The Ottawa Senators head to Florida for a rematch against the Panthers. Which team will come out on top? Our prediction panel weighs in.
As they boarded the plane on Wednesday, the Senators had sunshine in the forecast.
Ottawa Senators defenceman Patrick Wiercioch laughed when asked if he put a bug in the ear of general manager Bryan Murray before the December, 2011 trade which brought centre Kyle Turris to the organization.
“Oh, yeah, I’ll take credit for that one,” Wiercioch said Tuesday, basking in the glow of a quick start to the NHL season for himself, Turris and the team. “You can let Bryan know.”
Childhood friends Kyle Turris and Patrick Wiercioch opted to leave British Columbia and call Ottawa home last summer, hoping their time working out together would translate into success with the Senators when the lockout ended.
After his dreadful, disappointing two seasons as a member of the Ottawa Senators, few hockey fans seriously imagined Alex Kovalev would ever return to the National Hockey League. Even Kovalev himself figured it was all over.
The Ottawa Senators will stick with No. 1 goalie Craig Anderson when they face the Florida Panthers at Scotiabank Place Monday night.
The NHL picked the right spot to kick off its season Saturday — a frozen prairie town virtually free of residual anger over the league’s 113-day lockout.