Hats off to Matthew Hulsizer

[Diamondback Jay]

With this mentality, I have a feeling that he's going to be the guy who saved hockey in Phoenix. Everytime he speaks, I like his outlook more and more. With his outlook and the office/coach we have now, the future is finally bright for the long term in Glendale.

From the latest Paola Bolvin column on AZCentral.com

Within minutes of meeting Matthew Hulsizer, the Chicago trader who is nearing a deal to purchase the Coyotes, he delivered this message:

"The truth is, I probably care more about winning than I do about money."

"It's not the end-all, but I think there's great value in having someone who knows the game," one Coyotes executive said, "and not just be someone who says, 'Why can't we just go out and trade for Sidney Crosby?' and not understand the process."

Hulsizer traveled the world as a standout youth player, his father, Bill, said. He was captain of his Amherst College hockey team, and all four of his children, whose ages range from 5 to 14, are hockey players or figure skaters. He recently coached one of his young son's teams to the championship "after an 0-5 start," Hulsizer said, smiling.

While acknowledging this is not a "Hall of Fame investment," he believes hockey ownership here can be profitable "despite what Mr. Moyes said."

Hulsizer watched Saturday's game against Detroit in a Jobing.com Arena suite with his father, who is in the process of moving to the Valley. Hulsizer's in-laws also are relocating here.

Sure sounds like a family interested in setting down roots.

Sports ownership in this city has come in a variety of forms, from the unapproachable to the affable to the unpredictable.

Hulsizer is Jerry Colangelo-like with his sports background and - at least from early impressions - affability. He is Mark Cuban-like, too, in his appreciation of technology and innovation in his field.

He is not an attention-monger. His meteoric rise in the financial world happened rather quietly and with minimal controversy.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/sports/coy...la-boivin-matthew-hulsizer.html#ixzz12umSD1Ap

 

[Dback Jon]

I like what I see!

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

i know his sis. super excited about this.

 

[Mulli]

I hope one of his first acts is to change the name of the Arena.

 

[Dback Jon]

I hope one of his first acts is to change the name of the Arena.

I think they have a contract...

 

[Mulli]

I think they have a contract...

bOO!!!