Spot Light On....The Senators

Spot light on visits with a team who feels it's turn to drink from the keg has arrived....the Bronze league Senators

Team History?

In November of 2008 after playing a few games for the cupcakes Jeff Bohl (who was heading up the I League at the time) asked me to coordinate the team. First thing I asked was if we could change the name, he said yes, and so I said lets go with the Sens since Ottawa is my favorite NHL team. I asked the old coordinator for an email list or phone list, and got no response, so I decided to start from scratch. I grabbed a couple guys that had been doing the weekly stick and puck classes with me over in the west rink, and starting building the roster. Fred Walters wanted to jump from the Jags to the Sens and bring with him like 6 guys, those 6 guys had a couple friends and girlfriends who cam with them as a package deal. I picked up five guys from Euless, and a couple of my friends from Dallas, and at our first practice we had 22 skaters. We had to spread the wealth around the league, and when it was all said and done the Sens. I ordered jerseys and helmet stickers, and snagged Bill Ivey to coach. Ivey was behind the bench for only our first game which we lost 8-1 to the mighty Stingers. After that Steve Hall came in to coach for a season and a half, and then he brought Jay Waters in who has been our coach ever since. We are at the tail end of our 4th season together and still in search for our first Stanley Keg.

Team Philosophy?

Play hard, have fun, drink beer, eat pizza.

Dud to Stud award (team member who skills have gone from zero to 60 fastest)

This is a good question. Probably would have to give that award out to Jamie Welton

You’ve got one bottle of fabreze to give away, which team mate earns it?
The stinkiest gear belongs to Mac Donovan who played with us our first two seasons. His gear you could smell 8 miles away.

Most vocal on the bench?

CJ aka the Green Monster. He never shuts up, hes got more energy than a red bull factory. The guy is screaming at teammates, screamming at the other team, or screamming at the ref non stop. He is classic, he brings the energy level up, and is great to be around.

Team High Point?

Beating the Hurricanes in the first round of the playoffs a couple seasons ago. The Hurricanes gave everyone fits during the regular season, and it was a big win for us to get past them in the first round.

Team Low Point?

Losing our captain on that ugly play earlier this season against the jags.

Our team loves to face off against?

Anyone really, we love to play, doesnt matter who we are going against, we love to be out there.

Biggest Rivalry?

Probably the Keller Indians. We have lost to them three times in overtime. A couple seasons ago we were up one goal going into the final minute of our semi final playoff game when Les Kelly put one in from the blue line. Then in the first minute of overtime we gave up a breakaway that resulted in the end of our season. Then this season their big ringer Kyle Kelly stole a game away from us in overtime. He never came off the ice the entire overtime, and tossed in a dirty game winner with 5 seconds left.

Some guys on the team would argue that our biggest rival is the stingers, but when they beat 8-1 everytime you play them its hardly a rivalry. Use to be the Ice Gators, we would always have some spirited games with them. I think there was a fight or two, and it was pretty much always a close game.

Why you will win the keg this season…..

This is our time, we have been close before but now we feel we are ready to go on a long playoff run and cap it with a keg hoisting.

From Chad the first Senator