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'We can win without' Alfredsson24

PITTSBURGH — As participants in the past 11 Stanley Cup playoffs, adversity is hardly new to the Ottawa Senators. But never has Ottawa faced the prospect of trying to win a series without its captain and all-round best player, Daniel Alfredsson. 10/04/08 8:49 PM 24

Senators look for answers9

PITTSBURGH — Bryan Murray shook his head and yelled his disapproval. "Hit the net! Hit the net!," the Ottawa Senators head coach said after one of his players blew a shot wide of the cage during a drill in practice Thursday. It's the most basic fundamental in hockey, but it needed to be reinforced to a floundering Senators team desperate to relocate its offensive mojo. 10/04/08 8:02 PM 9

Roberts remains Senators' nightmare11

PITTSBURGH — It took 68 seconds for the worst nightmare of the Ottawa Senators' fans to take shape in the form of Gary Roberts. The crusty Pittsburgh Penguins left winger, quickly approaching his 42nd birthday, has a long history with Ottawa's NHL playoff collapses. He played a central role in three triumphs by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2001, 2002 and 2004 — losses bitterly burned into the memories of all diehard Senators fans. 09/04/08 11:55 PM 11

Penguins draw first blood129

PITTSBURGH — The team once considered a favourite to reach the Stanley Cup final looked more like a first-round patsy, as the Ottawa Senators lost the opening game of their best-of-seven series 4-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins last night. The Penguins scored early, added to their lead later in the first period and then relied on stingy penalty killing to keep Ottawa off the scoreboard for the third time in its past five games. 09/04/08 11:31 PM 129

Crosby and Fleury no longer innocents12

PITTSBURGH — One year removed from their first exposure to the NHL playoffs, Sidney Crosby and Marc-André Fleury are willing to admit they were wide-eyed innocents at the time. "For the first 10 minutes in Game 1, it felt like they had eight guys out there," Crosby said yesterday. "It was just one of those things where we were just watching, trying to feel it out, and they weren't. They were taking the play to us. 08/04/08 9:02 PM 12

Sharks set to make a playoff splash6

If not chairs, the air is likely to be filled with zingers and wisecracks when Don Cherry, Pierre McGuire and Mike Milbury are in the room. The three hockey commentators were together not in a room, but on a conference call yesterday to promote the NHL playoffs, and it was never dull. One of the first players to get smacked down was Marian Hossa, the underachieving forward picked up by the Pittsburgh Penguins at the trade deadline. 07/04/08 7:33 PM 6

The stage is set39

So here is how it shapes up for Canada's three playoff contenders, now that the NHL regular season is finally over: The Montreal Canadiens emerged from the Eastern Conference pack on the final weekend of the season, earning their first conference title in 19 years and the right to play their perennial punching bag, the Boston Bruins, in the opening playoff round. See the 06/04/08 10:52 PM 39

Toronto's postmortem begins in earnest58

When the cold eye of blame is cast on the Toronto Maple Leafs for this NHL season, it is clear everyone from the chairman of the board down to the last player on the roster has to share the responsibility. John Ferguson, the general manager who made too many mistakes in putting together the team, already paid his price with his job. Head coach Paul Maurice, who has one year left on his contract, will probably pay the same price, if not this week, then after the new GM is hired. 06/04/08 9:45 PM 58

Sens inch closer to playoff berth153

TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators exited the Air Canada Centre with injuries to Daniel Alfredsson and Mike Fisher and upset at their going-nowhere provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Senators drubbed the Leafs 8-2 last night to inch closer to a playoff berth, but they were angry that Leafs forward Mark Bell took out Alfredsson in the first period with a questionable blindside hit. 04/04/08 1:02 AM 153

Alfredsson knocked down, Sens rise up68

TORONTO — Hold that spot in infamy beside the 1986 Boston Red Sox, 1992 Houston Oilers, 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, Greg Norman circa 1996 and the Ottawa Senators in various years, but especially 2004. This season's edition of the Senators is not quite ready to take a seat beside the most notorious chokers in sport. 03/04/08 10:30 PM 68

Senators trying to hang on53

TORONTO — It was only fitting that the first person a hockey scribe ran into outside the Ottawa Senators dressing room on Thursday morning was the team shrink, Dr. Max Offenberger. A sports psychologist who has helped several NHL teams for decades, including the Toronto Maple Leafs in the early 1990s, Dr. Offenberger is sorely needed by the Senators. 03/04/08 12:39 PM 53

Senators desperate for wins68

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators are once again turning to a win-and-you're-in policy to try and salvage their season. Former coach John Paddock instituted that line of thinking to sort out the team's uneven goaltending performance before he was fired in February. 03/04/08 12:51 AM 68

Leafs relish role of spoiler26

It will seem like old times tonight when the Ottawa Senators limp into the Air Canada Centre to face the host Toronto Maple Leafs. For the first time in almost four years, the Leafs are in position to end the Senators' hockey season. And don't think it doesn't mean a lot to the Leafs' players. "Hopefully, we can do a job and knock them out," centre Matt Stajan said. 02/04/08 9:03 PM 26

Deja vu?23

OTTAWA — "Room service," the photographer said with a chuckle. "Room service." "Room service." It was, indeed, just like ordering up. It seemed they were delivering everything you could possibly ask for this afternoon at Scotiabank Place. Telling images. Irony. Coincidence. Juxtaposition. 02/04/08 8:30 PM 23

Dreaded 'choke' word heard in Ottawa50

OTTAWA — April Fool's Day is supposed to be about joking, not choking. It is a terrible word, choke — the most dreaded curse in all of foul-mouthed hockey — and if it is not being used this morning in Ottawa, it is fast rising to the lips. Trembling lips. 01/04/08 11:22 PM 50