Sens Need to Fill the Void

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images If you're any fan at all of the Ottawa Senators, you would have to qualify this past week as being enormously disappointing. As expressed

Ottawa Senators: Who Do You Protect?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy NHLI via Getty Images We won't know until Wednesday night whether Marc Methot remains an Ottawa Senator, or takes his talents to Nevada (Barring leaks to the media,

Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre is Changing How We Live With Cancer

 The Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre (OICC) has been helping cancer patients fight their battles for nearly six years now. With their fundraiser, they are hoping to take their services one step further. Last year, the OICC launched their “Changing How We Live with Cancer” fundraiser, with the ambitious goal of

“They don’t give you anything.” Senators Ready for Crosby and the Penguins

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy Andre Ringuette NHLI via Getty Images Reportedly there was a good chunk of chatter behind closed doors from rival Eastern Conference general managers prior to the playoffs beginning

What’s next?

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy Andre Ringuette NHLI via Getty Images Your guess is as good as mine. The question being, what can you expect to occur in Game 6 Tuesday night at

Step It Up Sens!

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy Andre Ringuette NHLI via Getty Images Ottawa GM Pierre Dorion hasn't made a whole lot of questionable calls, but you have to wonder about the one from last

Ottawa Honours Its Own

 Photos by Andre Gagne As many gathered in front of televisions, inside local pubs and at a sold out Canadian Tire Centre across town as the Sens readied for round two of the playoffs, the setting sun cast amber hues over the Capital’s most iconic landmark. A few blocks away

Start Spreading the News! Sens Advance to Round 2 Against New York!

 Feature image courtesy of NHL.com This Original 6 thing never gets old, does it? Well folks that’s what lies ahead as the Ottawa Senators prepare to tackle a second consecutive of the ‘originals’ in Round 2 of the NHL playoffs. After dispensing a depleted, but game, Boston Bruins club in

Welcome Back to the Playoffs!

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy Andre Ringuette NHLI via Getty Images Take a spin right across this big country of ours and what will you encounter? Exceedingly high blood pressure accompanied by

Onward to Boston!

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo by NHLI via Getty Images Hockey purists relish the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. There's a kind of whirling dervish element to the games - it is

Serving the Community One Drink at a Time

 Pubs are often a community unto themselves, but not often do they become a significant member of the exterior community as well. With that being said, Woody’s Elgin Street Urban Pub is not quite like other pubs. “Its location on Elgin Street makes it so close to so many things

Ottawa Senators Legitimate Eastern Conference Favourite

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature Photo NHLI via Getty Images This column and space is definitely not about fluffing the pillows for the Ottawa Senators. So when we write the following: The Ottawa Senators are

SENATORS: A Week in Review – March 6-March 13, 2017

 SENATORS: A Week in Review  is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by OLMSports Dave Gross. Feature photo Courtesy Andre Ringuette - NHL via Getty Images Silver medals are nothing to sneer about, and in this case, Ottawa's Zack Smith is right on target to

SENATORS: A Week in Review – February 6-February 13, 2017

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column  looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images courtesy NHL.com I'll give Bobby Ryan credit for doing his best, but presently his best is not good enough, and you have to wonder if it is ever

SENATORS: A Week in Review – January 30-February 6, 2017

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images courtesy NHL.com The loss of winger Clarke MacArthur for the duration of this season, and possibly permanently, leaves a hole in the lineup the club would like to

SENATORS: A Week in Review – January 23-30, 2017

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Regardless if you're a fan of the Ottawa Senators or not, you have to be mighty appreciative of this latest run during - arguably - the most important point

SENATORS: A Week in Review – January 16-22, 2017

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Here we sit at the halfway point of the NHL's regular season for the Ottawa Senators. Summing up the first half? Have to give the team as a whole

From the Garage to the Dance Floor: 20 Years of Partying with Sticks ‘n Stones

 Photos courtesy of Sticks 'n Stones. “Brown Eyed Girl”, “Dancing in the Dark”, “Go Your Own Way”, “Satisfaction” and “Free Falling” all sound like songs that would be included in the ultimate rock and roll jukebox. For Ron Warwaruk, Sam Timmins, Craig Kennedy, Peter Kornherr, Sarah McClurg, Kyle Gilbert and

SENATORS: A Week in Review – December 12-18, 2016

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images from NHL.com. Generally I'll refrain from the old-standard 'I told you so.' But so far, so good, and it's irresistible. So, 'I told you so.' Juvenile humour aside,

SENATORS: A Week in Review – December 5-11, 2016

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images from NHL.com. Well, this has zero danger of being inducted into the 'too-dull' hall of fame. It was an interesting week for the Ottawa Senators - one that

SENATORS: A Week in Review – November 28-December 4, 2016

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images from NHL.com. As the legendary Ric "Nature Boy" Flair would bark: "What's causing all this!!??" After all, there has to be some reasoning behind the Ottawa Senators startling

Light Up Your Ottawa Life Contest Begins NOW!

 Welcome to Day 1 of our 25 Day Ottawa Life Christmas Calendar.  We'll be updating with a new treat daily so be sure to check under the  OLM Tree to see what's there each day. Now we know these things usually end with a big surprise but we thought why

SENATORS: A Week in Review – November 21-27, 2016

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images from NHL.com. Not a shocker - Craig Anderson named on Monday as the NHL's first star of the week. What is a shocker? The idea that Anderson is

SENATORS: A Week in Review – November 14-20, 2016

 SENATORS: A Week in Review is a weekly column looking back at the week in Ottawa Senators hockey written by #OLMSports Dave Gross. Images from NHL.com. The timing couldn't be better for - well - bad timing. Let's face it, as the Ottawa Senators' brain-trust was reminiscing about two stinkers this past

Ravens WHKY: The Turnaround

 The Ravens pour off the bench at the final buzzer after beating top-ranked Montreal. All photos by Carlos Verde. Far from the bright lights and 20,000-seat arena of the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators, a team mired in the dilemma of to rebuild or not to rebuild, another capital-region hockey