When you’ve played for five NHL teams, sooner or later you’re going to line up against some old friends. Such was the case Friday for Ottawa Senators tough guy Zenon Konopka. Konopka played all 82 games for the New York Islanders in 2010-11, leading the NHL in penalty minutes while defending players such as Islanders [...]
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.
Jason Spezza missed Friday’s morning skate, but Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean expects his No. 1 centre to be in the lineup Friday night against the New York Islanders.
There was lots of yelling – some of it unprintable in a family newspaper – and lots of skating as Senators coach Paul MacLean sent a message at practice Wednesday.
Generally speaking, referees are like good stay-at-home defencemen. When they’re doing their job effectively, few people take notice.
Forget about Tim Gleason ever returning to the Ottawa Senators. There was some thought that Senators GM Bryan Murray had some interest in trading for the Carolina Hurricanes defenceman to enhance the club’s run to the playoffs, but that went out the window when he signed a four-year $16 million extension with the Hurricanes on [...]
Technically, the Ottawa Senators are playing their sixth consecutive road game Tuesday against the Boston Bruins. The record also shows they’ve lost three straight games in regulation, their longest stretch without registering a point since the second and third weeks of the season. Yet the way the team was trying to spin things after [...]
Cancel that retirement party for Daniel Alfredsson. Or, at least put it on hold. The Ottawa Senators captain, guesting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on his radio show before Thursday’s fantasy draft, said that he was leaning towards returning for the 2012-13 season. “The way this season is going, if I’m still healthy after this [...]