Silver Seven 22 hours ago
Five Thoughts for Friday: Bad Injury Luck, Useful Vets, and Character Players
Photo by Richard A. Whittaker/Icon Sportswire via Lots to chew on this week Welcome to another edition of Five Thoughts for Friday, where the Ottawa Senators just keep on trucking in spite of all of the injury hardship thrown their way. Batherson’s Unexpected Injury: On Tuesday night, Drake Batherson was injured when he crashed feet first into the boards after absorbing a hit from Buffalo Sabres goalie Aaron Dell. It was immediately apparent that the injury was severe, so it was no surprise when reports emerged on Thursday that Batherson was likely done for the...
Silver Seven Jan 27, 2022
Canes Top Sens in a Shootout
Photo by Richard A. Whittaker/Icon Sportswire via The Ottawa Senators took the Carolina Hurricanes to a shootout tonight thanks to big games from Matt Murray, Alex Formenton and Tim Stützle. The Senators were back in action tonight welcoming the Carolina Hurricanes to the Canadian Tire Centre to wrap up their season series. Last time these two teams met, the Sens grinded their way to a win, a turning point moment for this young group as they went 9-5-2 heading into tonight since that early December victory. The scoreboard remained unchanged through the first twenty...
Silver Seven Jan 27, 2022
Game 37 Preview + Open Thread: Carolina Hurricanes @ Ottawa Senators
Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Egor Sokolov returns as the Sens take to the ice without their star forward After a decisive win over a bottom-feeding team on Tuesday, the Ottawa Senators will play host to one of the best teams in the league, as the Carolina Hurricanes pay a visit to the Canadian Tire Centre. The Canes have been phenomenal all season, and are widely considered to be an underrated team and a dark horse cup contender. The last meeting between these two teams snapped a massive losing streak for the Senators and kicked off a pretty impressive turnaround....
Silver Seven Jan 27, 2022
Sens Extend Nick Holden
Photo by Justin K. Aller/NHLI via The Ottawa Senators announced a one year contract extension for veteran defender Nick Holden. This morning the Ottawa Senators announced a one year, $1.3M contract extension for veteran rearguard Nick Holden. News Release: #Sens sign defenceman Nick Holden to a one-year contract extension: https://t.co/lz0VV8aaM1 pic.twitter.com/GKTyMGKBoD— Sens Communications (@Media_Sens) January 27, 2022 Holden, acquired in the Evgeni Dadonov trade this past summer, isn’t much of an offensive producer but has played an important defensive...
Silver Seven Jan 27, 2022
Thursday LNN: Points for Paul + Injury Updates
Photo by André Ringuette/NHLI via Just another piece of evidence that Nick Paul does it all. With two wins in a row, the Ottawa Senators have been riding through a pretty busy week with a ton of momentum. Will they be able to keep things going in spite of an injury to one of their best players? On Tuesday, one day prior to Bell Let’s Talk, forward Nick Paul launched the Points for Paul initiative, partnering with the Royal Ottawa Foundation to raise money in support of mental health. Here’s Paul on the focus and background of the initiative, how you can...
Ottawa Sun Jan 27, 2022
GAME NIGHT: Carolina Hurricanes at Ottawa Senators
Coming off a 5-0 win with a 32-save performance from Matt Murray against the Buffalo Sabres Tuesday, the Senators will try to win three straight for only the second time this season.
Ottawa Sun Jan 26, 2022
GARRIOCH: A high-ankle sprain could shelve Drake Batherson for months
"Sources told this newspaper Wednesday the club's leading scorer suffered a high-ankle sprain."
Ottawa Sun Jan 26, 2022
SNAPSHOTS: Tyler Ennis hit the reset button and ended up with a hat trick
"He's had great legs since he sat a couple in a row. Sometimes you just need a refresh mentally."
Silver Seven Jan 26, 2022
Alex Formenton Has Arrived
Photo by Kirk Irwin/ The 22-year-old is showing that he’s not only an NHLer: he’s an impact one On December 1st, 2021, the Ottawa Senators were a paltry 4-15-1. They had lost to the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 and it was seen as the newest low of the season. The following night, the Senators eked out a 3-2 win in Carolina, and they have gone 9-5-2 ever since that date, trying to reverse their fortunes. One big reason for that 3-2 win? Alex Formenton, who scored the first two goals. Coming into that game, he had just two goals and one assist in 17 games—a disappointing...
Silver Seven Jan 25, 2022
Ennis Lights Up Aaron Dell in Eventful 5-0 Win Over Sabres
Photo by André Ringuette/NHLI via Ennis got a hat trick, Murray got a shutout, and Batherson may be out for the season There was once a time when the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres had one of the more heated rivalries in the NHL. Tonight, we saw a bit of a resurgence of that rivalry. Sure, both teams have been bad for a long time and they’re mostly just competing for a lottery spot at this point, but there was real bad blood between them tonight. There was drama. There was intrigue. There were hits. Injuries. Highlight-reel goals. A player lighting up his former...
Ottawa Sun Jan 25, 2022
GARRIOCH: Senators get three from Ennis and blank Sabres, but Batherson leaves with injury
While the Senators picked up their second straight win with a 5-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in an empty Canadian Tire Centre, the club may be without top forward Drake Batherson for an extended period.
Ottawa Sun Jan 25, 2022
Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says capacity limits will be challenged
"They're misinformed and they're miscalculated. They should be challenged and they will be challenged."
Ottawa Sun Jan 25, 2022
SNAPSHOTS: Nick Paul gives an assist to youth mental health initiative
For every point Paul gets this season, he'll donate $150 to the cause and the Senators Community Foundation will match that.
Silver Seven Jan 25, 2022
Game 36 Preview + Open Thread: Buffalo Sabres @ Ottawa Senators
Photo by André Ringuette/NHLI via Robin Lehner has left them, so why are the Sabres still tormenting us? The Ottawa Senators are currently on a run of relatively strong play, with 8 wins in their last 15 games. In that stretch, they’ve frustrated the Carolina Hurricanes, shut out the back-to-back champs, the Tampa Bay Lightning, embarrassed the Florida Pathers by an 8-2 score, and landed the Edmonton Oilers on rock bottom. It’s loads of fun to knock down the league’s top teams (or mediocre teams with top talent in Edmonton’s case), but the opposite is true...
Silver Seven Jan 25, 2022
Prospect Update - January 25th
Photo by Steven Kingsman/Icon Sportswire via The defence corps of tomorrow—today! With the Belleville Senators off this past week, and not too much in terms of offence to speak off, consider this update a lot more quality than quantity with a few names in particular really carrying the team. Not that we can complain though. What we’ve lost in junior and collegiate representation (and even in AHL domination) we’ve gained in a legitimately exciting core of young NHLers who seem painfully close to really putting it together. Team of the Week Forwards Viktor...
