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After a 60 year absence from the NHL, the Ottawa Senators returned to the NHL for the 1992-93 season. The Senators played their home games at the Ottawa Civic Centre while the team's new arena, The Palladium, was being constructed. In order to bring the Civic Centre up to NHL standards, a number of renovations had to be made. In the summer of 1991, every seat in the arena was replaced, and later that year the press box renovations began, divisions being added to provide individual broadcasting booths. In early 1992, the roof was repainted, fire-proofed and insulated. New plexiglass, new players' benches as well as a new computerized ice plant to control temperature of the ice were installed in the summer of 1992. The City also painted all concourse areas and added television lights along the North Side. Over and above these, the hockey club oversaw a number of improvements to the dressing room areas, building individual lockers and a medical room. The Club added seats in sections 19 and 20, renovated the South Side balconies, put in new sound system and installed new scoreclocks behind the private boxes. Thirty-two private boxes were built by the Senators at a cost of $1.2 million, accomodating a further 300 fans, completing the NHL new look of the facility.
The Senators opened the season with a 5-3 victory over the visiting Montreal Canadiens on October 8, 1992. Neil Brady scored the first Senators' goal at 0:26 of the second period while Sylvain Turgeon scored what turned out to be the winner at 17:51 of the third period. Doug Smail added an empty net goal at 19:45 of the third to seal the victory. |
With the building renovations complete the focus changed to putting a team together. The first step was the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft held in Montreal on June 18, 1992. At the Expansion Draft the Senators selected 21 players from the other teams in the NHL. Next came the 1992 NHL Entry Draft held on June 20, 1992. The Senators selected Alexei Yashin with their first pick (2nd overall).|
The starting lineup for the historic game was as follows: |
| Goaltender | 31 | Peter Sidorkiewicz |
| Defense | 4 | Ken Hammond Brad Shaw |
| Left Wing | 61 | Sylvain Turgeon |
| Center | 12 | Neil Brady |
| Right Wing | 17 | Jody Hull |
PLAYER TEAM --------------------------------- SIDORKIEWICZ, PETER HARTFORD MARK LAFOREST NY RANGERS SHAW, BRAD NEW JERSEY RUMBLE, DARREN PHILADELPHIA LAVOIE, DOMINIC ST. LOUIS MILLER, BRAD BUFFALO HAMMOND, BRAD BOSTON PAYNTER, KENT WINNIPEG VAN KESSEL, JOHN LOS ANGELES TURGEON, SYLVAIN MONTREAL PELUSO, MIKE CHICAGO MURPHY, ROB VANCOUVER LAMB, MARK EDMONTON BOSCHMAN, LAURIE NEW JERSEY THOMSON, JIM LOS ANGELES LOACH, LONNIE DETROIT FREER, MARK PHILADELPHIA LINDBERG, CHRIS CALGARY LAZARO, JEFF BOSTON LEOWEN, DARCY BUFFALO ATCHEYNUM, BLAIR HARTFORD |
