SUNRISE, Florida – A coach can spend all day and all night making practice plans and trying to get his players to understand X’s and 0′s.
And then along comes a play like the one Erik Karlsson made Thursday. You won’t find it it any coaching handbook anywhere
Jakob Silfverberg’s first NHL goal and Paul MacLean’s lookalike seated directly behind the Senators bench at Monday’s opening game at Scotiabank Place.
In the big picture of Monday’s 4-0 victory, Jakob Silfverberg’s first NHL goal wasn’t vital to the team’s victory – it was the fourth and final goal with 1:04 remaining – but it definitely took some pressure off the rookie Swede. He passed off the credit to Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek for their work on the boards, setting him up.
After a year as head coach of the Ottawa Senators, Paul MacLean should be feeling a little more comfortable.
As Ottawa Senators team staff loaded players’ hockey bags for a trip to the airport Thursday, Cody Ceci shook a few hands and took one last look around the dressing room.
The decision by Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean to give his team a day off from the ice Wednesday has raised some eyebrows.
With only five days of training camp available before Saturday’s season opener against the Winnipeg Jets, many have wondered whether MacLean’s approach is the proper one.
Guillaume Latendresse understands why he has been answering injury questions over and over again – in English and French – day after day, ever since he arrived in Ottawa early last week.
The incoming Ottawa Senators left winger has played only 27 games in the past two seasons due to concussion and hip problems and he knows he can’t easily skate away from his history.
