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NHL Trade Deadline: Ottawa Senators

The rebuild in Ottawa is on. The sad-sack Ottawa Senators officially gave up on the 2010-11 season in January and general manager Bryan Murray was told to restock the roster. Murray doesn't think the rebuild is a five-year project and feels a move or two here and there coupled with the development of Ottawa's top...

Senators Owner Eugene Melnyk Fed Up, Fire Sale Could Be Next

Let the fire sale begin in Ottawa -- and the job applications for new general manager and possibly a new coach of the Senators to start pouring in. Ottawa Senators' owner Eugene Melnyk has had enough, and he's ready to sweep the deadwood out of the dressing room and begin the search for a new GM and possibly a new coach...

Chris Phillips Has a Big Decision to Make

You are Chris Phillips. Your NHL team, the Ottawa Senators, has hit the skids. A 6-0 loss to the Boston Bruins on Tuesday was the worst setback the Senators have suffered this season, and the numbers speak volumes. You woke up Wednesday playing for a team that has the fourth-worst record in the NHL, 16-21-6. You have yet...

2010 NHL Free Agent Review, Part II: Best of Worst of the East

Funny thing. When you look at the list of the top 30 scorers in the National Hockey League, not a single one is on a new team after signing as an unrestricted free agent last summer. Same thing for the NHL's top 20 goaltenders in any category. As for the top 20 scoring defenseman in 2010-11 ... okay, there's one...

NHL Power Rankings: A Scout's Take on Unsung Stars

For our first Power Rankings of the NHL season, our Christopher Botta talked to a pro scout for an Eastern Conference team. Botta asked the scout one question. Who is the one player on each team that you believe deserves more press for his contributions to his club this season? Obviously, we weren't looking to hear...

Sergei Gonchar News From the Web

05/03/12 Murray has plenty on to-do list Source: Sault Star Spring is finally showing signs of arriving.
04/24/12 NHL Playoffs: Rangers Stay Alive; Coyotes Advance Source: The Ledger - Lakeland FL
OTTAWA | Brad Richards scored the go-ahead goal and Derek Stepan had a goal and two assists as the top-seeded New York Rangers staved off elimination with a 3-2 victory against Ottawa Senators on Monday night.
The series heads back to New York Thursday night for the first Game 7 in any sport at Madison Square Garden in 17 years.
Not even the return of Daniel Alfredsson, who missed three games with a concussion, in front of the fired-up home crowd at Scotiabank Place could help the eighth-seeded Senators complete the upset.
Carl Hagelin returned to the Rangers lineup after sitting out a three-game suspension for his elbow on Alfredsson
The Rangers broke through in the second with three goals after going six straight periods without scoring.
Chris Neil gave Ottawa a 1-0 lead in the first with a power-play goal and Jason Spezza cut it to 3-2 with 39 seconds left to play in the third.
Neil was planted at the edge of Henrik Lundqvist's crease along with teammate Zack Smith when Ottawa's power play put it ahead 1-0 at 7:05.
04/11/12 Daniel Alfredsson trying to pass along playoff... Source: NHL The Senators captain will look to pass his playoff experience on to a youthful Ottawa locker-room before the team opens its Eastern Conference quarter-final with the Rangers in New York on Thursday.
04/11/12 Daniel Alfredsson trying to pass along playoff... Source: CHBC Television The Senators captain will look to pass his playoff experience on to a youthful Ottawa locker-room before the team opens its Eastern Conference quarter-final with the Rangers in New York on Thursday.

Background on Sergei Gonchar

Sergei Viktorovich Gonchar (; born April 13, 1974) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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