Belleville Senators

The Belleville Senators are a Canadian professional ice hockey team. They began playing in 2016. The team plays in the American Hockey League (AHL). They play their home games in Belleville, Ontario at the CAA Arena. They are the AHL affiliate for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (AHL). Their ECHL affiliate is the Allen Americans.

The team originally played in Binghamton, New York as the Binghamton Senators from 2002 to 2017. In July 2016, the Ottawa Senators said that they wanted to move the team to Canada so it could be closer to the NHL team. On September 26, the relocation was confirmed after Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk bought the team and said they were moving to Belleville, Ontario.

On October 6, 2017, the team would play their first game as the Belleville Senators. They would be defeated by the Laval Rocket 3–0. It was also Laval's first game in the league.

In the 2019–20 season, the Senators would win the Western Division championship. They would finish the season with 38 wins, 20 loses, and 81 points. However, the 2020 Calder Cup playoffs would be cancelled by the league because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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