NHL says it controls Coyotes, seeks dismissal

NHL says it controls Coyotes, seeks dismissal

NHL says it controls Coyotes, seeks dismissal

Phoenix Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes talks to the media after a hearing in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of the Coyotes hockey team and the proposed sale of the team to Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie, Thursday, May 7, 2009, in Phoenix. Balsillie has offered to buy the team and move them to Canada. The National Hockey League says it has been in control of the Coyotes franchise since last November and is asking a federal judge to throw out the team's bankruptcy filing.