TAMPA, Florida – As the clock ticked down on the the Tampa Bay Lightning’s wild and wacky 6-4 win over the Ottawa Senators Friday, a much different type of game was playing out between the clubs’ American Hockey League affiliates.
Get set for hockey’s version of the Clash of the Titans.
The last time Craig Anderson went home to Florida from -20C temperatures, he was leaving Whitehorse, Yukon, as part of a charity hockey tour with fellow Senators players in November.
This time around, the Senators won’t be sneaking up on any … prognosticators.
Let’s call it the three-headed goaltending mystery.
As the intensity of the skating and hitting heats up at Ottawa Senators training camp, so too does the intrigue surrounding who will be in the net for the season opener Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets.
For many years, Ottawa Senators goaltender Robin Lehner talked a big game. Now, it would seem, he’s ready to let his game do the talking.
It was business as usual for Binghamton Senators coach Luke Richardson as he wrote his roster for Wednesday’s game against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
“Everybody’s playing,” said Richardson. “The (Ottawa) Senators have told me the best thing is for all these guys to keep playing.”