Ottawa Senators Rumors & News

TSN.ca "NHLPA Special Assistant to the Executive Director Mathieu Schneider says all competition committee items forwarded from earlier this month have been approved by the league's general managers. Hybrid icing, mandatory visors, shallower nets and video review on four-minute highsticking penalties..." June 19

CTV News Ottawa "The Canadian Tire Centre is now the new name for the home of the Ottawa Senators. The announcement was made Tuesday morning by Senators owner Eugene Melynk. The deal includes the building, digital, scoreboard signage and on-ice images. Canadian Tire Centre replaces Scotiabank..." June 18

Ottawa Sun "The Bank is being turned into The Garage. NHL sources confirmed to the Ottawa Sun on Monday the naming rights of Scotiabank Place have been sold to Canadian Tire and the deal will be confirmed in a news conference with Senators owner Eugene Melnyk on Tuesday. Melnyk has called a press..." June 17

NHL.com "Though many of the NHL's major prizes won't be handed out until Saturday night, the League kicked off its award weekend in grand style Friday. Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks highlighted a field of eight winners announced during an hour-long show on NHL Network. Toews, the Chicago..." June 14

NHL.com "In late March, Kaspars Daugavins barely could crack the Ottawa Senators' lineup and eventually was waived. Now, the left wing not only is heading to the 2013 Stanley Cup Final as a member of the Boston Bruins, he seemingly is part of their top 12 forwards in the aftermath of Gregory Campbell's..." June 10

NHL.com "The Dallas Stars on Monday officially announced the signing of defenseman Sergei Gonchar to a two-year, $10 million contract. The Stars had acquired Gonchar from the Ottawa Senators on June 7 in exchange for a 2013 sixth-round draft pick. Gonchar could have become an unrestricted free agent..." June 10

SportingNews.com "While the NHL, NHL Players Association, International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation all say a deal to bring players to the 2013 Sochi Olympics will get done, there are still roadblocks, according to Sportsnet's John Shannon. Two of the big ones: the league's desire..." June 10

Dallas Morning News "The Stars on Friday acquired the rights to defenseman Sergei Gonchar for a conditional sixth round draft pick. The Stars are hoping to get him signed to a two-year contract. If they do, Ottawa will get the draft pick. If they don’t, the Stars keep the draft pick. Gonchar, 39, is a four-time..." June 07

Yahoo! Sports "Ottawa Senators free agent defenseman Sergei Gonchar has spoken about a desire to play two more seasons in the NHL, preferably with the Ottawa Senators. But he may be nearing an agreement to play in the KHL next season instead. Gonchar is close to going to Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL;..." June 06

NHL.com "All players entering the NHL beginning next season could be required to wear a visor. The NHL's Competition Committee met Tuesday here. Among its recommendations was a proposal that would make visors mandatory for all players entering the League, starting in 2013-14. Under the proposal,..." June 05

TSN.ca "The NHL's Competition Committee has recommended the mandatory wearing of visors be grandfathered in at its meeting in Toronto on Tuesday. The use of shallower nets to be used next season as well as a hybrid icing rule to be tested in preseason were among other recommended rule changes proposed..." June 04

Ottawa Sun "It didn't take long for Senators GM Bryan Murray to start sending people packing. A day after saying he'd made a decision on the future of Guillaume Latendresse, the veteran winger tweeted Wednesday he was packing his bags and thanked the people of Ottawa for their support this..." May 30

Ottawa Sun "Near the top of Bryan Murray's list of things to do this summer is, as it should be, a contract conversation with a guy who isn't eligible to become a free agent for a year. The way coaching jobs become available in the NHL these days, the Senators want to make sure they satisfy the fastest..." May 29

Ottawa Sun "Bryan Murray is already looking ahead. The Senators GM closed the door on the shortened season Tuesday and started looking towards next year as he tries to make this club a contender in the Eastern Conference. Speaking at his season-ending news conference at Scotiabank Place, Murray -- who..." May 28

