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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.
The Ottawa Senators left for the Big Apple without captain Daniel Alfredsson and Jesse Winchester Friday afternoon. But the team was also carrying an intriguing new face – Canadian world junior star Mark Stone – as they get set for Game 5 of their best-of-seven series opening round series against the New York Rangers Saturday. [...]
New York Rangers coach John Tortorella conceded Thursday that the tide has turned in the best-of-seven series against the Ottawa Senators. “They got a win and enter the next game with momentum,” Tortorella said in a conference call with reporters.“We have to play our game and get it back.” The Rangers, like the Senators, had [...]
Jason Spezza has heard all the criticisms many times before.
Call it coincidence, but the history might seem just a little scary to the New York Rangers right about now. A year ago at this time, the Binghamton Senators rallied from a 3-1 deficit in their opening round American Hockey League series to defeat the Manchester Monarchs in seven games. All four victories came in [...]
They refused to give up. Down 2-0 after only 6:10, the Senators worked their way back slowly, getting the game to overtime thanks to an outstanding second period and goals from Milan Michalek and Sergei Gonchar. Kyle Turris then scored the winner 2:42 into overtime, after taking a nifty drop pass from Jim O’Brien.
A year ago, the New York Rangers’ Ryan Callahan missed the playoffs because he stepped in front of a Zdeno Chara slapshot and broke his ankle. If you thought the Rangers might be gun shy to avoid suffering the same fate again, guess again. The Rangers have frustrated the Senators by offering up layers of [...]