Sens Callups - Ottawa Senators Podcast

The first two games in the past week were great, but then all happiness gets torn away:  - Habs 1 @ Sens 4  - Panthers 2 @ Sens 3  - Flyers 5 @ Sens 0     Lots of goalie talk, more line up stuff and discussion on attendance.  We’re joined by Jade Fair from the Ottawa Senators to talk about the Sens Student Union deals.  You can follow them on twitter at @SensUnion or on their site at: http://senat...

This week was better in results for the Sens:  - Islanders 5 @ Sens 4 (SO)  - Stars 4 @ Sens 3 (SO)  - Sens 4 @ BJs 1 Kardinal and Pan disagree as always and rehash Alfie (again), look at lines and lots of talk on Chris Neil. We also get into it so much that we call upon an expert, Shawn McKenzie from SportsNet to talk about recent Sens news. Lots of talk from around the league and looking ahead,...

This has been an abysmal week on the ice with very poor efforts. The lack of effort flows through our game recaps.  - Ducks 2 @ Sens 1  - Sharks 5 @ Sens 2  - Sens 5 @ Blackhawks 6   After trying to find some answers on the team and roster, we speak with Grady Whittenberg, the voice of the Binghampton Senators. We have lots of rants this week and talk about Pan’s best friend right now - Chris Neil...

The big news of the week is seeing a familiar face on the ice. That’s right, Mika Zibanejad has been called up to rejoin the Sens! We get a couple of games at home this week of which some was bad, and some was good.  - Devils 2 @ Sens 5  - Oilers 3 @ Sens 1  - Sens 6 @ Red Wings 1 Oh - and we play against Alfie for the first time. After the road trip, we discuss some different in game experience a...

The Call Ups return from the #SCUPacific trip and appeared to have a better time than the Sens. We recap the games while also talking about our experience at the different arenas.  - Sens 3 @ LA 4 OT Loss  - Sens 2 @ San Jose 3  - Sens 1 @ Anaheim 4  - Sens 4 @ Phoenix 3   We talk about what’s wrong with the team and minor adjustments to see how to use the roster and who should just "GET OFF MY TE...

We have a couple of games in the books with Craig Anderson really competing for the Team USA job. After very quick game recaps (thanks again CBInc) we have chats with Stuntman Stu Schwartz, the Canadian Tire Centre Public Address Announcer, as well as Ian Mendes from the new TSN1200!  - Sens 1 @ Sabres 0  - Sens 4 @ Leafs 5 (SO)   A quick look at the league, more money talk (we promise we’re done...

The preseason is now over and the Sens wrap up in a disappointing fashion. Pan’s under the weather and it’s a late recording. We briefly take a look at who’s been in and out of the line up, who should be on the team and who’s definitely off. A quick look at notable player movement around the league rolls into the fold and we look at some twitter fun and read out some e-mails.

We’re back at it - it’s a little rusty to come back and we don’t have full games to talk about. After a quick look back through the rookie camp and current early cuts along with what’s  going on in the rest of camp and pre-season games.  We also look forward to the season by speaking with Alex Marchand, @SenatorsDJ, on how the background workings and the game day experience is at the CTC. We zoom...

We’re back for our second season premiere because we ALL MISS HOCKEY!  We look back at the Alfredsson presser and some (hopefully) final thoughts on him leaving the team.  Pan punches possible holes in the stated $94 million losses since Melnyk’s reign. We review the roster and upcoming potential spot openings and how players will fit in.  There’s a little concern for when Cowen will return and wh...

We didn’t think much was going to come out of the summer show, but wow, what changes do we ever have.  First, the name of the stadium changes to the “Canadian Tire Center” (air wrench).  Then, a big hole is left in our chest after the Golden Gawd decides to leave the only team he’s ever played for. The owner makes a plea to the public for support around the city after losing our icon, and we say g...

This all came as a surprise today as our captain, the face of the franchise, and our all time point leader has left to go for a "better" chance for the cup in Detroit.   We pout, cry and get through this special episode and try to make sense of Alfie becoming a RedWing.  We share in our frustrations with your e-mails.  We'll be back shortly with our summer episode and hopefully in better spirits.

Although the season comes to a disappointing end and much sooner than we hoped, we look over the season and some impact players.  We get a submission for a game recap from Todd Van Allen (follow his podcast at CATPPodcast)  - Sens (too little) at Pens (too many) Looking around the league we see who’s still standing and different UFAs both in players and coaches. We read up on the final e-mails to...

