Ottawa Senators
| Ottawa Senators (Sénateurs d'Ottawa) | |
|---|---|
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Northeast |
| Founded | 1992 |
| History | Ottawa Senators 1992-present |
| Home arena | Scotiabank Place |
| City | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Team colours | Red, Black, White, Gold |
| Media | A-Channel Rogers Sportsnet East TEAM (1200 AM) |
| Owner(s) |  Eugene Melnyk |
| General manager | Bryan Murray |
| Head coach | N/A |
| Captain |  Daniel Alfredsson |
| Minor league affiliates | Binghamton Senators (AHL) Charlotte Checkers (ECHL) |
| Stanley Cups | none |
| Conference championships | 2006-07 |
| Division championships | 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06 |
The Ottawa Senators (French: Les Sénateurs d'Ottawa) are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club was founded in 1992 by Bruce Firestone, who was President and CEO of a local Ottawa real estate firm. The team is named after the original Senators hockey club of 1893 to 1934 which won 10[1] Stanley Cups and was one of the founding five[2] teams of the NHL.
Franchise history
The Original Ottawa Senators Franchise
The original Ottawa Senators NHL franchise evolved from the original Ottawa Hockey Club dating from 1893 which won seven Stanley Cup challenges under the names Ottawa Silver Seven and Ottawa Senators prior to the founding of the NHL. The team was strictly amateur at first, playing in various leagues until becoming officially professional in the Canadian Hockey Association, after losing players such as Cyclone Taylor to professional clubs.
The Senators would help to found the National Hockey Association, the precursor of the NHL, and was one of the founding five franchises of the National Hockey League. As an NHL team from 1917 through 1934 it won four Stanley Cups and is considered the first dynasty of the league. The team lasted one more season (1934-35) as the St. Louis Eagles before folding.
Bring Back The Senators
The NHL's planned 1992 expansion had several strong contenders, but starting in 1989, original owner Bruce Firestone put together a bid to revive the NHL hockey franchise in Ottawa. Firestone was President & CEO of Terrace Investments, a local commercial real estate development company. (Current Senators COO Cyril Leeder was President of Terrace, and Bell Sensplex Executive Director Randy Sexton was V-P).
In June 1989, the group announced their intentions to acquire an NHL franchise and to build a $55 million, 22,500 seat arena. 18,000 fans sent in $25 pledges toward season-tickets. The theme song for the franchise drive was Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down". The group employed the last surviving original Senator to win a Stanley Cup, Frank Finnigan, as its public face, and intended for Mr. Finnigan to drop the first puck.
On December 6, 1990, the new Senators group was approved to purchase one of the two franchises (along with the Tampa Bay Lightning) to start play in the 1992-93 season. The Senators' bid had been considered something of a long-shot[3], and ran into financial trouble almost at once, as Terrace Investments had borrowed money to meet the $50-million franchise fee.
Since the location for the new arena was on land designated for agriculture, the new arena and development had to be approved by the Ontario government. The government at the time was not sympathetic to the conversion of farmland and would not lend any assistance to the project. The Club would have to pay for the stadium and the streets and roads leading to the arena, including a freeway interchange without government assistance. The difficulty with the arrangement of the financing led to Mr. Firestone leaving the organization, and Rod Bryden would become president. In 1995-96, the Senators moved from the Ottawa Civic Centre to the Palladium (later renamed the Corel Centre and now Scotiabank Place), playing their first game there on January 15, 1996.
Reinstatement
In the history of the NHL, the Senators are the only failed NHL franchise to be reinstated, although new teams were formed for the cities of Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis-St Paul, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and St. Louis where franchises had operated prior to the current teams. For the Senators, a certificate was issued by the NHL to the owners of the new Ottawa franchise, proclaiming reinstatement to the league. Otherwise, the modern franchise has no official ties to the original franchise. Several unofficial ties exist:
- Banners honoring the original Senators' ten Stanley Cups hang from the rafters of Scotiabank Place,
- original Senator Frank Finnigan participated in the expansion campaign,
- Mr. Finnigan's jersey number 8 is retired by the current team,
- several roadways around Scotiabank Place honour the Silver Seven, Frank Nighbor and Fred 'Cyclone' Taylor, and
- the new team uses the name and colors of the original team, for which they were given permission of the Gorman family to use.[4]
Unlike the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, also a professional sports franchise revived after a hiatus, records and statistics of the two eras of the Senators are kept separately.
