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Coyotes and Roadrunners: Tucson farm team gets name

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The Arizona Coyotes' Tucson farm team will be called the Roadrunners.

The American Hockey League team's name and logo were revealed by Coyotes' President and CEO Anthony LeBlanc at an open house event at the Tucson Convention Center. The Coyotes recently bought the Springfield, Massachusetts, team and moved it to Tucson.

The Roadrunners name was first used in Arizona hockey in 1967 when the Phoenix Roadrunners of the Western Hockey League became Arizona's first professional sports team. The moniker stuck for Phoenix's World Hockey Association team in the 1970s, and also was used by a series of Phoenix minor league teams.