Travis Yost: Chris Phillips Sink Nashville, Stop Losing Streak at Seven
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With seven consecutive losses and just one point total since a January 19th win against the San Jose Sharks, Paul MacLean had to pull out all of the stops against Nashville on Thursday night. Sixty minutes later, the Senators earned a 4-3 victory over the Predators, led by none other than the 1st overall selection in the 1996...
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Phillips scores two in his 1,000th game; Preds lose…
The Ottawa Senators are clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Additionally, they were 0-6-1 in their last seven coming into the game.
In short, they are a team the Nashville Predators should beat.
Unfortunately, the Preds skated into Scotiabank Place and dropped a 4-3 decision in front of 18,592.
All-Star center Jason Spezza put the home team...
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Senators Box Scoring: Phillips' 1000th Game
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Having broken Craig Anderson’s string of starting 18 consecutive starts, last night’s victory over the Predators was Alex Auld’s first win since December 16th, 2011.
Speaking of December 16th, with 22:17 of ice-time last night, it marked the most ice-time that Chris Phillips has had since that date. In fact, in the 55 games that Phillips has played this season, he has...
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In 1000th career game, Phillips leads Senators over Predators
The Ottawa Senators were looking to turn their season back around when the Nashville Predators visited Canada’s capital city to face Mike Fisher’s former team.
Bourque celebrates after scoring in the first period Thursday night
Ottawa were losers of seven straight games entering Thursday night’s contest.
The Senators struck first when Jason Spezza scored just 4...
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Spezza, Phillips leads Sens past undisciplined Preds
The Nashville Predators are normally a disciplined hockey team. They weren’t tonight, and it cost them.Led by Jason Spezza (3 points) and Chris Phillips (2 goals), the Ottawa Senators beat the Preds, 4-3. Spezza and Phillips scored two goals each in the back-and-forth contest, as Mike Fisher’s return to Ottawa was spoiled. The Preds surrendered a pair of power play goals in...
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Predators fall to struggling Senators on road
OTTAWA (AP) -- Chris Phillips scored his first two goals of the season in his 1,000th NHL game, Jason Spezza also scored twice and the Ottawa Senators ended a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.
Phillips scored his first goal in 75 games 7:50 into the second. He lay on his back on the ice after adding a power-play goal 13:35 into...
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Chris Phillips is Sens' hero in Fisher's returns to Ottawa
All the media was focused on Mike Fisher's return to Ottawa but Chris Phillips made his 1000th game a night of celebration by scoring two goals and leading Ottawa to a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators to end the Senators seven game losing streak.The game featured an odd juxtaposition of fan-ship with the visiting Fisher receiving the lion's share of the pregame hype...
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Senators 4, Predators 3
Chris Phillips scored his first two goals of the season in his 1,000th NHL game, Jason Spezza also scored twice and the Ottawa Senators ended a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night.
Phillips scored his first goal in 75 games 7:50 into the second. He lay on his back on the ice after adding a power-play goal 13:35 into the third to...
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Phillips: 'It's going to take a little time' to sink in
Senators defenceman Chris Phillips smiles as he joins his family for a photo after a mural timeline of his 14-year career in Ottawa was unveiled on the 100-level at Scotiabank Place. ...
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Chris Phillips Has a Concussion
I agree with women everywhere, the c-word is a dirty word. Keeping that in mind, Chris Phillips has a concussion. To this point, there's been no clarification as to whether the reason as to why he left Monday night's game against New Jersey at the 7:47 mark of the second period was related to the decision to scratched from the December 27th game against Montreal. Admittedly however...
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January 04, 2012
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January 04, 2012
Stymied By Lack of Urgency, Predators Drop Tough One to Ottawa 4-3
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Chris Phillips scored his first 2 goals of the season in his 1,000th game of his career and Jason Spezza scored the other two while the Predators couldn’t get enough offense for the second game in a row, dropping their second this week by a score of 4-3.
Losing two straight games for the first time since December 23rd and...
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Myth Busting: Chris Phillips Amongst Biggest Draft Busts Since 1990?
Having looked at an inordinate amount of advanced ‘sabermetric’ statistics, I think it’s unquestionable that they have their utility when analyzing the game of hockey. With that being said, their applicability in evaluating the worst draft busts since 1990 is heinous.
In an ESPN Insider article penned by Alvin Chang, he used Tom Awad’s Goals Versus Threshold (GVT)...
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December 28, 2011
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December 28, 2011
It’s time for your Preds and Senators LEFTGOVERS…
Ottawa Senators 4, Nashville Predators 3
Scotiabank Place; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
February 9, 2012
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LEFTOVER THOUGHTS:
* Thursday was the first game Mike Fisher has played in Ottawa since being traded to the Preds from the Senators 364 days ago.
* Alex Auld started for the Sens. Craig Anderson had started 16 games in a row.
* Auld won his first game since December 16.