Beginning of a new era
Unfortunately, good public relations could not disguise the lack of talent. The modern-day Senators played their first game in the Ottawa Civic Centre, a small and spartan arena by NHL standards, seating only 10,500, and beat the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Montreal Canadiens 5-3 in the opener. Sadly, Finnigan died before the team started play, and the win against the Habs was one of the few tastes of glory the new Sens would experience; as they would have the worst record in the league that year, winning only 10 games with 70 losses and 4 ties (24 points) in the 1992-93 season. As often happens to a sports expansion team, the Senators and their fans would suffer through four more last-place finishes. Among their many disappointments during this period was Alexandre Daigle, the number one overall pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, widely regarded as one of the biggest busts in professional athletics.
The Financing Struggle and the Rod Bryden Era
The club was a limited partnership between Terrace Investments, which could not finance the project itself. The first investor other than Terrace was the Ottawa Nepean Canadians Sports Club, who with 66 other limited partners would own 48% of the club[5]. For one thing, the original franchise fee had been expected to be $30 million and the arena to be $55 million. The strain to complete the payment on the franchise to the NHL and to build the Palladium led to the resignation of Mr. Firestone on August 17, 1993, after Terrace missed mortgage and development payments and was replaced by Rod Bryden, a founder of SHL Systemhouse who would lead the franchise for the next ten years. A year later he managed to borrow enough to pay for the $188-million arena project.
For several years management had had trouble securing financing for the construction of an arena. The team was forced to pay for all infrastructure required for the Palladium project as part of the OMB decision granting rezoning approval. The team initially was promised a $6 million dollar grant by the by the federal Conservatives, but a federal election put in place a different government. The provincial government was only willing to go so far as loan guarantees for the highway interchange[6]. In the end, the firm of Ogden Entertainment, a New York city facilities management firm backed the project with the promise of a 25 year contract to manage the facility.
Although widely acknowledged as a well-designed arena, in the years since construction, the Palladium arena has been criticized for being remote. It is located in the far west end of Ottawa, and is a long trip from many other areas, especially the eastern parts of the city and the Outaouais, which is the area around Gatineau, Quebec. Difficulties are compounded by frequent traffic jams before and after games. Over the years, the arena has become one of the driving forces for development in Kanata. What was once an arena surrounded by farmland is a growing commercial and residential area.
Ottawa's turnaround
Two major events occurred for the Sens in January 1996: Jacques Martin became their head coach, and the team moved into its new arena — the 18,500-seat Palladium in Kanata, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa. While Ottawa finished the 1995-96 season with a poor record, it marked the start of a remarkable franchise turnaround. Daniel Alfredsson became the first Senator to win the Calder Memorial Trophy, the NHL Rookie of the Year Award. Alfredsson, selected 133rd overall in 1994, was also selected to play in the 1996 NHL All-Star Game. The Senators made the playoffs for the first time in 1997. They clinched the seventh seed on the last game of the regular season thanks to a late goal from Steve Duchesne against Dominik Hasek, then of the Buffalo Sabres, giving the Senators a 1-0 win. The Senators then faced the Sabres in the first round of the playoffs and lost in the full seven games. In game seven despite holding a lead, Alexei Yashin would score on his own net allowing Buffalo to tie and eventually win the game.
The Senators won their first playoff series in 1997-98, defeating the New Jersey Devils in six games. Despite defeating the heavily favoured Devils in the opening round, the Senators' lack of depth and experience was easily exposed in the second round against the team that became that season's Stanley Cup runner-up, the Washington Capitals, who quickly disposed of the Sens in five mostly one-sided games.
Ottawa has made the playoffs every year since their original visit. However, they have had limited success, winning only five series in their nine trips to the postseason. They had several consecutive losses to the Maple Leafs, leading to a heated rivalry between the two teams, added to by their geographic proximity in Ontario. A very difficult period for the team was between 1998 and 2001 when the Senators were swept by the Sabres and Maple Leafs, and lost another series to the Leafs all in the first round.
