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| Coyotes name Muckler senior advisor to the GM |
NHL Hockey |
09/23/2008 |
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| Sabres for the next four seasons while also assuming the role of general manager. A finalist for the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year in 1994, Muckler stepped down from coaching in 1995 to focus on his front-office duties. Prior to joining the Ottawa Senators, where he was general manager from 2001-07, Muckler served as head coach of the New York Rangers from 1997-98 to 1999-00. He has a 276-288-84 career record as an NHL head coach and has been a head coach or general manager for more than 2,000 profess |
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| Expansion decisions could help take MLS to next level |
U.S. Major League Soccer |
09/19/2008 |
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| wner George Gillet has apparently joined forces with the Saputo family, which owns United Soccer League (USL) club the Montreal Impact, in an effort to join the league. Gillet also owns the NHL's Montreal Canadians. Eugene Melnyk, owner of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, made an announcement Tuesday that he plans to seriously pursue bringing a MLS franchise to his area. "Ottawa made an announcement [Tuesday], and that is very positive," Garber said. "We have met with that group and believe that they are going to pu |
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| Isbister signs with Ottawa |
NHL Hockey |
09/04/2008 |
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| Ottawa, ON (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators signed left wing Brad Isbister to a one-year, two-way contract on Thursday. Isbister, who will be joining his fifth different team in as many seasons, spent last season with Vancouver and recorded six goals and five assists in 55 games. Over 10 seasons, the 6-4, 225-pound Edmonton native has notched 106 goals and 116 assists in 541 contests. He has also donned the uniform of Phoenix, the Islanders, Edmonton, Boston and the Rangers. |
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| Senators acquire Shannon from Vancouver for Nycholat |
NHL Hockey |
09/02/2008 |
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| Ottawa, ON (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Ryan Shannon from the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman Lawrence Nycholat on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Shannon, who helped Anaheim win the Stanley Cup in 2007, tallied five goals and 13 points over 27 games with Vancouver last season. A native of Connecticut who played for Boston College, Shannon signed as a free agent with the Ducks in 2005. Nycholat played most of last season with the Binghamton Senators, which is the top farm team for Ottawa, |
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| Tampa Bay Lightning |
NHL Hockey Transaction |
08/30/2008 |
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| Acquired defenseman Andrej Meszaros from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for defensemen Filip Kuba and Andrej Meszaros and a first-round pick in the 2009 draft. |
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| Berube tabbed as Flyers assistant coach |
NHL Hockey |
08/07/2008 |
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| hat John Paddock will be the new head coach of the Phantoms, replacing Berube. The 54-year-old Paddock enjoyed a brief NHL career with the Capitals, Nordiques and Flyers. However, he is better known as a head coach and general manager in the AHL and NHL. He won two Calder Cup titles in 1988 and 1999 with Hershey and Hartford, and spent four seasons as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets from 1991-95. Last year, Paddock went 36-23-6 as head coach of the Ottawa Senators before his firing late in the regular season. |
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| Sens re-sign Vermette |
NHL Hockey |
07/31/2008 |
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| Ottawa, ON (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators have re-signed forward Antoine Vermette to a multi-year agreement, the team announced on Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 25-year-old Vermette tallied a career-high with 24 goals and 29 assists in addition to 51 penalty minutes in 81 games for the Senators last season. His 56.7 percent success rate on faceoffs ranked sixth in the NHL last year. Vermette has notched 71 goals, 68 assists and 163 PIM in 297 career games with Ottawa, which made |
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| Sens ink Glass |
NHL Hockey |
07/28/2008 |
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| Ottawa, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The Ottawa Senators signed goaltender Jeff Glass to a one-year, two-way contract Monday. Glass, 22, played last season with Ottawa's American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. In 46 games with the B-Sens, he posted a 15-20-4 record with a 2.88 goals-against average and .913 save percentage. The Calgary native was originally selected by the Senators with their third third-round pick in the 2004 entry draft. |
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| NHL announces schedule, will begin in Europe |
NHL Hockey |
07/17/2008 |
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| e Thursday, and the NHL Premiere event will take place in Sweden and the Czech Republic on October 4-5. In back-to-back games, the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning will battle in Prague, while the past two Eastern Conference champions -- the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins -- will meet in Stockholm to open regular season play overseas. The four teams will also play in exhibition games in Germany, Finland and Switzerland prior to the historic duels. Stateside, the Detroit Red Wings begin their q |
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| Canucks bring in Demitra |
NHL Hockey |
07/10/2008 |
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| ckey player with excellent quickness and finish. His play making abilities will be an asset on our power play and make him a great addition to our top six forwards." A native of Dubnica, Slovakia, Demitra was originally selected 227th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 1993 draft. The veteran forward has 281 goals and 418 assists in 750 regular season games with Ottawa, Los Angeles, St. Louis and Minnesota. Vancouver also signed defenseman Rob Davison on Thursday. The 28-year-old Davison split last season b |
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