Six years ago, the Coyotes were a very different team.
They had been owned by the NHL since October 26, 2009, they will still the Phoenix Coyotes, and they played at Jobing.com Arena.
Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney had brought in new goaltender Mike Smith that season, a player coach Dave Tippett had coached with the Dallas Stars, on a 2 year, $4 million contract to replace Ilya Bryzgalov who had just signed a humongous big 9 year, $51 million contact with the Philadelphia Flyers. And six years ago tonight on January 7, 2012, Coyotes Captain Shane Doan recorded the first hat trick of his NHL career with .