Ottawa Senators

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Ottawa Senators
Conference	Eastern
Division	Northeast
Founded	1990 (began play in 1992)
History	Ottawa Senators 1992–present
Home arena	Canadian Tire Centre
City	Ottawa, Ontario
Colours	Red, black, gold and white
Media	Sportsnet East RDS TVA Sports Team 1200
Owner(s)	Eugene Melnyk
General manager	Bryan Murray
Head coach	Paul MacLean
Captain	Daniel Alfredsson
Minor league affiliates	Binghamton Senators (AHL) Elmira Jackals (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	0
Conference championships	1 (2006–07)
Presidents' Trophies	1 (2002–03)
Division championships	4 (1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06)

The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators play their home games at the 19,153 seat (20,500 capacity) Canadian Tire Centre, which opened in 1996.

The team was started by Ottawa real estate developer Bruce Firestone, the team is the second NHL franchise to use the Ottawa Senators name. The original Ottawa Senators, founded in 1883, had a rich history, winning 11 Stanley Cups and playing in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. On December 6, 1990, after a two-year public campaign by Firestone, the NHL awarded a new franchise, which began play in the 1992–93 season. The current team owner is Eugene Melnyk, and in 2011, the club was valued by Forbes Magazine at $201 million.

The team has had success, qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs in twelve of the past fourteen seasons, four division titles, the Presidents' Trophy in 2003 and appeared in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals. The success has been reflected in attendance. The club has averaged over 18,000 fans per game since 2005–06, peaking at 19,821 in 2007–08.

Players and personnel

Team captains Nat From To Laurie Boschman 1992 1993 Mark Lamb (Oct–Mar) 1993 1994 Brad Shaw (Oct–Mar) Gord Dineen (Mar–Apr) No captain 1994 1995 (lockout) Randy Cunneyworth 1995 1998 Alexei Yashin 1998 1999 Daniel Alfredsson 1999 2013 Jason Spezza 2013 present Source: Ottawa Senators 2009–10 Media Guide, p. 206. Lamb and Shaw were co-captains for most of the 1993-94 season. After Lamb was traded, Dineen replaced Shaw as captain for the rest of the season.

Head coaches Main page: List of Ottawa Senators head coaches Nat From To Regular Season Playoffs G W L T OTL Pct G W L Pct Rick Bowness 1992 1996 235 39 178 18 — .204 — — — — Dave Allison 1996 1996 25 2 22 1 — .100 — — — — Jacques Martin 1996 2004 692 341 234 82 20 .592 66 31 35 .470 Roger Neilson 2002 2002 2 1 1 0 0 .500 — — — — Bryan Murray 2005 2008 182 107 55 — 20 .643 34 18 16 .529 John Paddock 2007 2008 64 36 22 — 6 .609 — — — — Craig Hartsburg 2008 2009 48 17 24 — 7 .427 — — — — Cory Clouston 2009 2011 198 95 83 — 20 .530 6 2 4 .333 Paul MacLean 2011 present 82 41 31 — 10 .561 7 3 4 0.430

General managers

Main page: List of Ottawa Senators general managers

	Nat	From	To
Mel Bridgman		1991	1993
Randy Sexton		1993	1995
Pierre Gauthier		1995	1998
Rick Dudley		1998	1999
Marshall Johnston		1999	2002
John Muckler		2002	2007
Bryan Murray		2007	present

Source: Ottawa Senators 2009–10 Media Guide, p. 206.

Honoured members

Hall of Famers

• Roger Neilson – Senators assistant coach & head coach (2001–03), was inducted (as a Builder) on November 4, 2002, for his career in coaching.

Retired numbers

Ottawa Senators retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
8	Frank Finnigan	RW	1923-31, 1932-34	October 8, 1992 1
99 2	Wayne Gretzky	C	-	February 6, 2000

• ¹ Finnigan was honoured for his play from 1923 through 1934 for the original Ottawa Senators (as a right wing, 1923–31 & 1932–34). He was the last surviving Senator from the Stanley Cup winners of 1927 and participated in the 'Bring Back The Senators' campaign.
• ² Gretzky's sweater number was retired league-wide by the NHL.(Source: NHL staff (2001). National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2002). Dan Diamond & Associates.

All-time players

For more details, see List of Ottawa Senators players

Team record

Statistics and records are current after the 2011–12 season, except where noted.

Season-by-season record

For the full season-by-season history, see List of Ottawa Senators seasons

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Last five seasons Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs 2007–08 82 43 31 8 94 261 247 2nd, Northeast Lost in Conference Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Penguins) 2008–09 82 36 35 11 83 213 231 4th, Northeast Did not qualify 2009–10 82 44 32 6 94 225 238 2nd, Northeast Lost in Conference Quarter-finals, 2–4 (Penguins) 2010-11 82 32 40 10 74 192 250 5th, Northeast Did not qualify 2011–12 82 41 31 10 92 249 240 2nd, Northeast Lost in Conference Quarter-finals, 3-4 (Rangers)

All-time GP W L T OTL GF GA Overall 1446 638 620 115 73 4152 4269 Home 723 348 274 60 41 2147 1983 Away 723 290 346 55 32 2005 2286 Source: Ottawa Senators.

Other websites

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