Maybe one day, there'll be a book: how an Ottawa Senators team that hadn't been in a playoff game since 2016-17 got past its past.
tap here to see other videos from our teamMaybe one day there’ll be a book about how a hockey team that hadn’t been in a playoff game since 2017 season got past its past. Finally.Maybe. There are a lot of ifs, a lot of barriers, a lot of questions, a lot of games and variables to come.While the Senators had already played one of 82 National Hockey League regular-season games — a season-opening 5-3 loss to the Hurricanes on Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C.
There was also a big surprise: the return of legendary singer Lyndon Slewidge, who, in a moment of madness, was thrown into anthem purgatory seven years ago. On Saturday, he belted out the Star Spangled Banner and O Canada in the finest of forms, closing with the signature white-gloved thumbs up. Welcome back, Lyndon.Article contentPhoto by Tony CaldwellIt started pre-game in the “plaza” outside the arena, with sunlight beaming down through wisps of clouds.
The Senators announced Friday that Alfie, who once owned this town, had returned to the organization in a developmental role with the players and coaches. It wasLogan Cruz, 3, gives the pre-game action a double thumbs-up on Saturday.Inside the arena, just before the game, with Wolfmother’s Joker and the Thief hammering through the sound system, Spartacat was lowered from high above on a cable. As it turns out, cats can fly.
There was a celebration of Giroux’s 1,000th NHL point, an assist he had last April 10, when he set up a Stutzle goal. So, 1,000 points? Significant? Yeah, he was just the 96th NHL player to do it. Standing alongside his wife, Ryanne, Giroux was presented with golf clubs and a silver putter by the Flyers, plus a gold hockey stick and mini gold sticks for his sons, Gavin and Palmer, from the Senators.
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