Michigan’s loss is Cornwall’s gain. While the NHL chopped the Winter Classic Friday in the latest ugly chapter in the NHL lockout, the city of Cornwall is busy rolling out the red carpet for its own version of NHL hockey on Monday. “We’re excited,” Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger said Friday, speaking about the charity game [...]
What goes around has come around for Mark Borowiecki. Borowiecki, the determined defenceman who will be pushing hard for a full-time spot on the Ottawa Senators roster when training camp opens in September, represented hockey royalty to two dozen young summer campers at the Bell Sensplex Wednesday. Borowiecki played in a spirited game of [...]
Even after all their wheeling and dealing at the start of free agency July 1, the Ottawa Senators still find themselves $4.264 million under what will be the salary-cap floor in the fall, $54.2 million.
The Ottawa Senators are still interested in bringing back some veteran punch and poise for the 2012-13 season. Senators general manager Bryan Murray is talking to the agents representing rugged defenceman Matt Carkner and fourth line centre/winger Jesse Winchester. If they remain unsigned, both will become unrestricted free agents on Sunday, available to any and all interested bidders.
The dramatic changes that Ottawa Senators general manager Bryan Murray engineered last year could seem minor to the ones he will make this summer. Even after a season that saw the Senators rebound from a dismal 2010-11 season, make the playoffs, and force the conference’s No. 1-seeded team to a seventh game in the first [...]
Jesse Winchester has no contract and no idea what his hockey future holds, but that’s the least of his concerns right now. He just wants to feel like himself again. “I’ve struggled for the last week and a half, it has been really tough,” said Winchester, who left in Game 4 against the Rangers when [...]