A SENSational Story | Nuka takes over GM for the Senators

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Ottawa Senators!
Scotia Bank Place

Game Length: 82 Games
Trades: On
Injuries: On
Salary Cap: On
Period Length: 5 minutes


This will be my first time simming for NHL. I have one going for Basketball as Pacers GM.
I'm from Ottawa, so figured I'd give this a shot

Feel free to post what you'd like to see, tips n pointers, etc.

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Pre-Season Sum-up

Testing out the lines. Will post complete roster day 1 of regular season.

Game 1:

MTL: 1
OTT: 2

Game 2:
BOS: 0
OTT: 3

Game 3:
OTT: 3
BUF: 1

Game 4:
OTT: 6
TOR: 2

Press Conference
Great preseason, going 4-0. Anderson pulled off 3 of the wins, while Auld took the game against Buffalo. Here in Ottawa, we feel that these are the right line combo. We feel that we will put Anderson as our starter for the next couple games.

I'll post lines in next post.

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Ottawa Senators Depth Chart - 2011/12
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Milan Michalek	Nick Foligno	Collin Greening	Nikita Filatov
C	Jason Spezza	Kyle Turris	Zack Smith	Zenon Konopka
RW	Daniel Alfredsson	Chris Neil	Eric Condra	Bobby Butler
D #1	Sergei Gonchar*	Erik Karlsson*	Filip Kuba**	Chris Phillips**
D #2	Matt Carkner***	Jared Cowen***
G	Craig Anderson	Alex Auld

Scratched:
P. Regin
R. Klinkhammer
M. Gilroy


Number of *'s mean whos paired with who.

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Sens have an amazing opening game in Detroit; come out with a win

Ottawa Senators at Detroit Red Wings
Jan 1, 1 2 3 F OTT (0-0-0) 0 0 2 2 DET (0-0-0) 1 0 0 1 Three Stars Craig Anderson (OTT) 1.00 GAA, .968 SV%, 31 SA Jimmy Howard (DET) 2.05 GAA, .935 SV%, 31 SA Kyle Turris (OTT) 1G, 0A, 1 Hit, 4S, +1	Team Stats Comparison OTT DET Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD DET 8:14 P. Datsyuk (1), (J. Kindl, J. Abdelkader) THIRD PERIOD OTT 7:04 P. Regin (1), (B. Butler) OTT K. Turris (1), (N. Foligno, C. Neil)

Game Recap:
What an opener. The Sens were behind right up until mid way through the 3rd. Kyle Turris got the Game Winning Goal.
Two injuries occurred in the game.
Milan Michalek got smoked against the boards, and left the game. He did not return. After several X-Rays, it was determined that he has a separated Shoulder, and will be returning around November 5th, 4 weeks from today
Matt Carkner is out with a broken leg after getting a slaps hot to the leg blocking Datsyuk's shot. He is expected to be out til November 8th, 4 - 5 weeks from today.

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Sens come up short, Anderson lets in two soft 2nd period goals

Changes to lineup:
Every LW moved up a line to replace the injured Michalek, and Klinkhammer got called up from Bingingham. Also, Gilroy took the place of Matt Carkner.

Ottawa Senators at Toronto Maple Leafs
Jan 1, 1 2 3 F OTT (1-0-0) 0 1 0 0 TOR (1-0-0) 0 2 1 3 Three Stars Clarke MacArthur (TOR) 1G, 1A, 2 Pts, 0 Hit, 6S, +2 Joffrey Lupul (TOR) 0G, 2A, 2 Pts, 0 Hit, 3S, +2 Mikhail Grabovski (TOR) 1G, 0A, 1Pts, 0Hit, 3S, +1	Team Stats Comparison OTT TOR Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD TOR 0:50 M. Grabovski (1), (C. MacArthur, L. Schenn) TOR 6:19 C. MacArthur (1), (J. Lupul, M. Lombardi) OTT 10:18 C. Neil (1), (K. Turris, C. Greening) THIRD PERIOD TOR 17:28 N, Kulemin (1), (J. Liles, J. Lupul)

Game Recap:
With the injury plaging Ottawa, They fell short and lost 1 - 3. Neil got the lone goal, and recorded two fights. He went after Schenn after a nasty hit he did on Karlsson. Anderson let in 3 out of 25 shots, while Reimer faced only 16.

