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Ottawa Senator

Ottawa Senators
Sénateurs d'Ottawa
2017–18 Ottawa Senators season
Ottawa Senators.svg
Conference Eastern
Division Atlantic
Founded 1992
History Ottawa Senators
1992–present
Home arena Canadian Tire Centre
City Ottawa, Ontario
ECA-Uniform-OTT.PNG
Colours Red, black, gold, white
                   
Media English
TSN5
TSN 1200
French
RDS
RDS2
CJFO 94,5
Owner(s) Eugene Melnyk
General manager Pierre Dorion
Head coach Guy Boucher
Captain Erik Karlsson
Minor league affiliates Belleville Senators (AHL)
Stanley Cups 0
Conference championships 1 (2006–07)
Presidents' Trophy 1 (2002–03)
Division championships 4 (1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06)
Official website nhl.com/senators

The Ottawa Senators (French: Sénateurs d'Ottawa) are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators play their home games at the 17,373 seatCanadian Tire Centre which opened in 1996 as the Palladium.

Founded and established by Ottawa real estate developer Bruce Firestone, the team is the second NHL franchise to use the Ottawa Senators name. The original Ottawa Senators, founded in 1883, had a famed history, winning 11 Stanley Cups and playing in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. On December 6, 1990, after a two-year public campaign by Firestone, the NHL awarded a new franchise, which began play in the 1992–93 season. The current team owner is Eugene Melnyk, and in 2016, the franchise was valued by Forbes magazine at US$355 million.

The Senators have qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs in 16 of the past 20 seasons of play; have won four division titles and, in 2003, the Presidents' Trophy; and have appeared in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals. The club has been regularly represented in the top half in attendance in the NHL.

Ottawa had been home to the original Senators, a founding NHL franchise and 11-time Stanley Cup champions. After the NHL expanded to the United States in the late 1920s, the original Senators' eventual financial losses forced the franchise to move to St. Louis in 1934 operating as the Eagles while a Senators senior amateur team took over the Senators' place in Ottawa. The NHL team was unsuccessful in St. Louis, and planned to return to Ottawa, but the NHL decided instead to suspend the franchise and transfer the players to other NHL teams.


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