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 [...]
If the Senators suffer a regulation loss to Philadelphia Thursday, their record will be 17-24-7. Why is that significant? It’s exactly the record former Senators head coach Craig Hartsburg had with the Senators before being fired and replaced by Clouston two years ago. It’s eerie and could leave Clouston with an even more uneasy feeling [...]
Senators coach Cory Clouston says there’s a chance that either Robin Lehner or Mike Brodeur could start one of the next two games. “We’ll have to wait and see, but right now, that’s a possibility. Brian played as well as we can expect him to (Tuesday). He played very well and we’re not putting any [...]