Ottawa Senators‘ coach Paul McLean won the Jack Adams Award, announced by the NHL Friday. The Jack Adams award is presented to the coach who is considered to have contributed the most to his team’s success. A well-deserving McLean voiced his content following the announcement: ”It’s a very proud day for myself, my family and especially for the Ottawa Senators organization ... Read More »
The Jack Adams Award goes to the coach that has “contributed the most to his team’s success.” Another way I like to think of it is, the coach who had the most success with the smallest amount of talent to work with. However, for some reason I don’t think that my definition will ever be adopted by the NHL. This ... Read More »
The Ottawa Senators have traded the rights to defensemen Sergei Gonchar to the Dallas Stars for a conditional 6th round pick in the 2013 draft. In a news release Friday, May 2, general manager Bryan Murray thanked the 39-year-old defensemen on behalf of the team and said they felt the trade would give him the opportunity to extend his playing ... Read More »
“Very positive” images came to Daniel Alfredsson’s mind when he took the future of the Ottawa Senators into consideration. The team’s captain cited several names when he was asked to talk about where he thought the club was headed. Players like Craig Anderson, Erik Karlsson and Kyle Turris are just a few of the names he mentioned as key to ... Read More »
Due to the NHL lockout, we’ve got an interesting setup for the 2013 NHL Awards Ceremony. Since 2008, the NHL Awards Ceremony has been held in Las Vegas after the end of the playoffs, but due to the delayed start of the playoffs this year, the ceremony will take place over the course of two nights. Day 1 will be ... Read More »
“I hope they don’t charge us for the clinic.” That was coach Paul McLean after a 6-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins that saw the Ottawa Senators ousted from the 2013 playoffs in five games. The Penguins may have easily beaten Ottawa, however, that shouldn’t take away from the success Ottawa experienced this season. Many people may not remember, ... Read More »
Colin Greening was the hero Sunday night in a vital double-overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Greening, who now has 3 goals in the series, scored 7:39 into the second extra frame to get the team back into the series. “I was overjoyed,” Greening said. “Obviously if they win there, it’s 3-0 and now we’re 2-1 with another game at ... Read More »
Pittsburgh Penguins defencemen Brooks Orpik solidified his team’s eastern conference semi-final showdown with the Ottawa Senators after he ripped a one-timer past New York Islanders’ Evgeni Nabokov in overtime Saturday night. Senators coach Paul McLean said preparation was underway for a series that won’t start before Tuesday, May 14. For those hoping for a second-round return from Jason Spezza, don’t. GM ... Read More »
The Ottawa Senators took a 3-1 stranglehold on their series with the Montreal Canadiens after a 6-1 thumping and 3-2 comeback win in Ottawa . With just under 30 seconds to play in game four, Senators forward Cory Conacher snuck one under Carey Price during a scramble to send the game to overtime. Carey Price left the game right after with what appeared ... Read More »
The Ottawa Senators have traded star young goalie Ben Bishop to the Tampa Bay Lightning in return for star rookie Cory Conacher. This trade really surprised me. Not that Bishop was moved (that was expected), but that Conacher was. The goalie situation in Ottawa now sees Robin Lehner moving into the temporary starting role, and then moving into the backup ... Read More »
Name a current defenseman in the NHL who is known for his wicked shot from the point, is superb on the power play and has a Stanley Cup under his belt? “Gonch.” “Sarge.” “Captain Hook.” Or just simply: Sergei Gonchar. The 38-year-old veteran is now in his 18th NHL season playing for the Ottawa Senators. He’s played in over 1000 ... Read More »
No one expected the Senators to be that good last season. Most pre-season predictions had them finishing with a lottery pick or at the bottom of the totem pole. But those same predictions, critics, whatever you want to call it, didn’t factor in Paul MacLean’s presence in the dressing room and on the bench. If it wasn’t for the Blues ... Read More »
If the NHL resumes in a few weeks time, the Ottawa Senators will have an interesting decision to make on who back-ups Craig Anderson in net. Many expected Ben Bishop to back up Anderson at the start of the year, but he’s struggled in 7 starts with the Binghamton Senators this year posting a 2.73 GAA. Robin Lehner, on the ... Read More »
Sergei Gonchar officially signed with the Mettalburg Magnitogorsk of the KHL on Sunday and Jason Spezza signed with Rapperswil-Jona on Wednesday. During the 2004 lockout Jason Spezza played in the AHL and tore it up; he registered 117 points and won the league’s MVP. Instead of going back to the AHL, Spezza has decided to head to Swiss Elite League. There he ... Read More »
Chris Neil dishes out a huge hit on Johnny Boychuk early in the 3rd period of Saturday’s game (2/25/12). Take a look at that hit: Now it’s your turn to RATE THAT HIT (RTH)! 1 for “I’m not impressed” and a 10 for “Wow, that’s an absolutely bone crushing hit!” Vote Below: Read More »
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