[2] On June 17, the Coyotes announced their eight-game pre-season schedule, which includes two split-squad games and a game against Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in Riga, Latvia.
The Coyotes faced the Detroit Red Wings in the first round for the second consecutive year.
On December 16, 2010, Tom Fenton, a former college goaltender, was signed to a one-day amateur contract as an emergency backup to Jason LaBarbera after Ilya Bryzgalov became ill and could not play.
Phoenix's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles, California.
The San Antonio Rampage are the Coyotes American Hockey League affiliate in 2010–11.