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Carrie Underwood Marries Hockey Beau

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:50:26 CDT

Carrie Underwood will be dividing her time between Nashville and not-so-sultry Ottawa these days, after marrying NHL star Mike Fisher yesterday in what their wedding planner likes to call "a spiritual expression of their love." Blech. The ceremony took place at a secluded resort in Georgia and featured classical music...

Hockey Thug Suspended for ... Biting?

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:42:50 CST

Turns out the NHL has a bigger bite than Ottawa's Jarkko Ruutu. The league suspended Ruutu two games without pay for biting the gloved hand of Buffalo's Andrew Peters in a game Tuesday. "It's weird to even think that that goes on in hockey," said Peters, known more for his...

Penguins Top Senators 3-1, Complete Series Sweep

Doug Sweeney — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:45:06 CDT

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 and completed a four-game sweep of their NHL first-round playoff series on Wednesday. Evgeni Malkin and Jarko Ruutu scored second-period goals, Sidney Crosby scored into an empty net with 7.5 seconds remaining and had an assist, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 21...

Crosby Leads Pens Over Sens

Jesse Andrews — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:04:36 CDT

Sidney Crosby, Jordan Staal and Marian Hossa scored in the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Monday night, taking a 3-0 lead in their first-round series. Maxime Talbot scored in the second period and Hossa also had two assists to...

Late Goals Carry Penguins Past Senators

Mike Buss — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:58:31 CDT

Ryan Malone scored Pittsburgh's third power-play goal of the game with only 1:02 remaining and the Penguins squandered a three-goal lead against Ottawa, then rallied for a 5-3 victory Friday over the Senators and a sweep of their first two home games in the Eastern Conference playoff series. Pittsburgh’s...

Fleury, Penguins Blank Sens 4-0

Doug Sweeney — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:50:34 CDT

The Ottawa Senators must be wondering how many more times this can happen. They get to the playoffs, yet Gary Roberts finds a way to beat them. Again. And again. Roberts and Petr Sykora scored in the first period and the favored Penguins, determined not to duplicate their awful postseason...

Thomas Solid As Bruins Edge Senators 2-1

Mike Buss — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:15:11 CDT

Tim Thomas came within 8:14 of recording his third straight shutout against Ottawa and Zdeno Chara scored against his former team, leading the Boston Bruins to a 2-1 win over the Senators as both teams clinched playoff berths tonight. Phil Kessel also scored for Boston, which drew even with...

Senators Get Much-Needed Win

Jamie Buss — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:14:29 CDT

Antoine Vermette scored three goals and the Ottawa Senators moved within a point of wrapping up a playoff berth with an 8-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight. The Senators, who scored three short-handed goals, can clinch a playoff spot with at least one point Friday night when they...

Senators Can't Stop Bruins

Mitch Pritchard — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:03:47 CDT

The Boston Bruins and the Ottawa Senators are teams going in opposite directions as the NHL playoffs approach, as the Bruins beat the Senators 4-0 this afternoon to move into seventh place in the East, reports the Associated Press. The Senators, meanwhile, have only won once in five games to...