The team played their final game in the Valley Wednesday night.
The Tucson Roadrunners have been the Coyotes affiliate since 2016, and it appears southern Arizona's hockey franchise is on the move.
Because Meruelo has a lease agreement with Arizona State's Mullett Arena in Tempe, he said in a radio interview on Thursday that he intends to move the Roadrunners to the Valley to fill out that lease agreement.News 4 Tucson reached out to The Roadrunners for a statement on the team's relocation and they responded:
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