Ottawa Senators News

OTTAWA (CP) _ The Ottawa Senators locked up one of their best two-way players to a long-term deal Monday, signing centre Mike Fisher to a five-year extension. Fisher had 22 goals and 26 assists for 48 points last season, his seventh with the Senators. The 27-year-old Peterborough, Ont., native played a key role in Ottawa's run to the Stanley Cup final last spring. He supplied plenty of grit at both ends of the ice and recorded 10 ...

OTTAWA (CP) _ Chris Phillips has agreed to a new contract with the Ottawa Senators worth US$14 million over four years. The deal also includes a no-trade clause. The 29-year-old defenceman from Calgary earned $2.2 million this season while posting career highs in goals (8) and points (26), logging an average of 22 minutes 21 seconds ice time while appearing in all 82 games. Phillips has spent his entire 10-year ...

A look at the eight first-round NHL playoff match-ups: East Buffalo (1) vs. NY Islanders (8) Season series: Buffalo led 3-1. Records: Buffalo 53-22-7, 113 pts.; Islanders 40-30-12, 92 pts. The Islanders are back in the playoffs after sitting out a year and the good news is they are 3-0 all-time in the post-season against the Sabres. The bad news is the last time they met was 1980 and their ...

For Ottawa goaltender Ray Emery, the way his Senators are losing makes the team's slow start that much tougher to take. Jamie Langenbrunner scored twice and set up another, Zach Parise had a goal and two assists, including a spectacular between the legs setup, and rookie Travis Zajac had three assists to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Senators on Friday night. Ottawa, which had the best record in the Eastern ...

After another dismal outing in front of their home fans, the Ottawa Senators can only hope the worst part of their season is over. Ray Whitney scored twice and Erik Cole had a goal and two assists as the Carolina Hurricanes came back to earn a 3-2 win over the slumping Senators. The Senators held a closed-door team meeting following the loss at Scotiabank Place where they are a disappointing 2-5-0. Ottawa (5-7-0) is facing their second three-game ...

The Ottawa Senators can only hope Saturday night's one-sided victory is a sign of things to come. Antoine Vermette and Dean McAmmond each scored twice while Jason Spezza had a goal and two assists as the Senators blasted the New Jersey Devils 8-1, breaking out of their season-long scoring slump in a major way. Dany Heatley, Joe Corvo and Tom Preissing also scored for the Senators (3-4-0), who picked up their first home victory in five tries. After ...

The Ottawa Senators breathed a collective sigh of relief Saturday night, trouncing the New Jersey Devils 8-1 at Scotiabank Place. It's the first home ice victory for the Sens (1-5-0) this season. Antoine Vermette and Dean McAmmond led the way each scoring two goals, while Jason Spezza had a goal and two assists. Dany Heatley, Joe Corvo and Tom Preissing also scored for the Senators (3-4-0). Ray Emery made 34 saves for his second win of the ...

The power play continues to cause the Ottawa Senators grief and on Thursday against the Colorado Avalanche, it caused a defeat. The Senators, owners of the NHL's worst power play, not only went 0-for-4 with the extra man, they also gave up a shorthanded goal to Brad Richardson in the second period and that proved to be the eventual winner in Colorado's 2-1 victory before a crowd of 17,728 at Scotiabank Place. The loss was a record fourth ...

Jason Spezza was back on the ice Tuesday and, according to the Ottawa Senators star, on firm ground with coach Bryan Murray. Spezza, who missed practice a day earlier because of soreness in his lower torso, has spent much of this week downplaying rumours that he and Murray don't see eye-to-eye. The coach was critical of the 23-year-old and linemates Dany Heatley and Daniel Alfredsson following Ottawa's last game _ ...

Ottawa Senators head coach Bryan Murray raised some eyebrows on the weekend when he sat his three star forwards during a shootout. With Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza on the bench Saturday at Montreal, Antoine Vermette and Mike Fisher scored in the shootout to give Ottawa the win. Checker Dean McAmmond would have been the third shooter if needed. Confused? Don't be. ``It's a different skill,'' said Dallas ...

The Montreal Canadiens lost more than the game Saturday night as defencemen Craig Rivet and Mathieu Dandenault did not finish the 4-3 shootout loss to the Ottawa Senators. Rivet took a shot off a foot during a power play midway through the third period and struggled to get back to the bench, while Dandenault came away from a corner hit limping later in the same period. Montreal was forced to play the final few minutes of regulation and ...

Antoine Vermette and Mike Fisher scored in a shoot-out as the Ottawa Senators won 3-2 in the Montreal Canadiens' home opener on Saturday night. Both beat goaltender Cristobal Huet while neither Chris Higgins nor Saku Koivu was able to score on Ottawa goalie Ray Emery. Ottawa coach Bryan Murray opted not to have struggling stars Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza on his shootout list. Sergei Samsonov scored his first goal as a Canadien with 3:23 left ...

Jarome Iginla scored the only goal of the game midway through the third period Thursday night and Miikka Kiprusoff stopped all 33 shots he faced to lead the Calgary Flames to a 1-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators. In a battle of two teams starved for offence, Iginla's goal with 8{ minutes remaining in regulation time stood up in an entertaining game played before a crowd of 18,404 at Scotiabank ...

Goaltenders are creatures of habit who often believe disaster is around the corner when their routines are broken. Buffalo Sabres goaltender Martin Biron proved that theory wrong on Saturday night as he led his team to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators 4-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,202 at Scotiabank Place. Biron damaged his skate blade during the warm-up and had to get his skates sharpened before the opening period. He then faced ...

Chris Drury had a goal and an assist to help the Buffalo Sabres defeat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 Saturday night. Henrik Tallinder, Brian Campbell and Jason Pominville also scored for the Sabres (3-0-0), who won their third straight _ and first in regulation, after opening the season with two shootout victories. Jason Spezza scored twice in the third period for the Senators, while Dean McAmmond had the other Ottawa goal as the Senators (1-2-0) lost their second ...

The Ottawa Senators recalled Tomas Malec on an emergency basis Thursday to replace fellow defenceman Tom Preissing, who was hurt in the team's season opener. Preissing suffered a lower-body injury in the Senators' 4-1 victory Wednesday night over the Toronto Maple Leafs. Malec, who cleared waivers last Tuesday and was assigned to the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League, had six penalty minutes in four pre-season games. Preissing, who ...

The Ottawa Senators feasted on the Toronto Maple Leafs last season in winning seven of eight games and they haven't had their fill yet. Martin Gerber's outstanding goaltending and goals from Patrick Eaves, Chris Neil, Christoph Schubert, and Daniel Alfredsson earned Ottawa a 4-1 victory on the opening night of the NHL season Wednesday. All Gerber would allow was a goal by Mats Sundin on a penalty shot after the ...

Alexei Kovalev scored twice and Sergei Samonsov had one as the Montreal Canadiens used three third-period goals to defeat the Ottawa Senators 6-5 in NHL pre-season action Saturday night. Trailing 5-3 going into the final period, Kovalev scored on a rush down the left side at 3:51, Samsonov banged in Andrei Markov's pass at 15:16 and Kovalev had the sell-out crowd of 21,273 on its feet as he got the ...