The Sens find a very formidable opponent in... THE REFS.  Pittsburgh brings it to the Sens in a couple bad games.  By not knowing what would be a good hit and physicality to bring, Ottawa is on the brink of elimination.  - Round 2, Game 2:  Sens 3 at Pens 4  - Round 2, Game 3:  Pens 1 at Sens 2 (2OT)  - Round 2, Game 4:  Pens 7 at Sens 3 We got some fantastic game submissions and recaps from liste...

WOW!  A double overtime win calls for another emergency episode.  Kardinal is gone fishin' so we call up our good old friend Puddle Duck to help us out.  We talk about the atmosphere and excitement of the first win of the series.  We’ll be back soon with our full episode.  Until then, we look forward to hearing from you.

It’s a short week after covering a full series last episode.  We review the one game and feel a little down afterwards, but there are lots of positives to work with for future success.  - Sens 1 @ Pens 4 Luckily we get some news around the league to talk about Mr. Torres being called in with Shanahan yet again, look at the Award Nominees and the other series left in play.  Canuck gets a little exc...

Wow!  What a series!  That was a shocking level of domination which went much better than expected.  - Sens 4 @ Habs 2  - Sens 1 @ Habs 3  - Habs 1 @ Sens 6  - Habs 2 @ Sens 3  - Sens 6 @ Habs 1 We review the games and look at who really stood out in the series, look at some other match ups around the league while impatiently waiting for the second round. PAGEAUUUU, PAGEAU PAGEAU PAGEAU!!!!

Another exciting win, so another bonus episode!  We talk about the atmosphere in the game and the peskiness of the Sens with a come from behind, three unanswered goal overtime win!  A couple e-mails float in and we call up Marlee from New Brunswick who made the trek down.  #HabBurgler

That was a Pesky game!  We get together for an emergency episode and talk about the 4-2 Game 1 win.  Lots happened in this game, so why not talk about it?

Welcome to the Playoffs!  We get so excited about them that the game recaps leave a lot to be desired.  - Sens 2 @ Caps 1  - Flyers 2 @ Sens 1  - Sens 4 @ Bruins 2 Looking back, this was definitely a season with ups and downs, significant players getting hurt and timely returns to action.  Just to get the blood boiling, we call up a long time forum contributor, TJ Lincoln!  We talk more about the...

It’s been a miserable week on the ice however things seem to fall in the Sens favour around the league and with the more likely return of Karlsson, things could be on the up and up.  - Caps 1 @ Sens 3  - Leafs 4 @ Sens 1  - Pens 3 @ Sens 1 It’s hard to relive these games, but we struggle through it.  After all, the groundhogs like the game recaps, right?  There’s line-up changes looming and many s...

After being away for the full season, he’s back!  Yes that’s right!  After being on the sidelines all year Shredder returns to the Underground Network and joins us for the whole episode.  Oh, and Jared Cowen’s playing now too…  - Sens 3 @ Flyers 1  - Sens 2 @ Devils 0  - Canes 2 @ Sens 3 After a hat trick of wins, this week is much more positive versus last week and the playoff push continues.  We...

Well this week was pretty uneventful and disappointing.  With poor results and weak effort, the outlook for the playoffs seemed a little bleaker.  The upside though does include Conacher getting his first goal as a Sen and Alfie breaking a long goalless drought while playing against a familiar friend.  Oh, and Erik Karlsson returning too!  - Sens 2 @ Sabres 4  - Sens 1 @ Pathers 2  - Sens 2 @ Dan...

As Trade Deadline comes and goes, we trade our tallest player for our now smallest one (and the little guys cheer).  We welcome Cory Connacher to the team!  - Rangers 0 @ Sens 3  - Douches 4 @ Sens 0 – thanks CBInc!  - Sens 2 @ Bruins 3 We look at a bunch of the trades which trickled through after the Bishop trade and speak to a special guest, Peter Joynt, who can be found at www.thejoynt.ca We ro...

There really wasn’t much to talk about this week – until today!  We only have two games to look at, but they were successful:  - Bolts 3 @ Sens 5  - Devils 2 @ Golden Gawds 3 A couple of guys come back from injury and K-Dawg leaves town.  The owner sounds off on Matt Cooke and the injury to Karlsson at a VERY odd time.  Speaking of odd – the supplemental discipline inconsistencies continue to baff...

In this week’s special episode, we call up 6 guests, some familiar voices and some new ones.  We fly across the country going from East to West and meet up with Frank, Gabrielle, Spezzial Delivery, Ken, Brianne and Dan There was a heck of a week in effort and pretty good success this week  - Sens 4 @ Slugs 3  - Jets 1 @ Sens 4  - Sens 5 @ Isles 3  - Gentlemen of Hockey 2 @ Sens 1 The GMs also do t...