Ottawa was locked in a contract dispute with then-captain Alexei Yashin during 1999-2000. Yashin, who earned the nickname "Cashin" for his actions, held out for the entire season, but the NHL ruled that he remained committed to the Senators for another season. The regular season was successful as they finished with 93 points, in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. However, they had a quick playoff exit after losing in six games in the first round to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
New millennium
Yashin played during the 2000-01 season, but was stripped of the captaincy before the season began. He was traded in the following off-season to the New York Islanders for Zdeno Chara, Bill Muckalt, and the Isles' second overall pick, which the Sens used to draft Jason Spezza. The Senators lost again to the Maple Leafs in the first round, this time in a 4-0 sweep, in which they were repeatedly stymied by Leaf goaltender Curtis Joseph.
The Senators finished 2001-02 in third place in the Northeast division, with 94 points. In the playoffs, they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in 5 games, limiting the Flyers' high-powered offence to just 2 goals for the franchise's second playoff series win, but fell again to their arch-nemesis, the Maple Leafs, in a tense seven-game affair.
The Senators filed for bankruptcy on January 9, 2003 after a long history of debt. They continued regular season play after getting some emergency financing from the NHL. Despite the off-ice problems, Ottawa won the Presidents' Trophy in 2002-03, finishing with a league-best 113 points, making them the first Canadian team to have won it since the Calgary Flames in 1989. In the playoffs they defeated Yashin and his New York Islanders and the Philadelphia Flyers before coming within one game of making it into the Stanley Cup Final series, falling to the eventual champions, the New Jersey Devils.
In September 2003, the team was purchased by pharmaceutical magnate Eugene Melnyk.
On March 5th 2004, in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a record was set for the most penalty minutes in a game by both teams at 419 minutes. Five brawls broke out in the last 2 minutes of the game. It took the officials until 90 minutes after the game was over to sort out the penalties. By the end of the game Philadelphia had 213 penalty minutes and seven men left on the bench, while Ottawa finished with 203 penalty minutes and six men left.
In the first round of the 2004 NHL playoffs, the Senators lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 4th time in four series against the Leafs. However, the Toronto goalie this time was Ed Belfour, not Curtis Joseph. By now, Ottawa had developed a strong rivalry with their Ontario cousins and there was a great deal of pressure on the team to finally defeat their archrivals. Two days after the Senators' loss, coach Jacques Martin was fired, and goaltender Patrick Lalime was later traded to the St. Louis Blues. Martin had been coach of the Senators for eight and a half years. He was well respected, earned a 341-255-96 regular season record with the Senators, had led the team to eight consecutive playoff appearances, and was widely credited with changing the team into a league leader. He also won the Jack Adams Trophy in 1999. However, after losing eight of twelve playoff series, including all four series in five years versus the Leafs, team management felt that a new coach was required for playoff success. On June 8, 2004, a mere day after their expansion brethren, the Tampa Bay Lightning, drank from Lord Stanley's Mug for the first time ever, Bryan Murray became the team's fifth head coach.
2005-06 season and playoffs
On October 5, 2005, in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Senators became the first team in National Hockey League history to win in a shootout. Both Daniel Alfredsson and newly acquired Dany Heatley scored goals against Toronto's Ed Belfour. Their sticks are subsequently on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Heatley became the first Ottawa Senator in franchise history to reach 100 points on April 13, 2006, recording two assists during a 5-4 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers and five days later became the first to reach the 50-goal mark. Meanwhile, defenceman Wade Redden became the first Senator to win the NHL Plus/Minus Award, tied with New York Ranger Michal Rozsival, with a +35, despite missing 17 games due to a sprained ankle and the death of his mother.
Despite having acquired the very playoff and cup experienced Dominic Hasek, the team lost him midway through the season due to a hamstring injury he suffered while playing for the Czech national ice hockey team during the 2006 Winter Olympics. It was then up to back-up Ray Emery who went on to become the first rookie netminder since Philadelphia's Brian Boucher in 2000 to win a playoff series when, on April 29, 2006, the Senators defeated Tampa Bay in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, four games to one. The Senators were then defeated by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round, four games to one.