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Phillips, Spezza help Sens end skid at 7 (AP)
Chris Phillips scored his first two goals of the season in his 1,000th NHL game, Jason Spezza also scored twice and the Ottawa Senators ended a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Nashville Predators on Thursday night. Phillips scored his first goal in 75 games 7:50 into the second. He lay on his back on the ice after adding a power-play goal 13:35 into the third to...
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Kerry Fraser Responds to Referee Conspiracy Claims
In his latest blog that has been posted over on TSN's website, former NHL referee Kerry Fraser responded to the concerns of the tinfoil hat wearing Senators fans who, for whatever reason, believed that a former league official would assure them that the fix was in. That in this case, two professional referees – Tim Peel and Dan O’Rourke – conspired and willingly ignored...
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Strong Possibility Phillips and Kovalev are headed to Montreal
It’s been an eventful 24 hours on the Chris Phillips front.
Yesterday, sources very close to the Ottawa Senators and Chris Phillips told ProSportsBlogging that the Senators were trying to move Filip Kuba to accommodate Chris Phillips’ request to stay and sign a new deal with the Sens (in all likelihood 3 years). That has not happened and it doesn’t look like Ottawa will be...
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February 23, 2011
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February 23, 2011
Breaking News: Ottawa Re-signs Chris Phillips
(source: newshopper.sulekha.com/)
Your Ottawa Senators and long time Senator Chris Phillips have come to agreement on a new 3 year, $9.25 million dollar contract. As per TSN, the new contract also comes with a no-movement clause. This re-signing ends weeks of speculation of whether Phillips would be part of the the organizations future going forward.
Phillips has spent his entire...
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February 28, 2011
Phillips Re-signs with Senators.
Teams hoping to acquire Ottawa Senators veteran defenseman Chris Phillips by the trade deadline will have to look for another trade target.
Hours before the 3 PM ET NHL trade deadline, the Senators announced they'd re-signed Phillips to a three-year, $9.25 million contract extension, with a "no-movement" clause.
Phillips, 32, has spent his entire 13-year NHL career...
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February 27, 2011
Rumors of Chris Phillips to Montreal are Premature…for now
There has been lots of talk about Chris Phillips’ future with the Ottawa Senators. Amidst a fire sale by GM Bryan Murray, Chris Phillips, a 32-year-old veteran who is in his 13th season with the Sens, has expressed interest in being part of the rebuild to come in Ottawa. He loves the city and does not want to leave. If only it was entirely his choice.
It is obvious that Chris Phillips...
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February 22, 2011
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February 22, 2011
Senators D Phillips nursing mild concussion
Ottawa Senators defenseman Chris Phillips is considered day-to-day as he nurses a mild concussion.
Phillips suffered the injury during Monday's 3-2 overtime triumph over the New Jersey Devils.
The 33-year-old Phillips has collected 10 assists in 39 games this season for Ottawa, which hosts the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
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January 04, 2012
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January 04, 2012
Chris Phillips to sign contract extension in next 48 hours
Sources tell us that Ottawa Senators defensemen Chris Phillips will sign a three year 9 million dollar extension by Sunday evening. The deal will have a NMC for the first year and then a limited movement clause for the last two years of the deal.
The deal makes sense for both parties as Phillips is taking less money to stay in Ottawa where he wants to be and the Sens get the 13...
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February 25, 2011
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February 25, 2011
Ottawa Defenseman Chris Phillips Could Be a Nice Fit, Feasible Trade for Boston
With the conclusion of the NHL All-Star festivities, the focus now turns to the fast approaching trade deadline -- Feb. 28. Among the teams reported looking to sell, Ottawa appears to be the most serious. Senators general manager Bryan Murray has made it clear that the teams' veteran future free agents are going to be available before the trade deadline. Ottawa is currently in...
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January 31, 2011
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January 31, 2011
The Writer’s Block: Chris Phillips and an Extension
Oh say can you se...wait, that's the American Anthem?!
Remember last off-season when we, as loyal and trusting Ottawa Senators fans were discussing about the inevitable Anton Volchenkov contract extension? It seemed like a sure thing back then. Now, Volchenkov is a member of the New Jersey Trappers Devils, and even though Bryan Murray did improve his D-Corps by signing Ruskie...
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July 16, 2010
The Future Of Phillips
As per Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun on Twitter, Chris Phillips stated today that “he wants to stay and help the rebuild.”
The pending UFA is obvoiusly in the last year of his contract and holds all the cards with his no-trade clause. If he doesn’t want to go anywhere, he doesn’t have to this season. That being said, how serious is he about staying...
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February 16, 2011
Defenseman Chris Phillips Wants to Stay in Ottawa
A veteran defenseman is exactly the chip that many contending teams need to reach a level where they can really compete for a Stanley Cup. That's why so many teams are interested in Senators rearguard Chris Phillips. Yet, Phillips, who has a no-trade clause, isn't eager to leave the Senators, who have the second-worst record in the entire NHL. "I do [want to stay in...
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February 17, 2011
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