When it comes to the NHL's showcase games, the Arizona Coyotes have hardly been given the opportunity to take part.
They're one of just a handful of teams never to have been part of a Winter Classic or Stadium Series game, events the league has put on annually since 2008, with the exception being 2013 due to a labor dispute that season.
There are a variety of theories as to why the Coyotes aren't in the mix. But as the NHL prepares for its two NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe games in northern Nevada this weekend, team President and CEO Xavier Gutierrez hopes the Coyotes can be one of the teams to play where the NHL has never had a game: Mexico.