Ottawa Senators

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 21,347-seat 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 CupsNHL counts 11. Hockey Hall of Fame count is 10. 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.Finnigan, p. 201 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 20,000 fans per game since 2005–06, peaking at 21,821 in 2007–08.

Players and personnel
Team captains

Laurie Boschman, 1992–1993
Mark Lamb and Brad Shaw, 1993–1994 (co-captains)
Gord Dineen, 1994
Randy Cunneyworth, 1995–1998
Alexei Yashin, 1998–1999
Daniel Alfredsson, 1999–2013
Jason Spezza, 2013–2014
Erik Karlsson, 2014–2018
Brady Tkachuk, 2021–present

Head coaches

Statistics are accurate through the hiring of D.J. Smith.
NatTenureRegular SeasonPlayoffsGWLTOTLPctGWLPctRick Bowness1992–19962353917818—.204————Dave Allison1996252221—.100————Jacques Martin1996–20046923412359620.577693138.449Roger Neilson200221100.500————Bryan Murray2005–200818210755—20.643341816.529John Paddock2007–2008643622—6.609————Craig Hartsburg2008–2009481724—7.427————Cory Clouston2009–20111989583—20.530624.333Paul MacLean2011–201423911490—35.5501789.471Dave Cameron2014–20161377050—17.573624.333Guy Boucher2016–201922894108—26.46919118.579Marc Crawford201918710—1.417———— D. J. Smith2019–present1274862—17.378————

General managers

 Nat Tenure 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    2007–2016 Pierre Dorion    2016–present
Source: Ottawa Senators 2009–10 Media Guide, p. 206.

Honoured members
Hall of Famers
Roger Neilson – Senators' assistant coach and head coach (2001–2003) was inducted (as a Builder) on November 4, 2002, for his career in coaching.
 Dominik Hasek – Senators' goaltender (2005–2006) was inducted in 2014 for his career as a goalie.
 Marian Hossa – Senators' winger (1998–2004) was inducted in 2020 (ceremony held in 2021) for his career as a forward.

Retired numbers
Ottawa Senators retired numbersNo.PlayerPositionCareerDate of retirement 4  Chris Phillips  D  1997–2015  February 18, 2020 8  Frank Finnigan  RW  1923–19311932–1934  October 8, 19921 11  Daniel Alfredsson  RW  1995–2013  December 29, 2016

 1 Finnigan was honoured for his play from 1923 through 1934 for the original Ottawa Senators (as a right wing, 1923–1931 and 1932–1934). He was the last surviving Senator from the Stanley Cup winners of 1927 and participated in the 'Bring Back the Senators' campaign.
 The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky's No. 99 for all its member teams at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game.

Ring of Honour
Bryan Murray – Senators' head coach (2005–2008) and general manager (2007–2016).

Team record
Season-by-season record
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Senators. 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
 Season  GP  W  L  OTL  Pts  GF  GA  Finish  Playoffs 2016–17  82  44  28  10  98  212  214  2nd, Atlantic  Lost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (Penguins) 2017–18  82  28  43  11  67  221  291  7th, Atlantic  Did not qualify 2018–19  82  29  47  6  64  242  302  8th, Atlantic  Did not qualify 2019–20  71  25  34  12  62  191  243  7th, Atlantic  Did not qualify 2020–21  56  23  28  5  51  157  190  6th, North  Did not qualify

Team scoring leaders
These are the top-ten regular season point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
  – current Senators player

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game average;


PointsPlayer  Pos  GP  G  A  Pts  P/GDaniel Alfredsson  RW  1,178  426  682  1,108  0.94Jason Spezza  C  686  251  436  687  1.00Erik Karlsson  D  627  126  392  518  0.83Alexei Yashin  C  504  218  273  491  0.97Wade Redden  D  838  101  309  410  0.49Radek Bonk  C  689  152  247  399  0.58Marian Hossa  RW  467  188  202  390  0.84Dany Heatley  LW  317  180  182  362  1.14Mike Fisher  C  675  167  181  348  0.52Mark Stone  RW  366  123  188  311  0.85

GoalsPlayer  Pos  GDaniel Alfredsson  RW  426Jason Spezza  C  251Alexei Yashin  C  218Marian Hossa  RW  188Dany Heatley  LW  180Mike Fisher  C  167Radek Bonk  C  152Shawn McEachern  LW  142Erik Karlsson  D  126Mark Stone  RW  123

AssistsPlayer  Pos  ADaniel Alfredsson  RW  682Jason Spezza  C  436Erik Karlsson  D  392Wade Redden  D  309Alexei Yashin  C  273Radek Bonk  C  247Chris Phillips  D  217Marian Hossa  RW  202Mark Stone  RW  188Dany Heatley  LW  182

Source: Ottawa Senators Media Guide

NHL awards and trophies

Prince of Wales Trophy
2006–07

Presidents' Trophy
2002–03

Calder Memorial Trophy
Daniel Alfredsson: 1995–96

NHL Plus-Minus Award
Wade Redden: 2005–06  (shared with Michal Rozsival of the New York Rangers) 

Jack Adams Award
Jacques Martin: 1998–99
Paul MacLean: 2012–13
James Norris Memorial Trophy
 Erik Karlsson: 2011–12, 2014–15

King Clancy Memorial Trophy
Daniel Alfredsson: 2011–12

Mark Messier Leadership Award
Daniel Alfredsson: 2012–13

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
Craig Anderson: 2016–17
Bobby Ryan: 2019–20

NHL All-Rookie Team
Daniel Alfredsson: 1995–96
Sami Salo: 1998–99
Marian Hossa: 1998–99
Martin Havlat: 2000–01
Andrej Meszaros: 2005–06
Mark Stone: 2014–15
Brady Tkachuk: 2018–19 
Josh Norris: 2020–21

NHL First All-Star Team
Zdeno Chara: 2003–04
Dany Heatley: 2006–07
Erik Karlsson: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

NHL Second All-Star Team
Alexei Yashin: 1998–99
Dany Heatley: 2005–06
Daniel Alfredsson: 2005–06
Zdeno Chara: 2005–06 

Team records

 Franchise record Name of player Statistic Year(s)Most goals in a seasonDany Heatley502005–062006–07Most goals in a season, defencemanErik Karlsson212014–15Most assists in a seasonJason Spezza712005–06Most assists in a season, defencemanErik Karlsson662015–16Most points in a seasonDany Heatley1052006–07Most points in a season, defencemanErik Karlsson822015–16Most points in a season, rookieAlexei Yashin791993–94Most penalty minutes in a seasonMike Peluso3181992–93Highest +/– rating in a seasonDaniel Alfredsson+422006–07Most games playedChris Phillips1,179(milestone, up to 2014–15 season)Most playoff games playedDaniel Alfredsson1211997–2013Most goaltender wins in a seasonPatrick Lalime392002–2003Most shutouts in a seasonPatrick Lalime82002–03Lowest GAA in a seasonCraig Anderson1.692012–13Best save percentage in a seasonCraig Anderson.9412012–13
Source: Ottawa Senators.

References

Notes

 Other websites 

Official website

Category:1992 establishments in Ontario
Category:National Hockey League teams