BOSTON — Erik Karlsson is going to strike it rich this summer, whether he wins the Norris Trophy as the National Hockey League’s top defenceman or not. Here are a few words of caution, though, for those asking Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray to lock him up to a contract for the next decade [...]
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 minutes one night. Half the game the next. The Ottawa Senators had even managed to stay with the Boston Bruins for two periods once this season. Yet not until Tuesday, when they dominated the Bruins from start to finish in a 1-0 victory at the TD Garden, had the Senators been able to produce a wire-to-wire effort against the defending Stanley Cup champions.
BOSTON — Joe Corvo’s mea culpa Tuesday was almost as entertaining as his original comments on Monday about trying to exact a pound of flesh from Kyle Turris Corvo didn’t simply make an apology. He was in full retreat following the Boston Bruins morning skate, labelling himself as “selfish” and “individualistic” for putting himself ahead [...]
Matt Gilroy will make his Ottawa Senators debut and Zenon Konopka will return to the lineup against the Boston Bruins Tuesday night.
BOSTON – Keep you head up and be prepared to drop your gloves, Kyle Turris. That’s the message from Joe Corvo. Corvo, the Boston Bruins and ex-Ottawa Senators defenceman, still upset at a high hit from Turris during the Bruins’ 5-3 win over Ottawa and challenged the Senators centre to a fight. “Let’s just say [...]
Never mind not reading the newspapers. Washington Capitals players would have been well served not to read what owner Ted Leonsis had to say Tuesday. “Worst game of the season,” the social media saavy Leonsis wrote on his blog, joining the chorus of pessimism surrounding his team following Monday’s 5-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, [...]
Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean clearly believes that proper rest is more important than the danger of too much rust. MacLean opted not to skate his team at all for the second time in three days — the players were mingling at a fundraising soiree at Gatineau’s Lac Leamy Casino Saturday night – as part [...]