TSN.ca "Daniel Alfredsson is confident he still has what it takes to compete in the NHL, but the Ottawa Senators captain doesn't want to rush into a decision about his future. Alfredsson says he won't even begin contemplating whether he'll play next season for at least a week as he recovers from an..." May 28

CBSSports.com "At 39 years old and heading into free agency, the future of Senators defenseman Sergei Gonchar is pretty cloudy. Before the season began, there were some suggestions that Gonchar would head back to Pittsburgh. It was also fair to wonder if he might simply retire; there aren't a ton of guys..." May 28

NHL.com "Ottawa Senators center Jason Spezza told reporters Monday that he sustained a knee injury during his recovery from back surgery, which delayed his return to the lineup. Spezza said he tore the meniscus in his knee while training, but was able to work through it and return to the lineup for the..." May 27

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Daniel Alfredsson's decision to continue his NHL career into an 18th season — beyond the Ottawa Senators' disappointing loss to the Penguins on Friday night in the Eastern Conference semifinals — won't be his alone. Hugo, Loui, Fenix and William Erik — his children aged 10 through 2 — will have..." May 25

Ottawa Citizen "While marathoners in Ottawa are limbering up for their long Sunday ramble, the Senators run has come to an end. The Pittsburgh Penguins closed out the semifinal series four games to one, with a thunderous 6-2 victory in Game 5. The heads of Senators players were held high at the finish line,..." May 25

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Daniel Alfredsson was right. A day after Ottawa's longtime captain caught fire for remarking his team could "probably not" come back against the Penguins -- out of context or not -- they certainly did not. In the end, it was the Penguins' skill laced throughout the lineup that proved..." May 25

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Everything about this knockout was technical. The Penguins, though, were all power and might in their second-round slamming of the Ottawa Senators. They advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a 6-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Friday. Devastating on the power play and..." May 25

NHL.com "The 2013 NHL Awards winners will be revealed in two live television specials during the Stanley Cup Final. At 7 p.m. on the day of Game 2 of the Final, the winners of the Hart, Calder, Norris and Vezina trophies, along with the Ted Lindsay Award, will be announced as part of an hour-long show..." May 24

The Globe and Mail "Words being an imperfect means of communication, they can only reveal so much about what someone is truly thinking. The instinct, especially when it comes to sports fans and commentators, is put people on the couch, as it were. Several thousand have done so over the past day or two to try..." May 24

TSN.ca "Hockey Canada is making changes to reclaim its spot atop the international game, as the national governing body has parted ways with head scout Kevin Prendergast and goaltending consultant Ron Tugnutt. "Those are not easy things to do, but we have to do it," Hockey Canada president Bob..." May 24

NHL.com "With Game 5 set for Friday at Consol Energy Center, and the Senators reeling, Alfredsson was forced to be blunt when asked if his club could rebound. "Probably not," Alfredsson said. "[Pittsburgh's] depth and our play right now … it doesn't look too good. "When you look at what we did, it..." May 23

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "James Neal scored twice, the power play cashed in twice, and the Penguins chased Craig Anderson from the net for the second time this series to beat Ottawa, 7-3, at Scotiabank Place Wednesday night and take a commanding 3-1 series lead. After giving up another shorthanded goal to open the game,..." May 23

The Globe and Mail "They are on the spring honours list: Claude Lemieux, John Druce, Chris Kontos, Dave Lowry, Colin Greening ... Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, but let it be known that Colin Greening, who was largely unnoticeable during the regular season, is suddenly a very noticeable Ottawa Senator in..." May 22

Ottawa Sun "It was a moment he had imagined and played out, probably a couple of hundred times, as a kid growing up in St. John's, NL. Game-winning goal, overtime, Stanley Cup playoff game, being a hero -- a far-fetched storyline concocted in a child's imagination, a dream. For Senators winger Colin..." May 22

Ottawa Citizen "Mark Stone is expected to be in and Cory Conacher will likely be out of the Ottawa Senators lineup in Game 4 against the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday. Ottawa Senators Paul MacLean says that Stone, who played in Game 5 of the first round of the playoffs last spring against the New York Rangers,..." May 22

