- 1992–93 Ottawa Senators season
NHLTeamSeason
Season=1992–93
Team=Ottawa Senators
Conference=Prince of Wales
ConferenceRank=12th
Division=Adams
DivisionRank=6th
Record=10–70–4
HomeRecord=9–29–4
RoadRecord=1–41–0
GoalsFor=202
GoalsAgainst=395
GeneralManager=Mel Bridgman
Coach=Rick Bowness
Captain=Laurie Boschman
AltCaptain=Brad Marsh Brad Shaw Sylvain Turgeon
Arena=Ottawa Civic Centre
Attendance=
GoalsLeader=Sylvain Turgeon (25)
AssistsLeader=Norm Maciver (46)
PointsLeader=Norm Maciver (63)
PlusMinusLeader=Dave Archibald (-16)
PIMLeader=Mike Peluso (318)
WinsLeader=Peter Sidorkiewicz (8)
GAALeader=Daniel Berthiaume (4.30)The 1992–93Ottawa Senators season was the Senators' inaugural season. Despite winning the first game onOctober 8 ,1992 , the Senators would only win nine more en route to their worst season ever. The team still holds three NHL records that were set that season: longest home losing streak of eleven, fromOctober 27 toDecember 8 , and the longest road losing streak with a total of 38, fromOctober 10 toApril 3 , nearly the whole season, and fewest road wins of 1.Expansion and Entry drafts
The team's struggles started before the season when at the expansion draft, Senators management attempted to make three draft picks who were ineligible. They had wanted to select players from the Canadiens and Maple Leafs after they had both lost two, the maximum. To top it off, the Sens selected C. J. Young from Calgary off the wrong master list of players. [
[Finnigan] , pg. 215.] The players the Senators did select were "journeymen NHLers or player who had good years in minor leagues but no longer were considered prospects."[Garrioch] in "Total Hockey".] At the1992 NHL Entry Draft , the Sens selected "relative unknown"Alexei Yashin as their first choice, second overall. Yashin opted to play in Moscow for the 1992–93 season instead of with the Sens.Regular season
Highlights
The new Senators played their first game on
October 8 ,1992 , in theOttawa Civic Centre against theMontreal Canadiens , winning 5–3. The game was televised onHockey Night In Canada and was in front of a sold-outOttawa Civic Centre with 10,449 in attendance. The ceremonial face-off betweenLaurie Boschman andDenis Savard was done by Frank Finnigan, Jr. (his father having died on Christmas day, 1991), Bruce Firestone and Gil Stein. There was lots of pre-game spectacle--the skating ofBrian Orser , the 9 banners being raised to honour the Senators' Stanley Cup wins, retirement of Frank Finnigan's jersey number and the singing of the anthem byAlanis Morissette . [Citation|newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen|date=October 9, 1992|title=Maybe Rome was built in a day; Senators in stunning 5–3 debut victory over Habs; 10,449 fans went wild and it was magical]tarting Lineup
Starting Players:
*
Peter Sidorkiewicz , goal
*Ken Hammond , defense
*Brad Shaw , defense
*Neil Brady , centre
*Jody Hull , right wing
*Sylvain Turgeon , left wingOthers:
Mark Lamb ,Doug Smail ,Darcy Loewen ,Jamie Baker ,Laurie Boschman ,Andrew McBain ,Norm Maciver ,Chris Luongo ,Tomas Jelinek ,Marc Fortier ,Mark Osiecki ,Darren Rumble , Mike Peluso,Steve Weeks :Source: cite book |title=Ottawa Senators Media Guide 1998–99 |year=1998 |pages=pg.193 |publisher=Ottawa Senators
Neil Brady scored the first goal for the modern-day Ottawa Senators franchise in the game.It would take the Sens 39 games to win a road game, their third last road game of the season. It would be the only road win for the Sens in the entire season, and the only points won on the road as well. After the season,
General Manager Mel Bridgman was fired, and eventually would be replaced byRandy Sexton .eason standings
December
March
Goaltending
"Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average"
Waivers
Draft picks
Ottawa's draft picks at the
1992 NHL Entry Draft inMontreal ,Quebec .ee also
References
* [http://www.hockeyfights.com/teams/21/schedule/reg1993 Hockeyfights.com: Ottawa Senators 1992–93 season]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com The Internet Hockey Database]
*cite book|title=Old Scores, New Goals: The Story of the Ottawa Senators
first=Joan
last=Finnigan
year=1992
*cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Total Hockey|title=Ottawa Senators 1992–93 to Date|last=Garrioch|first=Bruce|year=1998
*cite book|title=National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007
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