The Coachella Valley Firebirds continue to round out its staff as the season opener inches closer. On Tuesday, the team finalized its coaching roster for the inaugural season with the hiring of Stu Bickel as assistant coach and Erik Elenz as video analyst. Check Out Our Special Firebirds Section For More Coverage The team also built out its
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds announced the signing of the team’s third player, defenseman Matt Tennyson. Tennyson, 32, joins the Firebirds after spending the last season with the NHL’s Nashville Predators. A message from Matt himself! We’re so #FiredUp to have you on the team!🔥 #IgniteTheSeason #Hockey #BuildingAnOasis #CVFirebirds #CoachellaValley #AHL pic.twitter.com/MJqI0gp8Dj— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds)
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds’ inaugural season kicks off soon and you can now secure your tickets for two Seattle-based games! The Firebirds will kick off their season in the Seattle area while construction on Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms is finished. Check Out Our Special Firebirds Section for More Updates This is the first public
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds, AHL affiliate of the Seattle Kraken, announced the schedule for the team’s four game stint in Seattle, WA this season. Seattle game locations released🔥🐙More details here –>https://t.co/uXrxpqX1Vt #AHL #IgniteTheSeason #SeattleGames #CVFirebirds #Hockey #BringTheHeat pic.twitter.com/BzkPrNOWUG— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) August 15, 2022 CVF will host the Abbotsford Canucks for two games beginning
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds are heating up the excitement for the upcoming AHL hockey season with a fun announcement: the introduction of their team mascot.The mascot goes by the name Fuego, which is a Spanish word for fire. Fuego made its first appearance in front of a cheering crowd of local children at the Classic Club
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds released the schedule for the team’s inaugural season. Here at News Channel 3, we’re getting fired up! Our group of stations will be your go-to place to watch firebirds games on television. As the team’s partner, we’ll bring you exclusive: Special programmingPlayer profilesDigital coverage We’re excited to bring you more details
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds have their home opener for the upcoming inaugural season. The Firebirds will drop the puck in the desert for the first time on Sunday, Dec. 18th at Acrisure Arena as they welcome the Tucson Roadrunners (Arizona Coyotes affiliate) at 6:00 p.m. Click HERE for the complete 2022-2023 AHL home opener schedule. The Firebirds’ Twitter
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While we are still three months away from the start of the 22-23 American League Hockey (AHL) season and the Coachella Valley Firebirds official debut, there are rumblings and excitement building for the newest edition to hockey. Seattles’ KIRO7 Sports Director Chris Francis says he believes the Firebirds are going to be better right away
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We now know two of the players who will make up the Coachella Valley Firebirds for their inaugural season at Acrisure Arena. Drivers who regularly pass the arena construction site near I-10 in Thousand Palms can see the progress on the arena that will soon be home to the Firebirds. Now fans are starting to
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The first puck has yet to drop at Acrisure Arena, but the Coachella Valley Firebirds are already making history: Jessica Campbell has been named the first assistant coach and is the first female in this role in the American Hockey League. She brings years of experience on the ice as a coach and player. Jessica
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Former Stanley Cup champion Dan Bylsma will be the first head coach in the history of the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Team officials announced Bylsma’s hiring on Tuesday. Excited to have Dan apart of the team!🔥https://t.co/N1Ra8MtBHI#IgniteTheSeason #BuildingAnOasis #OneValley #Firebirds #CoachellaValley #AHL #Hockey #HeadCoach #BuildingATeam #HockeyTeam pic.twitter.com/IHbz6LT4R6— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) June 21, 2022 “We’re excited to name
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Members from the Acrisure Arena and Coachella Valley Firebirds celebrated the grand opening of a new facility for buzzbox premium cocktails and a new partnership. A ribbon-cutting was held at buzzbox’s new facility in Indio. The facility is located the former Target right off the I-10 and Jackson Street. News Channel 3’s Crystal Jimenez took a closer
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Acrisure Arena in Thousand Palms reached another major milestone in its construction. Thursday morning, construction workers were out pouring the concrete for one of its rinks. Within six hours, the future practice rink for the Coachella Valley Firebirds was transformed. “Exactly one year from our groundbreaking we actually poured the ice floor today this morning
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds, Acrisure Arena and Desert Recreation District, along with Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez and assembly member Eduardo Garcia, are scheduled to hold an intro to youth street hockey clinic community event. This event marks more than 5,000 local children having participated in the Firebirds Street Hockey Clinics this year. Acrisure Arena and Coachella Valley Firebirds will have several personnel attending the event that will take
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Spotlight 29 is now the official casino founding partner of Acrisure Arena and the Coachella Valley Firebirds. The deal was signed just a few hours ago at Spotlight 29 Casino in Coachella. Chairman Darrell Mike of the Twentynine Palms Band of Mission Indians said they are looking forward to the arena being established as a focal point
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds will likely kick off their inaugural season in Seattle while the team waits for their home arena to be completed, Seattle Kraken GM Ron Francis announced. Francis confirmed the news during his season-ending news conference on Tuesday. During a Q&A session, the Coachella Valley Firebirds were brought up. Francis said the Firebirds’
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FirstBank is now the official bank of the Coachella Valley Firebirds and Acrisure Arena. Acrisure Arena, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, and FirstBank jointly announced a multi-year relationship that names FirstBank as the official bank partner for the Firebirds. The Firebirds will be the 32nd American Hockley League team and will make their highly anticipated debut in Fall 2022.
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“This will be multi-use. So concerts, anything with exhibits, RV shows boat shows, anything like that. There is a lot of potential use for this space besides hockey,” said Senior Project Manager Jeff Zunino. An exciting future ahead of Acrisure Arena. This project you see off I-10 is now at the halfway point. We received
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds is hosting several clinics for children to be able to learn the fundamentals of hockey. The program is called Intro to Street Hockey. One of the coaches includes Firebirds Vice President of Branding and Community Relations and former Olympic Coach Shannon Miller. There will be a clinic Thursday at Bagdouma Park
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Ron Francis is one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Admitted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007 and a Stanley Cup champion in 1991 and 1992, the 58-year-old Canadian is now hoping for similar success off the ice. Sports Director Blake Arthur had the privilege of talking with Francis one-on-one at
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