SENATORS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Senators rally, stun Penguins in 2OT

Colin Greening scored 7:39 into double overtime, and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their series deficit to 2-1 on Sunday night. Daniel Alfredsson got Ottawa even 1-1 by scoring a short-handed goal with 29 seconds left in regulation just after the Senators pulled goalie Craig Anderson for an extra skater. ''We were just...
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WATCH: Colin Greening finishes off 2OT game

Most of us have heard of Daniel Alfredsson, Erik Karlsson, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin; however a relatively unknown hero emerged in game 3. Ottawa Senator Colin Greening put “the biscuit in the basket” and sent the Senators home with a 2-1 double overtime thrilling victory. While Pittsburgh still leads the series 2-1, these are the type of games where a series can begin...
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Erik Karlsson Delivered An Amazing Skate Pass

Ottawa Senators Erik Karlsson delivered one of the best skate passes I’ve ever seen in a hockey game. During the opening period of Game 3 between the Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins, Karlsson was pushing into Pittsburgh territory when his stick was knocked away from him. Instead of freaking out, Karlsson continued with the puck underneath his left skate, made a juke move, before...
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Playoff Gameday: Pittsburgh Penguins & Ottawa Senators - Round Two, Game Three

Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators Penguins Lead Series 2-0 NBCSN, CBC, RDS - 7:30 pm/et Scotiabank Place - Ottawa, ON Game three is a big deal. The venue switches. The teams know each other. And, most importantly, the series often depends on it. At the end of the night the Penguins could have a commanding 3-0 series lead or the Ottawa Senators could be...
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Only Ottawa Cheering For Ottawa

from Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star, Senators Nation? Uh-oh Canada. The Ottawa Senators may be the only franchise of seven from north of the 49th Parallel still alive and kicking — feebly, to be sure — in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Yet they remain very much a parochial, narrowly embraced entity, a team utterly yoked to one city and one city alone. Further, it’s a...
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Travis Yost: ECSF GAME 3: Jason Spezza Returns

Make sure to follow Travis on Twitter! -- A pair of road losses in Pittsburgh have washed away Ottawa's margin for error. To get back in the series, Ottawa will have to defend home ice against a Penguins team that's firing on all cylinders. The team's hoping that the return of a familiar face from injury can aid them in their uphill climb: centerman Jason Spezza...
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John Toperzer: Game Night: Will return of Jason Spezza make a difference?

Pens look to take three-game lead in series with Sens on Sunday night Center Jason Spezza is expected to play in Game 3 for the Sens on Sunday night. Spezza will see action on Ottawa’s power play. The Penguins have held Ottawa to one power-play goal in seven opportunities. Spezza has enjoyed good success against Pittsburgh throughout his career, but hasn’t played...
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Spezza to return to Senators lineup for Game 3

Jason Spezza doesn't have much time to return to form if the Ottawa Senators want to extend their season. The star forward hasn't played since Jan. 27 after undergoing back surgery for a herniated disk. He'll rejoin Ottawa's lineup Sunday for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series with the Senators trailing 2-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins. ''I...
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Spezza Could Play On Sunday

from Bruce Garrioch of Off The Posts, A source told the Sun Spezza is targeting a Sunday return, but has to get clearance from the doctors. “He continues to skate on a daily basis and makes progress,” said MacLean Friday. “We’ll go through practice (Saturday) and the pre-game skate and we’ll see where it is. If he’s available to us, it’s Jason Spezza, we...
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3 days ago  |  Discuss

The Ottawa Senators’ Second-Round Playoff Anthem Is…Interesting

The Ottawa Senators lost the first game of the series against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday by a score of 4-1, but according to CTV Ottawa’s Morning Live, that’s okay because the Sens are “bringing pesky back.” Fans have created a second-round playoff anthem, parodying Justin Timberlake’s “Sexy Back,” and turning it into “Pesky Back.” The video is both awful...
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5 days ago  |  Discuss

The Ottawa Senators Are Bringing Pesky Back (Sorry, Everyone)

What’s better than championship sports anthems? Championship sports anthems recorded in round 2 of the playoffs! Meet ‘Pesky Back,’ the Ottawa Senators-themed parody of Justin Timberlake’s ‘Sexy Back.’ Nothing says “we’re the team for this year” quite like a song from 2006!Here is another ditty… The folks at CTV Morning Live Ottawa do another video to help...
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Don Cherry thinks the Senators are a bit feminine

That didn't take long. The second round just got underway and Don Cherry already said something that angered fans, specifically those supporting the Ottawa Senators. What did he say this time? He ripped on the Ottawa Senators for a variety of things outside of their play on the ice, alluding to the fact that they have some feminine qualities.  Cherry slams Daniel Alfredsson...
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Video: Ottawa Senators blow out Montreal to advance to semifinals

The Ottawa Senators walked away with bragging rights to one of the ugliest series in recent NHL history. Ottawa steamrolled into the conference semifinals with a 6-1 beatdown over Montreal on Thursday. Despite the bad blood that consistently bubbled over, Montreal was not on Ottawa’s level. The Canadiens were taken down in five games after being outgunned a cumulative total...
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10 days ago  |  Discuss

Senators' Twitter account incorrectly claims to be the first to advance to the 2nd round

The Ottawa Senators are pretty happy that they're advancing to the second round. Perhaps they are all a bit too excited as the team's official Twitter account proudly claimed that they are the first team to advance to the second round of the playoffs.  There's just one problem - San Jose advanced to the second round by sweeping the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night...
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11 days ago  |  Discuss
BENCH CLEARER

Canadiens, Senators brawl during Game 3

The Montreal Canadiens-Ottawa Senators rivalry has been growing by the second ever since Eric Gryba lit up Lars Eller.  After the Senators managed to gain a 5-1 lead, the Canadiens let their frustrations get the better of them in game three.  Unfortunately for them when they started this line brawl they figured they would win, but they thought wrong.  The Senators dusted them...
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15 days ago  |  Discuss
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