The forward lines had been tweaked and goalie Louis Domingue debuted a new set of red pads, but other than that, it appeared not much had changed for the Coyotes when they reconvened at Gila River Arena on Wednesday for practice after a two-day break from the ice.
Except, of course, the spotlight on their arena situation.
That’s become magnified in recent days after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sent a three-page letter to Arizona legislature leaders Tuesday encouraging them to pass a public-financing bill for a new arena in downtown Phoenix or the East Valley.