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Columnist: Timothy Gassen

Timothy Gassen is a journalist and filmmaker living in Tucson, Arizona. His new DVD box set “Gretzky, Indy & The W.H.A.” will debut at the Hockey Hall of Fame in May 2009. Visit whaRACERS.com for more information

  • Hockey Folds in Phoenix... Again

    The handwringing over the financial fate of the NHL Phoenix Coyotes in 2009 has overshadowed a sad, quiet end to Arizona’s first professional sports team. Today the Phoenix RoadRunners hockey franchise folds, yet again – for the third time in 42 years.

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  • Dogged Days in Phoenix

    Words alone can’t describe how dreadful February 2009 was for the Phoenix Coyotes. The hometown sighs of resignation and frustration during the 3-1 February 28 loss against the St. Louis Blues explained it more fully...

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  • Rebel Chronicles: The WHA

    It is against great odds that a three-DVD box set of 1970s WHA footage has seen the commercial light of day. “The WHA Chronicles,” released in May by Toronto’s Video Service Corp, seems to be a miracle gift to fans of the rogue major hockey league...

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  • More Than Half A Howl

    It was a study in contrasts from 2007, yet the end result looked eerily the same. Shane Doan and the Phoenix Coyotes aren’t quite ready to climb into the upper half of the NHL, but they're getting closer.

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  • The Blood of Gilles Marotte

    Finding, holding, perhaps even owning an original 1970s World Hockey Association game jersey for Timothy Gassen's hometown major league Indianapolis Racers had been a holy grail for him for decades...and then he saw the blood of Gilles Marotte.

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  • Roadrunning the Sundogs

    It was much like a little brother aching to prove to their more worldly sibling that they belonged. The Central Hockey League Arizona Sundogs scratched, clawed and battled their ECHL Phoenix RoadRunner rivals in two exhibition games.

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