After that playoff failure, Eugene Melnyk (the team's owner) comforted fans in an open letter, by saying that their team would not only win the Stanley Cup in the future, but, once they had it, they would, he boasted, "hoard" it year after year.
2006-07 season and playoffs
The Senators' early 2006-07 season was characterized by a struggle to reach .500 (an even win-loss ratio). Game-by-game results are available here.
On January 3, 2007 the Ottawa Senators acquired center Mike Comrie from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for prospect Alexei Kaigorodov. Ottawa was in need of another centre (due to the loss of Spezza, Vermette and Fisher for an extended period of time), and was eager to shed Kaigorodov, who was suspended for refusing an assignment to the AHL's Binghamton Senators after being sent down, instead opting to play in Russia. Phoenix will continue his suspension, meaning he will not be paid until he returns to the NHL.
Heatley was the representative for Ottawa in the 2007 all-star game for the East, managing a 94.0 mph slapshot and a goal in the East's 12-9 loss to the West, meanwhile Andrej Meszaros and Patrick Eaves went to the NHL Youngstars competition.
At the annual Senators' super skills competition, Mike Fisher accomplished a 102 mph slapshot, McAmmond was awarded as the fastest skater, and Vermette managed the team best accuracy in the competition, hitting all 4 targets.
The Senators finished the regular season in 4th place in the East and would take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round. Ottawa won the first round easily by a count of 4 games to 1. The second round saw a rematch of the 2003 Eastern Conference Finals as Ottawa took on the New Jersey Devils. The Senators won the series 4 games to 1 and went on to face the Buffalo Sabres in the Eastern Conference Finals, winning that series 4 games to 1 as well to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history. After the Calgary Flames in 2004 and the Edmonton Oilers in 2006, the Senators are the third Canadian team in three seasons to reach the finals. The Senators suffered the same fate as the previous two Canadian teams and lost in the finals to the Anaheim Ducks by a count of 4 games to 1.
On Sunday, June 17, 2007 the Senators' General Manager John Muckler was fired, finishing the last year of his contract. Since 2002 as their GM, head coach Bryan Murray will now step up as the GM, with a head coach yet to be determined. [7]
Jerseys
The current home sweater of the Ottawa Senators was originally introduced as a third sweater in 1997, and in 1999 replaced the Senators' original black sweater, which was identical in design to the white sweater still in use today.
The current third sweater was introduced in 2000. It was black with coloured stripes of red, white, and gold. The gold strip is modeled after an ivy length around the jersey. The same striping pattern is found on the sleeves. The logo is the same as on the home jersey, with a Roman soldier at a three-quarters view instead of at a profile view.
The Ottawa Senators are set to unveil new jerseys for the upcoming 2007/2008 season.
Season-by-season record
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Senators. For the full season-by-season history, see Ottawa Senators seasons
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Records as of February 20, 2007. [8]
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2001-02 | 82 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 7 | 94 | 243 | 208 | 1347 | 3rd, Northeast | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3-4 (Maple Leafs) |
| 2002-03 | 82 | 52 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 113 | 263 | 182 | 1135 | 1st, Northeast | Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Devils) |
| 2003-04 | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 102 | 262 | 189 | 1270 | 3rd, Northeast | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Maple Leafs) |
| 2004-05 | Season cancelled due to 2004-05 NHL Lockout | ||||||||||
| 2005-061 | 82 | 52 | 21 | — | 9 | 113 | 314 | 211 | 1443 | 1st, Northeast | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Sabres) |
| 2006-07 | 82 | 48 | 25 | — | 9 | 105 | 288 | 222 | 2nd, Northeast | Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Ducks) | |
- 1 As of the 2005-06 NHL season, all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).
