The Philadelphia Flyers are the best team in the league and the Senators are making a case that they’re the worst.
With only one assist to show for his last 26 games, Peter Regin shouldn’t have been surprised that he was scratched for the second straight game, and for the fourth time this season. And he wasn’t, though he was disappointed, as any player would be. But, said coach Cory Clouston, all he can do now [...]
The last time Danny Briere played in an all-star, in 2007 in Dallas, he had a goal and four assists and he won a Dodge Nitro SUV as the game’s MVP. He gave the car to his sister. She still has it. It was the only five-point game of his career.
Interesting developments with the Binghamton Senators on Wednesday. Barry Brust, the forgotten goaltender in the organization, stopped 26 shots to earn the shutout in Binghamton’s 3-0 win over the Albany Devils. It was originally believed that rookie Robin Lehner could get the start, if only because the parent Ottawa Senators want to see Lehner play [...]
For all the Ottawa Senators’ shortcomings, you couldn’t fault their effort in Tuesday night’s 2-1 shootout loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
The Ottawa Senators travel to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers.
The Senators are now 0-3 in shootouts, leading to another issue where Cory Clouston and left winger Jarkko Ruutu don’t see eye-to-eye. This time, it’s about the value of practicing the penalty shot competition to end games. Clouston doesn’t buy a practice-makes-perfect philosophy. “To me, practicing is only a small, small part of it,” said [...]