RD. PLAYER OVERALL ------------------------------- 1 YASHIN, ALEXEI 2 2 PENNEY, CHAD 25 3 TRAVERSE, PATRICK 50 4 HAMR, RADEK 73 5 GUERARD, DANIEL 98 6 SINCLAIR. AL 122 7 MIKLENDA, JAROSLAV 146 8 KENNEY, JAY 169 9 SAVOIE, CLAUDE 194 10 GRIMES, JAKE 217 11 JELINEK, TOMAS 242 11 RONNQUIST, PETTER 264 |
CLUB GP W L T GF GA PTS PCTG ------------------------------------------------ CHICAGO 84 47 25 12 279 230 106 .631 DETROIT 84 47 28 9 369 280 103 .613 TORONTO 84 44 29 11 288 241 99 .589 ST. LOUIS 84 37 36 11 282 278 85 .506 MINNESOTA 84 36 38 10 272 293 82 .488 TAMPA BAY 84 23 54 7 245 332 53 .315 |
CLUB GP W L T GF GA PTS PCTG ------------------------------------------------- VANCOUVER 84 46 29 9 346 278 101 .601 CALGARY 84 43 30 11 322 282 97 .577 LOS ANGELES 84 39 35 10 338 340 88 .524 WINNIPEG 84 40 37 7 322 320 87 .518 EDMONTON 84 26 50 8 242 337 60 .357 SAN JOSE 84 11 71 2 218 414 24 .143 |
CLUB GP W L T GF GA PTS PCTG ------------------------------------------------- BOSTON 84 51 26 7 332 268 109 .649 QUEBEC 84 47 27 10 351 300 104 .619 MONTREAL 84 48 30 6 326 280 102 .607 BUFFALO 84 38 36 10 335 297 86 .512 HARTFORD 84 26 52 6 284 369 58 .345 OTTAWA 84 10 70 4 202 395 24 .143 |
CLUB GP W L T GF GA PTS PCTG -------------------------------------------------- PITTSBURGH 84 56 21 7 367 268 119 .708 WASHINGTON 84 43 34 7 325 286 93 .554 NEW JERSEY 84 40 37 7 308 299 87 .518 NY ISLANDERS 84 40 37 7 335 297 87 .518 PHILADELPHIA 84 36 37 11 319 319 83 .494 NY RANGERS 84 34 39 11 304 308 79 .470 |
CLUB GP W L T GF GA PTS PCTG -------------------------------------------------- PITTSBURGH 84 56 21 7 367 268 119 .708 BOSTON 84 51 26 7 332 268 109 .649 QUEBEC 84 47 27 10 351 300 104 .619 MONTREAL 84 48 30 6 326 280 102 .607 WASHINGTON 84 43 34 7 325 286 93 .554 NEW JERSEY 84 40 37 7 308 299 87 .518 NY ISLANDERS 84 40 37 7 335 297 87 .518 BUFFALO 84 38 36 10 335 297 86 .512 PHILADELPHIA 84 36 37 11 319 319 83 .494 NY RANGERS 84 34 39 11 304 308 79 .470 HARTFORD 84 26 52 6 284 369 58 .345 OTTAWA 84 10 70 4 202 395 24 .143 |
CLUB GP W L T GF GA PTS PCTG ------------------------------------------------- CHICAGO 84 47 25 12 279 230 106 .631 DETROIT 84 47 28 9 369 280 103 .613 VANCOUVER 84 46 29 9 346 278 101 .601 TORONTO 84 44 29 11 288 241 99 .589 CALGARY 84 43 30 11 322 282 97 .577 LOS ANGELES 84 39 35 10 338 340 88 .524 WINNIPEG 84 40 37 7 322 320 87 .518 ST. LOUIS 84 37 36 11 282 278 85 .506 MINNESOTA 84 36 38 10 272 293 82 .488 EDMONTON 84 26 50 8 242 337 60 .357 TAMPA BAY 84 23 54 7 245 332 53 .315 SAN JOSE 84 11 71 2 218 414 24 .143 |
