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Peter Raaymakers

Senators Ups and Downs: Week 14

Ups and downs is a feature that looks at the individual performances of the Ottawa Senators over the past week. The Ottawa Senators started the new year off right. Looking at the schedule, we all knew January was going to be a tough month with a first week that might

Senators Ups and Downs: Week Ten

A three-game week was another sub-.500 one for the Ottawa Senators, but at least there was a sign of hope in one capacity: A moderate increase in goal-scoring, as the Sens put up seven goals (six different goal scorers, to boot) over the course of the three games. Ottawa

Senators Ups and Downs: Week Nine

This was a poor week for the Ottawa Senators, and their search for goal-scoring hit what is literally the lowest possible point: Goaltender Brian Elliott put up a shutout, and the team still managed to lose. It is a truly a low for the franchise, which itself followed a disappointing

Silver Nuggets: Senators take on Hurricanes tonight

Headlines for tonight's game between the Ottawa Senators and the Carolina Hurricanes: * The Senators are en route to Raleigh with heavy hearts after the service in memory of Daron Richardson this morning. (Citizen) * But the season continues. Updates on the lineup as they become available. * I predicted the

Senators Ups and Downs: Week six

A blowout loss to the Vancouver Canucks shouldn't have been unexpected, but it still wasn't enough to ruin Ottawa's week, as the Senators finished with two wins along with that loss. One against Atlanta was a game they were expected to win, but beating

Silver Seven interviews Michael McKinley, author of The Penalty Killing (part one)

A couple months ago, I talked with Michael McKinley about his non-fiction tome on the story of hockey, Hockey: A People's History. And after writing it, and a few other non-fiction hockey-related books, McKinley took a sharp right-turn and started a series on Martin Carter, a former pro

Mock expansion: The Ottawa Senators protected forwards

If you've been following the SB Nation NHL mock expansion draft, by now you probably know a few things: We're pretending the league is expanding to 32 teams, so the fake Winnipeg Jets (managed by Gabe Desjardins from Behind the Net) and the fake Quebec Nordiques