Former Coyotes Owner Gets Hit With Bankruptcy Damages

On November 12, 2015, U.S. District Judge G. Murray ruled that former Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes is liable to the NHL for attorneys’ fees and other damages that resulted from the team’s bankruptcy back in 2009.

The NHL initiated its action against the former Coyotes owner after he declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the NHL purchased the team for $140 million. The suit was brought in 2010 to recover $145.9 in damages, which included more than $112 in operating expenses, $6.5 million in unpaid …

October 9, 2015 NHL

Former ‘Yotes Owners Continue to be Pestered by the NHL

It seems the National Hockey League still isn’t ready to let one previous franchise owner escape its icy clutches just yet. In a response brief filed Monday, October 7, 2015, former Phoenix Coyotes owners Jerry and Vickie Moyes requested the Arizona District Court to follow in the footsteps of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Baum, who deemed most of the money sought to be recovered by the NHL as unsubstantiated back in January.

The Moyes’ brief was filed in response to a supplemental brief the NHL …