CLUB GP W L T GF GA PTS PCTG -------------------------------------------------- PITTSBURGH 84 56 21 7 367 268 119 .708 BOSTON 84 51 26 7 332 268 109 .649 CHICAGO 84 47 25 12 279 230 106 .631 QUEBEC 84 47 27 10 351 300 104 .619 DETROIT 84 47 28 9 369 280 103 .613 MONTREAL 84 48 30 6 326 280 102 .607 VANCOUVER 84 46 29 9 346 278 101 .601 TORONTO 84 44 29 11 288 241 99 .589 CALGARY 84 43 30 11 322 282 97 .577 WASHINGTON 84 43 34 7 325 286 93 .554 LOS ANGELES 84 39 35 10 338 340 88 .524 NEW JERSEY 84 40 37 7 308 299 87 .518 NY ISLANDERS 84 40 37 7 335 297 87 .518 WINNIPEG 84 40 37 7 322 320 87 .518 BUFFALO 84 38 36 10 335 297 86 .512 ST. LOUIS 84 37 36 11 282 278 85 .506 PHILADELPHIA 84 36 37 11 319 319 83 .494 MINNESOTA 84 36 38 10 272 293 82 .488 NY RANGERS 84 34 39 11 304 308 79 .470 EDMONTON 84 26 50 8 242 337 60 .357 HARTFORD 84 26 52 6 284 369 58 .345 TAMPA BAY 84 23 54 7 245 332 53 .315 SAN JOSE 84 11 71 2 218 414 24 .143 OTTAWA 84 10 70 4 202 395 24 .143 |
NO PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S
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22 Norm Maciver OTT 80 17 46 63 46- 84 7 1 2 0 184
13 Jamie Baker OTT 76 19 29 48 20- 54 10 0 2 0 160
61 Sylvain Turgeon OTT 72 25 18 43 29- 104 8 0 2 1 249
26 Bob Kudelski L.A. 15 3 3 6 3- 8 0 0 1 0 12
OTT 48 21 14 35 22- 22 12 0 2 0 125
TOTAL 63 24 17 41 25- 30 12 0 3 0 137
4 Brad Shaw OTT 81 7 34 41 47- 34 4 0 0 0 166
17 Jody Hull OTT 69 13 21 34 24- 14 5 1 0 1 134
7 Mark Lamb OTT 71 7 19 26 40- 64 1 0 0 0 123
44 Mike Peluso OTT 81 15 10 25 35- 318 2 0 1 0 93
11 Mark Freer OTT 63 10 14 24 35- 39 3 3 0 0 80
12 Neil Brady OTT 55 7 17 24 25- 57 5 0 0 0 68
20 Andrew McBain OTT 59 7 16 23 37- 43 1 0 0 0 71
16 Laurie Boschman OTT 70 9 7 16 26- 101 0 1 1 1 84
34 Darren Rumble OTT 69 3 13 16 24- 61 0 0 0 0 92
15 David Archibald OTT 44 9 6 15 16- 32 6 0 0 0 93
22 Doug Smail OTT 51 4 10 14 34- 51 0 0 0 0 73
25 Tomas Jelinek OTT 49 7 6 13 21- 52 0 0 0 0 60
23 Chris Luongo OTT 76 3 9 12 47- 68 1 0 0 0 76
28 Jeff Lazaro OTT 26 6 4 10 8- 16 0 1 0 0 38
18 Norm Maciver OTT 44 3 7 10 23- 30 0 0 0 0 55
10 Darcy Loewen OTT 79 4 5 9 26- 145 0 0 0 0 42
5 Ken Hammond OTT 62 4 4 8 42- 104 0 0 0 0 64
14 Brad Marsh OTT 59 0 3 3 29- 30 0 0 0 0 35
2 Jim Kyte OTT 4 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
27 Blair Atcheynum OTT 4 0 1 1 3- 0 0 0 0 0 2
32 Daniel BerthiaumOTT 25 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 Martin St.Amour OTT 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
33 Tony Cimellaro OTT 2 0 0 0 2- 0 0 0 0 0 44
30 Darrin Madeley OTT 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Radek Hamr OTT 4 0 0 0 4- 0 0 0 0 0 2
3 Kent Paynter OTT 86 0 0 0 7- 0 0 0 0 0 3
1 Steve Weeks OTT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 Brad Miller OTT 11 0 0 0 5- 42 0 0 0 0 2
31 Peter SidordiewiOTT 64 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
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NO PLAYER GP MINS AVG W L T EN SO GA SHOTS SV% -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 Daniel Berthiaume 25 1326 4.30 2 17 1 3 0 95 739 .871 31 Peter Sidorkiewicz 64 3388 4.43 8 46 3 7 0 250 1737 .856 30 Darrin Madeley 2 90 6.67 0 2 0 0 0 10 44 .773 1 Steve Weeks 7 249 7.23 0 5 0 0 0 30 144 .792 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Total 84 5074 4.67 10 70 4 10 0 395 2674 .852 |
