What team changed their name to the "Arizona Coyotes" for the 2014-15 NHL season?

The Phoenix Coyotes changed their name to the Arizona Coyotes. The NHL franchise officially adopted the Arizona name on June 27, 2014, ahead of the 2014–15 season, after previously using Phoenix as its geographic identity for 18 years.

The team had moved from Winnipeg to the Phoenix area in 1996 and was originally renamed the Phoenix Coyotes. By 2014, the club wanted a name that represented the entire state rather than only the city of Phoenix, because its home arena was in Glendale. The rebranding also helped support an agreement intended to keep the franchise in Arizona.

The change was largely cosmetic: the team's core identity, history, and franchise continuity remained the same. The uniforms changed only modestly, including a shoulder patch that used “AZ” instead of “PHX.” A common mix-up is to treat the Arizona Coyotes as a new expansion team, but they were the same franchise that began as the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association, joined the NHL in 1979, and relocated to Arizona in 1996.