SERIES PREVIEW: 2013 Pens-Sens
Down the homestretch of the regular season, it was looking more and more likely that the Senators were gonna find themselves in the 8 seed on a collision course with the Pens. Instead, the Sens got up to the 7 seed and have dispatched of the 2nd-seeded Canadiens easily -- very easily. And that's because the Senators weren't as advertised coming in the playoffs...
Ottawa’s Rookie Depth
The team with the worst regular season record that has qualified for the second round of the playoffs so far is the Ottawa Senators. They did so by defeating the Montreal Canadiens four games to one. While this result is not entirely a surprise, as the Sens finished seven points behind the Habs in an injury-filled season. With Erik Karlsson and Craig Anderson back in the Sens...
Norris Trophy nominees announced by NHL
The NHL has announced the three nominees for this season’s James Norris Memorial Trophy, which is awarded to the league’s best defenseman. This year’s finalists are the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Kris Letang, the Montreal Canadiens’ P.K. Subban and the Minnesota Wild’s Ryan Suter. The trophy will go to the player who displayed the best all-round ability on the ice this...
Travis Yost: Ottawa Takes Series Lead
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The Ottawa Senators, led by goaltender Craig Anderson and Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson, stole the first game of their round one series on the road against the Montreal Canadiens in thrilling fashion.
Craig Anderson stopped forty-eight of fifty Montreal shot attempts, the vast majority of which came in the first two periods of play...
Ottawa Senators Playoff Preview Q & A
Thursday night the #7 seed in the East, the Ottawa Senators, head to Montreal to take on the #2 seed Montreal Canadiens. To give us the lowdown from the Senators perspective, we’ve reached out to Peter Raaymakers of Silversevensens.com. Make sure to check the site out and follow them on Twitter at @SilverSevenSens.
1. Congrats on the big win in Boston. How important was it...
Flyers-Senators Preview
The Ottawa Senators could finish as high as fifth in the Eastern Conference or as low as eighth, but they're just happy being in the playoffs.
Having reigning Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson back is nice, too.
Ottawa will try to avoid a season-high third straight home loss Saturday night against a Philadelphia Flyers team that's closing out a non-playoff season on a...
Karlsson, Senators beat Caps 2-1 to reach playoffs
For the third time in three tries this season, Daniel Alfredsson and the Ottawa Senators used their stingy style of play to beat the Washington Capitals.
The latest victory assured the Senators of a trip to the playoffs.
And guess who Ottawa might face in a best-of-seven series starting next week?
Sergei Gonchar scored a power-play goal 47 seconds into overtime on Erik Karlsson...
Sens clinch playoffs Karlsson returns
Erik Karlsson stood outside the visiting locker room, munching on a celebratory slice of pizza.
Must have tasted pretty good.
Karlsson spent the evening on the ice for the first time in about 2 1/2 months, and he and the Ottawa Senators are heading back to the NHL postseason.
They might even wind up back in the same arena next week.
Sergei Gonchar scored a power-play goal 47...
Karlsson returns to Sens lineup
Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson has returned to the lineup after being sidelined 2 1/2 months with a torn left Achilles tendon.
Karlsson, last season's Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's top defenseman, played against the Washington Capitals on Thursday night, his first appearance since Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke stepped on the back of his leg on Feb. 13.
Karlsson...
Travis Yost: Erik Karlsson Carries Ottawa to the Playoffs
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All season long, the undermanned Ottawa Senators did just enough to stay inside of the top-eight in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
But, it took the return of the reigning Norris Trophy winner to put them over the top.
Erik Karlsson, who was feared lost for the regular season and beyond with a brutal achilles tendon injury suffered...
Ottawa Senators D Erik Karlsson back from injury
Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson has returned to the lineup after being sidelined 2 1/2 months with a torn left Achilles tendon.
Karlsson, last season's Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's top defenseman, played against the Washington Capitals on Thursday night, his first appearance since Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke stepped on the back of his leg on Feb. 13.
Karlsson...
How Are We Feeling About EK Returning In Song Form
Erik Karlsson will play tonight against the Washington Capitals. #TheReturn
— Ottawa Senators (@NHL_Sens) April 25, 2013
71 days after a 70% laceration of his Achilles and #65 is back in the lineup somewhow.
Are we invigorated, hopeful, concerned, awed, and slaves to a cult of personality?
Yes all those things, listed here in song form.
a) Mark Morrison -...
Erik Karlsson Returning to Senators Lineup Thursday Just 10 Weeks After Achilles Injury
The original diagnosis on Erik Karlsson‘s Achilles injury was that the Ottawa Senators defenseman would be out 4-to-6 months. It turns out, however, that he only needed a two and a half.