Ottawa Sun "Of all the drama ever produced at Scotiabank Place, nothing matches what happened with 28.6 seconds left in the third period Sunday night. Talk about setting off some May long weekend fireworks. Daniel Alfredsson (who else?) did just that with a goal that sent the Senators into overtime in..." May 20

NHL.com "Ottawa Senators center Jason Spezza was his usual smiling self Monday, seemingly suffering no ill effects after Ottawa's grinding double-overtime victory Sunday. The Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series, breathing new hope into the..." May 20

NHL.com "After allowing three power-play goals in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Ottawa Senators' penalty kill came up big when it was needed most. Against perhaps the finest collection of talent in the NHL, the Senators went a perfect..." May 20

Ottawa Citizen "When Matt Cooke's skate came down on Erik Karlsson's Achilles tendon on Feb. 13, Ottawa's season was truly thrust into its underdog, ragtag phase, all replacements and duct tape. Jason Spezza's back surgery and Jared Cowen's hip surgery were one thing; the loss of Karlsson, who could control..." May 20

Ottawa Sun "Jason Spezza will be the centre of attention Sunday night. Trailing 2-0 in their Round 2 series to the Pittsburgh Penguins as it shifts to Scotiabank Place for Game 3, the Senators are buoyed by the return of their top centre to the lineup for the first time since Jan. 27th. Gone nearly four..." May 19

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins will have one extra problem to deal with tonight: Ottawa center Jason Spezza is expected back for Game 3. Spezza held court at his locker Saturday afternoon to share the news that has been much anticipated in these parts. "I feel good," said Spezza. "It's gotten better and better..." May 19

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins arrived in Canada's capital Saturday with a clear purpose and a clearer plan: End this Stanley Cup playoff series with the Senators as quickly as possible, and do so with more of what succeeded in the first couple of games: 1. Superb special teams 2. Star-power scoring 3. Solid if..." May 19

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Just three minutes into Robin Lehner's first career playoff appearance, the 21-year-old goalie had James Neal and Jarome Iginla bearing down on him with a lone defenseman between them. Neal slid the puck across the ice to Iginla, and Lehner threw his body back in that director. Improbably,..." May 18

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins took a step backward Friday. Their timing was perfect. A 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators at Consol Energy Center staked the Penguins a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven second-round Stanley Cup playoff series. “Not a situation you want to be in,” Senators defenseman Chris..." May 18

Ottawa Sun "It wasn't just the earthquake shifting the ground around Ottawa. There's a strong possibility Senators' centre Jason Spezza could return to the lineup for Game 3 of the club's playoff series Sunday night at Scotiabank Place against the Penguins. Coach Paul MacLean told reporters Spezza is..." May 17

NHL.com "Bruce Boudreau of the Anaheim Ducks, Paul MacLean of the Ottawa Senators and Joel Quenneville of the Chicago Blackhawks were named Friday as the finalists for the Jack Adams Award, presented "to the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." Both Boudreau and..." May 17

Ottawa Citizen "The Ottawa Senators are in desperate need of Jason Spezza’s offensive touch. Now. But the way coach Paul MacLean was talking Wednesday afternoon, Spezza isn’t ready to return to the lineup for Game 2 of the series against the Pittsburgh Penguins here Friday. At least not yet. “I think..." May 16

Ottawa Sun "The Senators don't need to put an SOS out just yet. Trailing their Round 2 series to the Pittsburgh Penguins after a 4-1 loss in Game 1, the question whispered in the bowels of the Consol Energy Center Wednesday was whether Jason Spezza will be parachuted in to join this series. The club's..." May 16

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins downed the Ottawa Senators, 4-1, tonight at Consol Energy Center in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series. Paul Martin opened the scoring with a power-play goal. His shot from the right point glanced off of Ottawa's Jared Cowen and past goaltender Craig Anderson to give the..." May 15

Ottawa Citizen "The Senators packed up for Pennsylvania Monday, thrown right back into the playoff fray after a couple of days of leisure. Bring it on, they said, more or less as one. “We gotta get back on the horse and go for a ride again,” said goaltender Craig Anderson, the man who will stare down Sidney..." May 14