From our Famous Last Words dept., this just in: Ottawa Senator goalie Craig Anderson is not worried about being worn out halfway through the season by a steady diet of 40-shot games, because he’s older and wiser and used to the mental strain of being an NHL goalie. Er, OK.
About Allen Panzeri
After three years of teaching English at the University of British Columbia, Allen Panzeri began his career in journalism in 1979 at the Medicine Hat News, where he covered Kelly Hrudey and the Tigers while learning about block heaters, rodeo, and curling. In 1981, he moved north to the Edmonton Journal, where he covered boxing, the Edmonton Drillers of the North American Soccer League, and the University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas for four years, before taking a 10-year hiatus from sports to write editorials, cover primary, secondary, and university education, and watch the beginnings of the Ralph Klein era at the provincial legislature. Traded to the Citizen in 1995, he accepted an offer to return to sports and cover the Ottawa Lynx, lucking into a front-row seat for their 1995 International League championship, and since then has covered the Senators and typed out the occasional article on golf.
1004-sprt-carkner Allen Panzeri It was bad news for Matt Carkner, good news for David Rundblad. A door opened for the the 20-year-old Rundblad on Monday when general manager Bryan Murray announced that Matt Carkner had had surgery on his right knee that morning and would be out indefinitely, at least four to six weeks. The [...]
Jamie Van Dusen has every other sweater the Ottawa Senators have worn over their 20 seasons in the NHL. So you had to figure he’d be one of the first in line on Saturday morning to pick up the latest incarnation, the heritage sweater that harkens back to the team’s earliest days in the league.
Where the Senators end up this season will be a question that pre-occupies the National Capital Region all winter. But what kind of a team will it be? MacLean has now seen his players for just under two weeks and is feeling good about it. “We think we’re going to have a real competitive team,” [...]
With defenceman Jared Cowen just about clinching a spot on the team, the next task is to decide what to do with David Rundblad. He has the option to return to Sweden if he doesn’t make the NHL, but hasn’t made an entirely compelling case for staying. MacLean said there’s some thinking to be done. [...]
Coach Paul MacLean says not to read too much into the lines he’s using during exhibition games. They may not even last from period to period. At this point, they’re only intriguing. One that has potential, though, is the threesome of Colin Greening, Jason Spezza, and Nikita Filatov. Spezza had some history with Greening last [...]
Peter Regin breathed a sigh of relief on Thursday. His left shoulder, injured when he was checked into the boards in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, is not seriously injured. He could rejoin the team for practice as early as Monday and possibly even be ready for the season-opening game against [...]