Appropriately enough, on the day after Daniel Alfredsson’s dramatics in Game 3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, he was named a finalist for the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award. Dustin Brown of the Los Angeles Kings and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks are also up for the honour.
About Ken Warren
Citizen sports writer/columnist Ken Warren has been covering the Ottawa Senators and the National Hockey League since 1995, bringing readers excitement from arenas throughout North America, including the Stanley Cup finals and the World Cup of Hockey finals. Warren has won Professional Hockey Writers Association awards in both the features and game story categories. During his 23-year career at the Citizen, Warren has also written from the Grey Cup, the Memorial Cup and about professional baseball -- both at the major league and minor league levels. He has followed the fortunes of the Ottawa Rough Riders and Renegades, the Ottawa 67's and Gatineau Olympiques. Warren, who graduated from Carleton University's journalism program, began his career in the newspaper business at a tender age, delivering the Citizen as a teenager.
Twenty nine seconds.
The Ottawa Senators are alive. Colin Greening’s goal at the 7:39 mark of the second overtime Sunday gave the Senators a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, much to the delight of the raucous sellout crowd at Scotiabank Place.
Whether the Ottawa Senators are able to rebound and defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins and advance to the Eastern Conference finals or not, Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson says the organization has taken tremendous strides this season.
Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson is confident that the return of centre Jason Spezza will provide “an energy boost” in Game 3 Sunday.
Only minutes after Friday’s 4-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Erik Karlsson politely answered questions after question about the defeat and his own disappointing performance.