Klinkhammer made his debut, but only logging 40 seconds. where as Gilroy played 4:37

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Sens get embarrassed at home, 4-1 blowout

Minnesota Wild at Ottawa Senators
Jan 1, 1 2 3 F MIN () 4 0 0 4 OTT (1-1-0) 0 0 1 1 Three Stars Guilliaume Latendresse (MIN) 1G, 2A, 6S Alexander Auld 1.05 GAA, .968 SV%, 31 SA Josh Harding 1.00 GAA, .963 SV%, 27 SA	Team Stats Comparison MIN OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD MIN 1:08 E, Christensen (1), (C. Clutterbuck, K. Brodziak) MIN 1:37 G. Latendresse (2), (T. Gilbert) MIN 2:46 P. Bouchard (2), (G. Latendresse) MIN 9:-4 K. Brodziak (1), (M. Cullen, G. Latendresse) THIRD PERIOD OTT 16:56 N. Foligno (1), (J. Spezza, D. Alfredsson)

Game Recap:
After letting in 3 goals in less then 3 minutes, Anderson was pulled for the backup Auld. This was a night to forget for the Sens.

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Anderson Bounces back, get 32 saves

Colorado Avalanche at Ottawa Senators
Jan 1, 1 2 3 F COL (3-0) 4 0 0 4 OTT (1-2-0) 0 0 1 1 Three Stars Craig Anderson (OTT) 1.00 GAA, .970 SV%, 33 SA Jean-Sebastien Giguere (COL) 2.05 GAA, .935 SV%, 31 SA Daniel Alfredsson (OTT) 1G, 0A, 2S	Team Stats Comparison COL OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT 2:37 J. Spezza (1), (E. Karlsson) OTT 10:31 D. Alfredsson (1), (E. Karlsson, C. Greening) SECOND PERIOD COL 12:16 J. Hejda (1), (M. Hejduk, E. Johnson

Game Recap:
Anderson made a comeback, getting the 1st star. Spezza started the scoring with just over 2:30 minutes into the 1st, with a backhand shot from the pass from Karlsson. Karlsson also had an assist on the other goal.

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Anderson lets one in early, still receives win

Foligno had a penalty shot after being tripped on the way to the net, and decided to go glove side. This was stopped by Vokoun.
Ovechkin pretty much forgot to show up today scoring no points.

Spezza joked around afterward about Alfredsson missing an empty net, shooting the puck to high and hitting the cross bar.

The Senators made a couple changes in the lineup tonight. With Greening moved to 1st line and Foligno moved to 2nd, everyone was surprised to see Regin playing instead of Konopka.

"This game was mostly about scoring, not toughness", Noah was quoted during a press conference after the game.

Ottawa Senators at Washington Capitals
Jan 1, 1 2 3 F OTT (2-2-0) 1 3 0 4 WAS (1-1-1) 1 0 1 2 Three Stars Alexander Semin, (WSH) 1G, 1A, 5 Shots Peter Regin, (OTT) 1G, 1A, 3 Shots Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) 1G, 1A, 3 Shots	Team Stats Comparison OTT WAS Shots on Goal 26 26 Hits 17 15 Faceoffs Won-Lost 8-16 16-8 Penalty Minutes 11:00 7:00 Power Plays Converted 0 1 Power Play Opportunities 1 3 Time on Attack 6:00 3:18
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD WAS 0:45 N. Backstrom (2), (A. Semin) OTT 5:30 C. Greening (1), (S. Gonchar, E. Karlsson OTT 12:30 P. Regin (2), (N. Filatov, J. Cowen) SECOND PERIOD OTT 1:59 D. Alfredsson (3), (J, Spezza, S. Gonchar) OTT 10:28 B. Butler (2), (N, Filatov, P. Regin) THIRD PERIOD WAS 19:33 A. Semin (2), (M. Green, N. Backstrom)
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 26 24 92%
Washington Capitals - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Thomas Vokoun 26 22 85%

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Anderson Saves The Sens!

