Arizona Coyotes
Originally founded on December 27, 1971, as the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association (WHA), they were one of four franchises absorbed into the National Hockey League after the WHA had ceased operations and then granted membership on June 22, 1979. The Jets moved to Phoenix on July 1, 1996, and were renamed as the Phoenix Coyotes. The franchise finalized a second name change on June 27, 2014, to become the Arizona Coyotes. Alex Meruelo became the majority owner on July 29, 2019.
1971-12-27T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
December 27, 1971
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Q576406
Winnipeg Jets
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Q527513
World Hockey Association
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1979-06-22T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
June 22, 1979
DATE
1996-07-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
July 1, 1996
DATE
2014-06-27T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
June 27, 2014
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Q206312
Arizona Coyotes
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Q4717490
Alex Meruelo
PER
2019-07-29T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
July 29, 2019
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Q206312
Arizona Coyotes
ORG
Q4717490
Alex Meruelo
PER