Photo by Steven Kingsman/Icon Sportswire via Tim Stützle scored his first goal in electrifying fashion, but Ottawa fell to Toronto by a score of 3-2 Friday night was incredible. It was the first game for the Senators in 310 days, and it felt amazing to finally cheer for our favourite hockey team once again. There was a sense of normalcy. The fact that Ottawa won was icing on the cake, and the Senators had a chance to pull off the unthinkable with a back-to-back sweep of the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. In a surprising twist, Matt Murray started again...
Game Two: Maple Leafs 3, Senators 2 WHY THEY WON/LOST: The Maple Leafs had the puck for most of the night, as one of the Senators’ chief issues of a year ago — far too much extended play inside their blueline — re-appeared. When they did have the puck, they...
The kid came through, but the Ottawa Senators came up short. While rookie superstar Tim Stuetzle had a night to remember with his first NHL goal in only his second game, the Senators weren’t able to complete the comeback in Round 2 of the Battle of Ontario with a 3-2 loss to the arch-rival Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night at the Canadian Tire Centre. Stuetzle, the club’s No. 3 overall pick in the NHL...
Colin White didn’t have to sit long. Only 24 hours after the Ottawa Senators’ centre was a healthy scratch for the season opener Friday against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the 23-year-old centre returned for Round 2 of the Battle of Ontario at the Canadian Tire Centre Saturday night. While he’d gotten off to a strong start at training camp, coach D.J. Smith wasn’t completely pleased with the way he...
Photo by Matt Zambonin/Freestyle Photography/ Will lightning strike twice? In their first NHL game in 310 days, the Ottawa Senators (1-0-0) grabbed the entire league’s attention, stunning the vaunted Toronto Maple Leafs (1-1-0) with a 5-3 victory. Now, 24 hours later, the Sens will try to do what was once unthinkable, and rattle off two consecutive wins against their Ontario rivals. Puck drop is scheduled for 7pmEST, and you can catch this game on CBC, Sportsnet Ontario, and TVA. As always, Dean Brown and Gord Wilson will have the radio call on TSN 1200. We’ll have...