Ottawa Senators
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| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Atlantic |
| Founded | 1992 |
| History |
Ottawa Senators 1992–present |
| Home arena | Canadian Tire Centre |
| City | Ottawa, Ontario |
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| 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 |
Binghamton Senators (AHL) Wichita Thunder (ECHL) |
| 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 | www |
Red, black, gold, white
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 18,694 seat (20,041 capacity) Canadian Tire Centre which opened in 1996.
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 15 of the past 19 seasons; 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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