Carkner shuffles off to Binghamton for conditioning

Defenceman Matt Carkner, who had been with the Senators on this road trip, was sent to Binghamton on a conditioning assignment.
He hasn’t played a regular-season game since having surgery on his right knee in September.
According to the CBA, he can stay in Bingo for two weeks. If the Senators ask him and he agrees, he can stay longer.
Then general manager Bryan Murray will have to make a roster decision, since he’ll be carrying two extra defencemen.
Binghamton, in fifth place in the AHL’s East Division with a 7-12-1-1 record, will host Manchester tonight.

About Allen Panzeri

After three years of teaching English at the University of British Columbia, Allen Panzeri began his career in journalism in 1979 at the Medicine Hat News, where he covered Kelly Hrudey and the Tigers while learning about block heaters, rodeo, and curling. In 1981, he moved north to the Edmonton Journal, where he covered boxing, the Edmonton Drillers of the North American Soccer League, and the University of Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas for four years, before taking a 10-year hiatus from sports to write editorials, cover primary, secondary, and university education, and watch the beginnings of the Ralph Klein era at the provincial legislature. Traded to the Citizen in 1995, he accepted an offer to return to sports and cover the Ottawa Lynx, lucking into a front-row seat for their 1995 International League championship, and since then has covered the Senators and typed out the occasional article on golf. View all posts by Allen Panzeri →