more than two decades. Even in Canada, if you had struggled that long with droughts like that, your team would struggle for support too.”
-Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes talking about the situation in Phoenix. More from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronton Sun.
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Evening Line
by Paul on 08/26/09 at 09:55 PM ET
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“You feel for everybody. Wayne gets a lot of the attention and it probably puts a lot of undue pressure on him, but you feel for everybody. I’ve got to know a lot of people pretty personally in the organization that are on pins and needles.
“From the training staff to the security guys to our PR guys – those guys are waiting to see if they have jobs. That’s a lot of pressure.”
-Shane Doan of the Coyotes. More from Doan by Chris Johnston of the CP via the Toronto Star.
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Afternoon Line
by Paul on 07/30/09 at 12:22 PM ET
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“You want to be an example with the way you carry yourself. I’m representing the Phoenix Coyotes, the NHL, and all hockey players who played before me. And you want to communicate that message to the younger players. When you ask the media, they’ll say hockey players are the easiest to get along with—and it’s our job to continue that.
“I think it’s really important to help out the new guys on the team. Maybe the most important thing you can do as a captain is make sure every player knows you appreciate him and what he does.”
-Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes. Much more on Doan from John McGourty of NHL.com.
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Silently, A Great Season From Doan
by Paul on 04/03/09 at 09:36 AM ET
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via Jim Gintonio of Ice Chips at the Arizona Republic,
Another season almost gone, and again Coyotes captain Shane Doan never seems to get the credit he deserves.
If Doan were playing in New York, Philadelphia, Boston or any Canadian city, he’d be one of the biggest stars in town. Still, he never complains, and if he could get the Coyotes into the playoffs next season, it would be a huge accomplishment for him – even though he would deflect any praise to his teammates….
Doan reached the 30-goal plateau for the second time in his career in the Coyotes’ 3-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday … and wouldn’t you know it, he was overshadowed by a rookie goalie who recorded a shutout in his NHL debut.
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Evening Line
by Paul on 03/15/09 at 09:49 PM ET
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“There has to be a competition amongst the group to see who’s going to show that they want it. f you want it, you have to go get it. That’s the biggest thing…We have skill, we just have to make sure that we want it enough. And that’s every single guy, myself included. There has to be a willingness to do whatever it takes and you have to be scared of losing.”
-Shane Doan of the Phoenix Coyotes. More from Dave Vest of PhoenixCoyotes.com.
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Coyote Curse
by Alanah McGinley on 03/05/09 at 05:02 PM ET
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From Dan Bickley at The Arizona Republic:
Shane Doan is the eternal optimist. There are always better days ahead.
But lately, he isn’t so sure.
“Maybe the problem is me,” the Coyotes’ captain said.
It sounds funny. Doan is the remaining link to the team’s days in Winnipeg, a windy, frosty city where the franchise last won a playoff series. That was way back in 1987, when a ghastly mural of Queen Elizabeth II hung inside the arena. So that’s it. Maybe he’s the curse.
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First Sticks, Now Pucks
by Paul on 10/25/08 at 07:59 AM ET
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from Jim Gintonio of the Arizona Republic,
Coyotes left wing Shane Doan got an unexpected result when he attempted to score against the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. His shot broke the puck in two pieces when it hit the glass, something that neither coach Wayne Gretzky nor Doan’s teammates remember ever seeing.
So how did he do it?
He flexed his biceps, then laughed.
The puck broke when it hit the partition in the glass.
And theory the the puck was traveling at 200 mph?
“Oh, it might have been,” he joked.
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Doan & Jokinen Share Goals
by Paul on 09/26/08 at 04:31 PM ET
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from Jim Gintonio of the Arizona Republic,
Now Shane Doan and Olli Jokinen, unexpectedly thrown together as linemates in a blockbuster deal this summer, hope to use their skills - and unleash years of pent-up frustration - to get the Coyotes into the playoffs for the first time since 2002. To accomplish that task, both will have to be offensive powerhouses.
A trip to the postseason also would do a lot to take the 800-pound hockey puck off their backs. Here are two of their numbers: Jokinen, 723 games played and no playoff appearances; Doan, 396 since his last blip on the playoff radar in 2002.
More than 1,000 games to look back on, a lot of “what-if” scenarios, but this newest and biggest version of the desert’s Dynamic Duo has its sights set on making this a season to remember.
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Doan Played with Broken Hand
by Alanah McGinley on 02/15/08 at 03:52 PM ET
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From Jim Gintonio of The Arizona Republic,
Two things fans know about Shane Doan: The Coyotes’ captain had a slow start, and then he cranked up his offense to the point where he was the third-leading scorer in the NHL during January.
What was not known: He did it with a broken hand.
Doan just smiled when asked about the injury, which is healed.
“He plays the same way all the time,” coach Wayne Gretzky said. “He played hard at the beginning of the year; he just wasn’t scoring any goals.”
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