Daniel Alfredsson’s career as a captain is continuing. Well, at least on the international stage. Alfredsson will be wearing the “C” overseas for Sweden at the world championships, with Detroit Red Wings star Henrik Zetterberg and Colorado Avalanche rookie Gabriel Landeskog will serve as his assistants. The Swedes open the tournament in Stockholm on Friday, [...]
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.
Now that the current captain of the Ottawa Senators is gone from the building, alone with his thoughts on whether he’ll return to the Scotiabank Place stage, it’s time to turn our attention to the next captain. Jason Spezza is a great subject, if only because the mere mention of his name often causes loud [...]
Jesse Winchester has no contract and no idea what his hockey future holds, but that’s the least of his concerns right now. He just wants to feel like himself again. “I’ve struggled for the last week and a half, it has been really tough,” said Winchester, who left in Game 4 against the Rangers when [...]
In a mere matter of hours, the fun of playing hockey turned into the business of hockey for the Ottawa Senators and countless players facing a summer of contract uncertainty. As the players were steal dealing with the hangover of losing Thursday to the New York Rangers – the Rangers kicked off the second [...]
As he said goodbye for the season Saturday, Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson insisted he was no closer to a decision about whether he’s saying goodbye forever. Yet his teammates will do everything they can to persuade him to come back. “He’s got four kids at home and that’s definitely a big part of [...]
At this time last year, the Ottawa Senators appeared loaded with defence prospects, but were deemed a tad thin up front. Now, as the organization comes to terms with the dream season that died in Game 7 at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, the biggest issues for GM Bryan Murray during the summer are centered [...]
The Rangers won Game 7 the way they’ve won so often this season, with a defence-first philosophy, getting just enough offence and withstanding surges thanks to solid goaltending and great shot blocking.