The Arizona Coyotes have a new home for the next few years.

Arizona reached a multi-year agreement with Arizona State to play at the Sun Devils’ new multi-purpose arena, the NHL team announced Thursday.

The Coyotes will play all their home games at the 5,000-seat arena beginning next season and through 2024-25 with an additional option for the 2025-26 season.

As part of the agreement, the Coyotes agreed to pay rent and construction costs for the arena's redevelopment plans upfront, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

"This will be an incredible, intimate, and exciting fan experience in a state-of-the-art new arena in a fantastic location in the heart of Tempe," Coyotes president and CEO Xavier A. Gutierrez said.

The city of Glendale announced earlier this season that it will terminate its lease with the Coyotes at Gile River Arena. The club filed a bid for a new permanent arena in Tempe in September but is still awaiting approval for construction.

"The National Hockey League thanks Arizona State University for its support of the Coyotes during this transition period and for what will be just its latest major commitment to growing our game in the Valley," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said.

He added: "Hockey is thriving in Tempe, and we are delighted that the Coyotes' passionate fans will get to experience ASU's on-campus energy while the club's new arena is being built."

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The Edmonton Oilers will be without defenseman Duncan Keith and winger Zack Kassian for a while.

Keith could be sidelined for two to four weeks due to upper-body soreness and concussion protocol, while Kassian will be out for four to eight weeks with a fractured jaw, the team announced Thursday.

Keith crashed hard into the boards during the first period of Wednesday night's contest against the Chicago Blackhawks and needed assistance to get off the ice. The Oilers ruled him out for the rest of the game shortly after. The 38-year-old has registered 14 points in 35 contests this season while averaging just over 20 minutes a game.

Kassian also exited Wednesday's matchup with an injury after taking a puck to the face in the second period. He has five goals and nine assists in 35 games this campaign.

The Oilers currently sit fifth in the Pacific Division with a 23-18-3 record.

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The Edmonton Oilers have fired head coach Dave Tippett, according to TSN's Darren Dreger.

Jay Woodcroft will take over as head coach, reports Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet.

Additionally, Edmonton also fired associate coach Jim Playfair, according to Dreger.

Tippett was in the middle of his third season as the Oilers' bench boss. Despite a hot start to the campaign, Edmonton sits five points behind the Calgary Flames for the last Western Conference wild-card spot with a 23-18-3 record after losing 16 of its last 23 games.

The Oilers also lost their first two contests after the All-Star break while being outscored 8-1.

Overall, Tippett held a 95-62-14 mark with Edmonton. Though the Oilers made the postseason twice under his tenure, they never made it past the first round.

Despite boasting two of the NHL's top point-getters in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, Edmonton has had difficulties achieving consistent success. McDavid is now set to play for his fourth coach during his first seven NHL seasons.

Woodcroft has been the head coach of the AHL's Bakersfield Condors since 2018. He piloted the team to a 105-71-21 record.

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For The Great One, plays like Trevor Zegras' breakaway during last weekend's All-Star Skills Competition aren't just dazzling moments - they're good for the game.

"Individually, I can't do the things that these kids do. … We didn't do all this individual stuff," Wayne Gretzky said during NHL on TNT on Wednesday night. "They do it from a young age and they get good at it, and they incorporate that into the game, which is wonderful for the game."

Zegras, the Anaheim Ducks phenom, stole the show in Las Vegas by scoring blindfolded in an homage to "Dodgeball."

Gretzky, who logged 2,857 points in 1,487 career NHL games, also shouted out Calgary Flames talent Matthew Tkachuk after he stunned the hockey world with yet another between-the-legs goal against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night.

"It's good for the game because kids love it," Gretzky said. "And good for them that they can do that."

However, not everyone shares Gretzky's love for these individual displays. Former head coach John Tortorella questioned the league's direction after Zegras went viral for pulling off a lacrosse-style assist earlier this season.

"If you did that back in 2000, late '90s, 2000, you'd get your head taken off," Tortorella said during an ESPN broadcast in December. "It's cool, it's cool to watch and all that, but I'm not so sure it's good for the game."

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Claude Julien will return to the bench as the head coach of Canada's men's Olympic team following its tournament-opening clash Thursday against Germany, Hockey Canada announced.

Canada initially ruled out Julien of the 2022 Winter Games after he slipped on the ice and fractured his ribs during a team-building activity at training camp in Switzerland late last month.

The medical staff deemed him unfit to fly to Beijing. Hockey Canada subsequently announced that Jeremy Colliton would take over head coaching duties.

Colliton will reassume his role as an assistant coach.

Julien will lead Canada during its matchup against the United States on Friday at 11:10 p.m. ET.

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The Edmonton Oilers announced defenseman Duncan Keith won't return to Wednesday night's contest against the Chicago Blackhawks, according to The Athletic's Daniel Nugent-Bowman.

Keith crashed hard into the boards during the first period and needed to be helped off the ice.

The veteran has one goal and 13 assists in 34 games this season and is tied for third among Oilers defensemen in average time on ice (20:46).

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The Vancouver Canucks are adding American hockey icon Cammi Granato to their hockey operations department, according to TSN's Darren Dreger.

The role is unconfirmed, but Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reports Granato will serve as assistant general manager.

Granato was previously working with the Seattle Kraken as a pro scout. She became the first woman in NHL history to hold the title when Seattle hired her in 2019.

The Canucks hired Emilie Castonguay as an assistant general manager last month.

Granato is one of the most decorated women's hockey players ever. She captained the United States to gold at the 1998 Olympics and retired as the all-time leading scorer in women's international hockey. She was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010 and is one of two women on the institution's selection committee.

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