After the Sens take the lead in the 1st, Briere scores his first of the season off a deflection from Hartnell's shot to bury it in the back of the net. After a hit from Simmands, Gilroy had a scare and went down and did not return.

Alfie took the lead in the 2nd period after the puck (shot by Spezza) bounced off his chest, then stick. After review, they found it a good goal; as the crowd in Scotia Bank Place went wild. This would also be the 1st power play goal of the season; which then ended up being the GWG.

Philadelphia Flyers at Ottawa Senators
Oct 18, 2-11 1 2 3 F PHI (1-2-1) 1 1 OTT (3-2-0) 1 1 2 Three Stars Craig Anderson, (OTT) 1.00 GAA, .963 SV%, 27 SA Daniel Alfredsson, (OTT) 1G, 0A, 2S Nick Foligno, (OTT) 1G, 0A, 2S	Team Stats Comparison PHI OTT Shots on Goal 27 26 Hits 12 21 Faceoffs Won-Lost 11-12 12-11 Penalty Minutes 12:00 14:00 Power Plays Converted 0 1 Power Play Opportunities 2 1 Time on Attack 6:13 4:14
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT 9:59 N Foligno (2), (E. Condra, E. Karlsson) PHI 14:55 D. Briere (1), (S. Hartnell, P. Kubina) SECOND PERIOD OTT 2:15 D. Alfredsson (4), (J. Spezza, C. Greening)
Philadelphia Flyers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Ilya Bryzgalov 26 24 92% 2.02
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 27 26 96% 1

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Dandy Andy: Gets the Shutout!

Jared Cowen came out with the lone-goal, as the Sens set the win streak to 4. This came half way through the 2nd. Anderson got 1st star again for his wonderful performance. He received a shutout, saving all 22 shots. The Jets needed this win, and are off to a slow start losing their past 3 games.

Winnipeg Jets at Ottawa Senators
Oct 20, 2011 1 2 3 F WPG (3-3-0) 0 0 0 0 OTT (4-2-0) 0 1 0 1 Three Stars Craig Anderson, (OTT) 0.00 GAA, 1.000 SV%, 22 SA Ondrej Pavelec, (WPG) 1.03 GAA, .966 SV%, 29 SA Jared Cowen 1G, 0A, 1 S	Team Stats Comparison WPG OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD OTT 9:37 J. Cowen (1), (S. Gonchar, N. Filatov)
Winnipeg Jets - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Ondrej Pavelec 29 28 97% 1.03
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 22 22 100% 0

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BREAKING NEWS

The Ottawa Senators have dealt their 2013 4th round pick to the Calgary Flames in exchange for a 2012 3rd round pick and LW Raitis Ivanans. We felt that we could not pass this opportunity up with Michalek sidelined for the next couple weeks. Ivanans will play the 3rd line LW until Michalek is healthy; and Filatov will be sent down to the Baby Sens. We decided we like the way Klinkhammer has been playing, and he will remain on 4th line.

Ivanans makes 0.548M this year. We welcome him to Ottawa.

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Sens extend win streak to 5, beat the struggling Bluejackets

The Sens couldn't do much better then tonight. Kyle Turris and Daniel Alfredsson both scored two goals, while the veteran Kuba had 3 assists. This also marked the first game that Ivanans played for Ottawa, Logging 10:41 ice time. Anderson faced only 28 shots, while Mason faced 40.

Columbus Blue Jackets at Ottawa Senators
Oct 22, 2011 1 2 3 F CBJ (1-4-2) 1 0 0 1 OTT (5-2-0) 1 1 2 4 Three Stars Kyle Turris (OTT) 2G, 0A, 6S Daniel Alfredsson, (OTT) 2G, 0A, 4S Filip Kuba, (OTT) 0G, 3A, 1S	Team Stats Comparison CBJ OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT 7:02 K Turris (2), (F. Kuba) CBJ 9:17 D. Brassard (2), (D. Dorsett, N. Nikitin) SECOND PERIOD OTT 6:11 K. Turris (3), (F. Kuba, B. Butler) THIRD PERIOD OTT D. Alfredsson (5), (M. Gilroy, J. Spezza) OTT D. Alfredsson (6), (F. Kuba, C. Phillips)
Columbus Blue Jackets - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Steve Mason 40 37 93% 3
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 29 28 97% 1.03

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Ward Up? Carolina dominates as Cam Ward makes 31 saves for the W

Ottawa got their ***'s handed to them in a 4-1 loss to the Hurricanes. Skinner has 2 goals, and Ward saved 31 out of 32 shots. This halts the Sens win streak at 5. Ivananas picked up his 1st point (assist) as a Senator when he assisted Condras goal in the 3rd period.

