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Stadium:
Scotiabank Place
Scotiabank Place (French: Place Banque Scotia), formerly the Corel Centre, is an 19,000 seat arena in Ottawa, Ontario Canada and home to the NHL's Ottawa Senators. Besides ice hockey, the arena holds other events, such as rock concerts, figure skating shows and other entertainment. It is also home to several restaurants, a fitness complex and several businesses.

Seating Chart:
Scotiabank Place Seating Chart

Team History:
The NHL's planned 1992 expansion had several strong contenders, but starting in 1989, original owner Bruce Firestone put together a bid to bring NHL hockey back to Ottawa. Firestone was President & CEO of Terrace Investments, a local commercial real estate development company. Current Senators chief operating officer Cyril Leeder was President of Terrace, and Bell Sensplex Executive Director Randy Sexton was vice president. In June 1989, the group announced their intentions to acquire an NHL franchise and to build a $55 million, 22,500 seat arena in Kanata, then a suburb of Ottawa and now part of the city. 18,000 fans sent in $25 pledges toward season-tickets. The theme song for the franchise drive was Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down". The group employed the last surviving original Senator to win a Stanley Cup, Frank Finnigan, as its public face, and intended for Finnigan to drop the first puck if they emerged victorious. The Senators' bid had been considered something of a long-shot, but the NHL executives were reportedly impressed by the Ottawa presentation, and the fact that the group was willing to pay the $50 million franchise fee. On December 6, 1990, the new Senators group was approved to purchase one of the two franchises (along with the Tampa Bay Lightning) to start play in the 1992-93 season.

Season Preview:
No matter how much we make sport of the Senators' considerable playoff shortcomings, they remain one of the league's elite teams. This season will be no different even though GM John Muckler has been forced by the economic constraints of the new collective bargaining agreement to make some difficult decisions. Those include walking away from free-agent defenseman Zdeno Chara and dealing burgeoning star Martin Havlat and Bryan Smolinski to Chicago. It wasn't all bad news for the Senators as Muckler managed to shore up his goaltending with the acquisition of dependable Martin Gerber and promising defensemen Joe Corvo and Tom Preissing. That the Senators should reach the 100-point mark for the sixth time in the last eight NHL seasons will matter little, however, if they cannot live up to expectations next spring.

Official Site:
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