As the upstart Ottawa Senators aim to secure a playoff berth in the next few days, Chris Phillips is offering his share of advice to the club’s younger defencemen. He knows his mutterings only go so far, though. “Those are just words and if they listened that well, I would be telling them to [...]
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.
Encouraged by the victories over the Pittsburgh Penguins and Winnipeg Jets, Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray is cautiously optimistic that his team has what it takes to make the final push to make the playoffs. But Murray, speaking before Thursday night’s crucial match-up between the Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins, believed that 94 [...]
Ottawa Senators winger Nick Foligno wants his kid brother, Marcus, to continue to shine with Buffalo, but there are limits to his brotherly pride.
First came the off-ice workout for the Ottawa Senators. Then came the 45-minute practice, followed by a resurfacing of the ice and yet another 45-minute skate. It wasn’t meant as punishment from coach Paul MacLean to his players. Rather, it was MacLean’s attempt to simulate the effort the players might exert during a 60-minute [...]
The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Chris Wideman, who was originally drafted by the team in the fourth round (100th overall) of the 2009 NHL entry draft. Wideman has just completed his fourth and final season with the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks, where he scored 12 goals, 83 assists and 191 penalty minutes in 163 career [...]
So, what do you think of the National Hockey League playoffs so far? Leave it to Senators owner Eugene Melnyk to frame the stretch run to the post-season in easy to understand terms. Melnyk, speaking before the Senators’ unlikely 8-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday, suggested that the team’s final seven regular season games [...]
Take a deep breath. Stand down. The Ottawa Senators need to keep on winning to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs, but the sense of panic which had taken over the nation’s capital eased a fair bit Saturday following the Senators’ 8-4 romp over the Pittsburgh Penguins. It was a slump-buster in so many ways. [...]