Players
Current roster
| # | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Ray Emery | L | 2001 | Cayuga, Ontario |
| 29 | 
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Martin Gerber | L | 2006 | Burgdorf, Switzerland |
| # | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |
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Lawrence Nycholat | L | 2007 | Calgary, Alberta |
| 4 |
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Chris Phillips - A | L | 1996 | Calgary, Alberta |
| 6 |
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Wade Redden - A | L | 1996 | Lloydminster, Saskatchewan |
| 7 | 
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Joe Corvo | R | 2006 | Oak Park, Illinois |
| 14 | 
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Andrej Meszaros | L | 2004 | Považská Bystrica, Slovakia |
| 24 | 
|
Anton Volchenkov | L | 2000 | Moscow, U.S.S.R. |
| 42 |
|
Tom Preissing | R | 2006 | Arlington Heights, Illinois |
| # | Player | Position | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 
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Christoph Schubert | LW | L | 2001 | Munich, West Germany |
| 11 |
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Daniel Alfredsson - C | RW | R | 1994 | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 12 |
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Mike Fisher | C | R | 1998 | Peterborough, Ontario |
| 15 |
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Dany Heatley | LW | L | 2005 | Freiburg, West Germany |
| 16 |
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Brian McGrattan | RW | R | 2002 | Hamilton, Ontario |
| 19 |
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Jason Spezza | C | R | 2001 | Mississauga, Ontario |
| 20 |
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Antoine Vermette | LW | L | 2000 | Saint-Agapit, Quebec |
| 22 |
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Chris Kelly | C | L | 1999 | Toronto, Ontario |
| 25 |
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Chris Neil | RW | R | 1998 | Markdale, Ontario |
| 27 |
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Peter Schaefer | LW | L | 2002 | Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan |
| 37 |
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Dean McAmmond | LW | L | 2006 | Grande Cache, Alberta |
| 44 |
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Patrick Eaves | RW | R | 2003 | Calgary, Alberta |
| 61 |
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Oleg Saprykin | LW | L | 2007 | Moscow, U.S.S.R. |
| 89 |
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Mike Comrie | C | L | 2007 | Edmonton, Alberta |
- To see the Senators' individual player pages, click here.
Team Captains
- Laurie Boschman, 1992-93
- Brad Shaw, Mark Lamb &
Gord Dineen, 1993-94 - No captain, 1994-95 (Lockout)
- Randy Cunneyworth, 1995-98
- Alexei Yashin, 1998-99
- Daniel Alfredsson, 1999- present
Honoured Members
Hall of Famers: The Senators assistant coach & head coach Roger Neilson (2001-03), was inducted in 2002 (as a Builder) for his career in NHL coaching.
Retired Numbers: The Senators retired number 8 for Frank Finnigan, on October 8, 1992. Finnigan actually played for the original Senators (as a RW, 1923-31 & 1932-34), but he was instrumental in getting Ottawa an NHL franchise again (see Frank Finnigan). The number 99 of Wayne Gretzky was retired league-wide by the NHL February 6, 2000.
First-round draft picks
- 1992: Alexei Yashin (2nd overall)
- 1993: Alexandre Daigle (1st overall)
- 1994: Radek Bonk (3rd overall)
- 1995: Bryan Berard (1st overall)
- 1996: Chris Phillips (1st overall)
- 1997: Marian Hossa (12th overall)
- 1998: Mathieu Chouinard (15th overall)
- 1999: Martin Havlat (26th overall)
- 2000: Anton Volchenkov (21st overall)
- 2001: Jason Spezza (2nd overall) & Tim Gleason (23rd overall)
- 2002: Jakub Klepis (16th overall)
- 2003: Patrick Eaves (29th overall)
- 2004: Andrej Meszaros (23rd overall)
- 2005: Brian Lee (9th overall)
- 2006: Nick Foligno (28th overall)
Franchise scoring leaders
These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Senators player
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
| Daniel Alfredsson* | RW | 783 | 291 | 467 | 757 | .97 |
| Alexei Yashin | C | 504 | 218 | 273 | 491 | .97 |