Ottawa Senators at Carolina Hurricanes
Oct 26, 2011 1 2 3 F OTT (6-2-0) 0 0 1 1 CAR (2-4-2) 1 3 0 4 Three Stars Cam Ward, (CAR) 1.00 GAA, .969 SV%, 32 SA Jeff Skinner, (CAR) 2G, 0A, 3S Eric Staal, (CAR) 1G, 0A, 4S	Team Stats Comparison OTT CAR Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD CAR 2:51 J. Skinner (3), (J. Pitkanen) SECOND PERIOD CAR 9:20 J. Skinner (4), (J.Tlusty) CAR 13:38 A. Steward (1), (J. Spacek) CAR 19:21 E. Stall (4), (J. McBain) THIRD PERIOD OTT 4:02 E. Condra (1), (S. Gonchar, R. Ivanans)
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Cam Ward 32 21 66% 1.00
Carolina Hurricanes - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 30 26 87% 4.00

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Around the League.

Waiver Claims:
Newest is on top.

NJ Claimed C Steve Begin from Nashville
NYI Claimed C Brian Sutherby from Edmonton
NYI Claimed LW Darcy Hordichuk from Edmonton
CBJ Claimed D Jeff Finger from Toronto

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Big win, Sens take it in the 3rd

This game was a rush, and a lot of goals were scored in the 1st and 3rd period. The Panthers just couldn't find the last two goals. They were outscored both in the 1st and the 3rd by 1 goal. Three out of the 6 goals scored for the Sens were by Veteran defense players. Gonchar, Kuba and Phillips each recorded their 1st goal of the season.

Samuelsson scored two goals for the Panthers, his 2nd and 3rd of the season to tie it up at 1:49 in the 3rd, while Garrison took the lead and made it 4-3 for Florida at 4:14 in the 3rd. Jason Spezza then Tied it up 7 minutes later, while Kuba got the lead and Spezza again scored the GWG.

What a Fantastic game.

Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators
Oct 27, 2011 1 2 3 F FLA (5-3-0) 2 0 2 4 OTT (6-3-0) 3 0 3 6 Three Stars Filip Kuba, (OTT) 1G, 1A, 2S Chris Phillips, (OTT) 1G, 1A, 4S Jason Spezza, (OTT) 2G, 0A, 5S	Team Stats Comparison FLA OTT Shots on Goal Hits Faceoffs Won-Lost Penalty Minutes Power Plays Converted Power Play Opportunities Time on Attack
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD OTT 2:41 S. Gonchar (1), (C. Greening, D. Alfredsson) OTT 5:10 C. Phillips (1), (Z. Smith, F. Kuba) FLA 5:34 M. Samuelsson (2), (E. Jovanovski, B. Campbell OTT 17:23 K. Turris (4), (S. Gonchar, E. Karlsson) FLA 19:09 M. Santorelli (1), (M. Strum) THIRD PERIOD FLA 1:49 M. Samuelsson (3), (B. Campbell, K. Versteeg) FLA 4:14 J. Garrison (3), )B. Campbell, J. Madden) OTT 11:29 J. Spezza (1), (R. Ivanans, C. Phillips) OTT 16:18 F. Kuba (1), (C. Nail, Z. Konopka) OTT 19:09 J.Spezza (2), (Z. Smith, M. Gilroy)
Florida Panthers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Craig Anderson 22 18 82% 4.00
Ottawa Senators - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Jose Theodore 32 27 84% 5.00

Game Notes:
Michalek came back from injury after game, took LW on 1st line, bumping everyone down a line.
Greening got injured and is due back in a week.