2011–12 Ottawa Senators season
| 2011–12 Ottawa Senators | |
|---|---|
| Division | 2nd Northeast |
| Conference | 8th Eastern |
| 2011–12 record | 41–31–10 |
| Home record | 20–17–4 |
| Road record | 21–14–6 |
| Goals for | 249 |
| Goals against | 240 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | Bryan Murray |
| Coach | Paul MacLean |
| Captain | Daniel Alfredsson |
| Alternate captains |
Chris Phillips Jason Spezza |
| Arena | Scotiabank Place |
| Average attendance | 19,356 (101.1 %) (41 games) |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Milan Michalek (35) |
| Assists | Erik Karlsson (59) |
| Points | Jason Spezza (84) |
| Penalties in minutes | Zenon Konopka (193) |
| Plus/minus | Filip Kuba (+26) |
| Wins | Craig Anderson (33) |
| Goals against average | Robin Lehner (2.01) |
The 2011–12 Ottawa Senators season was the 20th NHL season, (19th season of play) for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. It was considered a rebuilding season for the Senators after an off-season of high player personnel turnover and the hiring of a new head coach. Although the Senators were not expected to make the playoffs, the team qualified eighth. The team lost, however, in the first round to the first-place New York Rangers, although they took the series to a seventh game. Three Senators were nominated for NHL awards: captain Daniel Alfredsson for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, Erik Karlsson for the James Norris Trophy and Head Coach Paul MacLean for the Jack Adams Award. The Senators hosted the NHL All-Star Game and its festivities. Alfredsson was named captain of one of the teams and five Senators played in the Game.
On May 19, 2011, the Ottawa Senators were awarded the Ottawa United Way Community Builder of the Year Award for over $60 million in charitable fund-raising in the past ten years, support of youth hockey and the founding of the "Do It For Daron" initiative for mental health in honour of Daron Richardson, the daughter of Ottawa Senators assistant coach Luke Richardson, who took her own life in November 2010. On May 20, 2011, the Senators announced the "Rink of Dreams" project to build an outdoor skating rink at Ottawa City Hall. The rink is to cost $1.25 million, $1 million of which would be funded by the Senators Foundation charity.
In December 2011, the Senators officially announced the replacement of the scoreboard at Scotiabank Place. The old scoreboard dated from 1996, and its replacement had been rumoured in the media since the time of the announcement that the All-Star Game would be played in the arena. The new scoreboard, to be supplied by Panasonic, uses four high-definition video screens, plus two LED "rings", one above the scoreboards and one below. While the old scoreboard had video screens, the new screens are much larger in size and have a larger number of pixels per screen. The scoreboard was first used for the December 27, 2011, game against the Montreal Canadiens. For the game, only the four video screens were in place; the LED rings were to be operational for the All-Star Game.
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