| Radek Bonk | C | 689 | 152 | 247 | 399 | .58 |
| Marian Hossa | RW | 467 | 188 | 202 | 390 | .84 |
| Wade Redden* | D | 758 | 95 | 277 | 372 | .49 |
| Shawn McEachern | LW | 454 | 142 | 162 | 304 | .67 |
| Jason Spezza* | C | 246 | 82 | 171 | 253 | 1.03 |
| Martin Havlat | LW | 294 | 105 | 130 | 235 | .79 |
| Magnus Arvedson | RW | 393 | 92 | 118 | 210 | .53 |
| Dany Heatley* | LW | 164 | 100 | 108 | 208 | 1.27 |
NHL awards and trophies
- Wade Redden: 2005-06 (shared with Michal Rozsival of the New York Rangers)
Franchise individual records
| Franchise record | Name of player | Statistic | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Goals in a season | Dany Heatley | 50 | 2005-06, 2006-07 |
| Most Assists in a season | Jason Spezza | 71 | 2005-06 |
| Most Points in a season | Dany Heatley | 105 | 2006-07 |
| Most Points in a season, defenseman | Norm MacIver | 63 | 1992-93 |
| Most Points in a season, rookie | Alexei Yashin | 79 | 1993-94 |
| Most Penalty Minutes in a season | Mike Peluso | 318 | 1992-93 |
| Highest +/- rating in a season | Daniel Alfredsson | +42 | 2006-07 |
| Most playoff games played | Daniel Alfredsson | 99 | (milestone) |
| Most goaltender wins in a season | Patrick Lalime | 39 | 2002-03 |
| Most shutouts in a season | Patrick Lalime | 8 | 2002-03 |
| Lowest G.A.A. in a season | Ron Tugnutt | 1.79 | 1998-99 |
| Best SV% in a season | Dominik Hasek | .925 | 2005-06 |
Miscellaneous
Television broadcasting
Local coverage of the Ottawa Senators can be found on Rogers Sportsnet and A-Channel. National coverage is less frequent; however national broadcasting is usually done by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which has increased the number of Senators games broadcast on Hockey Night in Canada in 2006-07 compared to previous seasons. Five games in 2006-07 are to be broadcast on pay-per-view in the Ottawa area; this started with a game at Detroit on December 12, 2006.
Following aka 'Sens Army'
The fans of the Senators are known as the Sens Army, participating in fan activities organized by the club. Like most hockey fanatics, fans are known to dress up for games; most in some sort of Roman legionary clothing. For the 2006-2007 playoff run, more fans then ever before would wear red, and fan activities included 'Red Rallies' of decorated cars, fan rallies at Ottawa City Hall Plaza and the 'Red Mile' along Elgin Street where fans would congregate.
At many home games the fans are entertained both outside and inside ScotiaBank Place with a myriad of talent - live music, rock bands, giveaways and promotions. A fixture on the concourse before regular season and playoff games is the official-unofficial pipe band of the Ottawa Senators, The Sons of Scotland.
References
- ^ According to the Hockey Hall of Fame, the original team won it 10 times. Since only four wins occurred outside the "challenge era" of the Stanley Cup, the count is debatable.
- ^ Four of the NHA teams, including the Senators, voted to suspend the NHA, form a new league, and add a new Toronto franchise, at least partly due to disputes with the Toronto NHA franchise. Four teams played in the 1917-18 NHL season, as one of the founding teams, the Quebec Bulldogs suspended operations for two years.
- ^ Jim Durrell, mayor of Ottawa at the time, was quoted as saying "It's not that the area isn't a big enough market to support a professional hockey team, it's just that we're not going to get it." MacGregor, Roy, Ottawa Senators, 1996, pg. 14.
- ^ "NHL bid hits name snag; CJHL Senators launch lawsuit over trademark", Ottawa Citizen, September 7, 1989. The Gorman family was part of the official launch of the campaign. The name originally belonged to T.P. Gorman.
- ^ "Senators cash crunch sidelines little guys", The Ottawa Citizen, February 8, 1996.
- ^ "Palladium wins loan; all systems go; Infrastructure financing opens flow of money", The Ottawa Citizen, December 22, 1993.
- ^ "Muckler out, Murray in". OTTAWA (CP). Retrieved 2007-06-18.
- ^ Hockeydb.com, Ottawa Senators season statistics and records.
- MacGregor, Roy (1996). Ottawa Senators.
See also
- List of Ottawa Senators players
- Head Coaches of the Ottawa Senators
- Battle of Ontario
- Spartacat
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
- List of ice hockey teams in Ontario
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