Editing Arizona Coyotes (section)

===Relocation to Phoenix===
In October 1995, Minnesota businessmen Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke purchased the team with plans to move it to [[Minneapolis–St. Paul]], which had lost the [[Minnesota North Stars]] in 1993, for the [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97 season]]. However, in December, after they were unable to secure a lease at Minneapolis' [[Target Center]], they opted to move the Jets to Phoenix, instead. Minnesota was ultimately awarded an [[expansion team]] in 1997, the [[Minnesota Wild]].

After the franchise considered "Mustangs", "Outlaws", "Wranglers", and "Freeze", a name-the-team contest yielded the official name "Coyotes".<ref>{{Cite web|title=NHL team nicknames explained|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-team-nickname-origins-explained/c-283976168|access-date=October 24, 2021|website=NHL.com}}</ref> At the time, the name was largely seen as play on the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' character Wile E. Coyote of ''[[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]]'', since Phoenix was home to several minor league teams and [[Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA)|one short-lived WHA team]] called the [[Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA)|Phoenix Roadrunners]], including an [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] (IHL) [[Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL)|team that was playing there]] in 1996. However, "Coyotes" was considered suitable in any case since the coyote is endemic to the whole of Arizona, unlike the [[roadrunner]], which is only found in the southern and western regions of the state. The Roadrunners only played one more season before leaving Phoenix; however, the Coyotes later revived the "Roadrunners" nickname for their [[American Hockey League]] affiliate, the [[Tucson Roadrunners]].