Ottawa head coach Paul MacLean told reporters following Thursday’s morning skate that Karlsson will indeed be in the lineup Thursday night when the Sens take on the Washington Capitals.
Karlsson...
Travis Yost: Gameday: 99 Problems But an Achilles Ain't One
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Nine weeks ago, the Ottawa Senators feared Erik Karlsson lost for the season and beyond after losing 70% of his achilles tendon in a mid-February game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Thursday, at the Verizon Center, Erik Karlsson was slotted into the team's lineup -- a recovery completed weeks, if not months ahead of schedule.
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Senators-Capitals Preview
Claiming the Southeast Division title was an impressive feat for the Washington Capitals given their slow start.
Reigning Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson, meanwhile, could provide a huge boost to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night as they seek the victory that would reward them with a postseason spot of their own.
In this compressed lockout season, reaching the playoffs ...
Erik Karlsson miraculously ready to return after suffering a sliced Achilles tendon
When Matt Cooke's skate cut through Erik Karlsson's Achilles tendon back in February, hockey fans and writers universally assumed that it meant the end to the defenseman's 2013 season. Shockingly, Karlsson has not only returned to practicing with his team, but he is reportedly ready to return as soon as Thursday when the Senators battle the Washington Capitals.
Karlsson...
Erik Karlsson Returns?
Erik Karlsson is the best PR tool that the Senators organization is blessed with. When videotape evidence captured the 2012 Norris Trophy winner skating for what was presumably one of the first times since having surgery to repair his Achilles tendon, Ottawa was in the midst of a four-game losing streak that sent them plummeting towards the bottom of the Eastern Conference playoff...
Erik Karlsson miraculously ready to return after suffering a sliced Achilles tendon
When Matt Cooke's skate cut through Erik Karlsson's Achilles tendon back in February, hockey fans and writers universally assumed that it meant the end to the defenseman's 2013 season. Shockingly, Karlsson has not only returned to practicing with his team, but he is reportedly ready to return as soon as Thursday when the Senators battle the Washington Capitals.
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Erik Karlsson makes miraculous recovery in Ottawa
The Ottawa Senators did not expect elite puck-rushing defenseman Erik Karlsson to return this season from his torn Achilles tendon. Normally such an injury requires three or four months of recovery after surgical repairs.But Karlsson has been back at practice this week, skating full tilt. If he plays Thursday, he will return to action after missing just 71 days and 31 games. He worked...
Ottawa Sun reporter argues with Penguins’ Matt Cooke over genitalia
Ed Note: This article appears courtesy Bloguin's national NHL blog Puck Drunk Love.
On Monday evening, the Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Scotiabank Place to take on the Ottawa Senators in their first trip to the Canadian capital since Erik Karlsson’s Achilles tendon was partially severed by Cooke's skate. While the spotlight should’ve been on the Penguins’ 3-1...
Ottawa Sun reporter argues with Penguins’ Matt Cooke over genitalia
On Monday evening, the Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Scotiabank Place to take on the Ottawa Senators in their first trip to the Canadian capital since Erik Karlsson’s Achilles tendon was partially severed by Cooke's skate. While the spotlight should’ve been on the Penguins’ 3-1 victory, the main headline became about an interaction between Cooke and Don Brennan, a reporter...
Pittsburgh Penguins Gameday 45 - Ottawa Senators
Pittsburgh Penguins (34-10-0) @ Ottawa Senators (23-15-6)
ROOT, SNET-E, TVA, 7:30 pm/et
Hell's Kitchen - Kanata, ON
Hopefully tonight's contest resembles a hockey game and not the bizarre sideshow that the Ottawa Senators and many of their fans want it to be. We doubt it though. We put the over/under on staged fights at three. Place your bets.
Also...
No PanIkea: Erik Karlsson's Return Is Close
There was a point in this NHL season in which things looked bleaker than Ilya Zubov’s future with the Ottawa Senators organization. When Erik Karlsson joined Jason Spezza on the IR, fans in this city started writing this team off like we had time-warped back to 1994.
Fortunately for the organization however, supplementary players like Pat Elynuik were not walking through...
Defenseman Erik Karlsson practices with Ottawa
Star defenseman Erik Karlsson is practicing again with the Ottawa Senators.
He underwent surgery Feb. 14 for a torn left Achilles tendon. He was injured when Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke stepped on the back of his leg.
At the time, it was thought Karlsson would need six months to fully recover. Now there is a possibility he could play this year, although there's no...
Travis Yost: Erik Karlsson is Getting Close
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The Ottawa Senators currently lead the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 at Scotiabank Place. The first goal came on a beautiful give-and-go play between Cory Conacher and Mika Zibanejad; the second from the recently-returned Milan Michalek.
What's wild: the game has taken a backseat to about two or three side stories in the past half-hour...
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