2005–06 Ottawa Senators season

The 2005–06 Ottawa Senators season was the 14th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). After one of their franchise-best regular seasons, finishing with 113 points, the Senators made it to the Eastern Conference Semi-final, in which the Buffalo Sabres eliminated Ottawa in five games.

2005–06 Ottawa Senators
Northeast Division champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	1st Eastern
2005–06 record	52–21–9
Home record	29–9–3
Road record	23–12–6
Goals for	314
Goals against	211
Team information
General manager	John Muckler
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains	Zdeno Chara Wade Redden
Arena	Corel Centre (renamed to Scotiabank Place during season)
Average attendance	19,474 (101.7%)
Team leaders
Goals	Dany Heatley (50)
Assists	Jason Spezza (71)
Points	Daniel Alfredsson and Dany Heatley (103)
Penalty minutes	Chris Neil (204)
Plus/minus	Wade Redden (+35)
Wins	Dominik Hasek (28)
Goals against average	Dominik Hasek (2.09)

Off-season

Changes occurred to the Senators roster before the season. First, Ottawa acquired the playoff-experienced goaltender Dominik Hasek for his Stanley Cup experience. Second, a blockbuster trade on August 23, 2005 involved Marian Hossa and Greg de Vries being sent to the Atlanta Thrashers for Dany Heatley. The trade occurred on the day that Hossa had signed a new contract. The value of Hossa's contract was beyond what General Manager John Muckler felt that Hossa was worth and so he was dealt away. Marian had led the Senators in scoring.

The Senators' arena, Scotiabank Place, its name since January 2006 since signing with Scotiabank for a 25-year, $25 million contract.

Regular season

Dany Heatley, together with Daniel Alfredsson and Jason Spezza, formed one of the NHL's top offensive lines,[1] dubbed the "CASH line" by fans in a contest held by the Ottawa Citizen. The name is made from the initials of Captain Alfredsson, Spezza, and Heatley.[2] Cash Line won out over finalists 'Dash Line' and 'Dazzle Line,' which Spezza reputedly despised and wanted to veto.[3] Another nickname the line picked up was the "Pizza Line", used by the Ottawa Sun, a rival to the Citizen.[4][5] However, during the press conference to introduce the teams for the 2007 Stanley Cup Final, Heatley went on record to say he likes the "CASH line" name.[6]

The Senators team sent nine players to the 2006 Winter Olympics as part of the NHL's commitment. Daniel Alfredsson, Zdeno Chara, Martin Havlat, Dany Heatley, Andrej Meszaros, Wade Redden, Christoph Schubert and Anton Volchenkov all played for their respective country's national teams, while Jason Spezza was named a substitute for Canada. The experience, however, was poor for the Senators: Dominik Hasek was having an impressive season prior to Olympic play, but the team lost him to a hamstring injury he suffered while playing for the Czech Republic. He would not play again for the Senators.

In addition to leading the NHL with most goals for (312, excluding shootout-winning goals), the Senators also led the NHL in shorthanded goals (25), scoring points (840) and shots on goal (2,811).[7][8]

Highlights

The "CASH line" made a dramatic and historic debut, playing in the first game of the 2005–06 season on October 5, 2005, against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto. In the pre-season, right winger Brandon Bochenski had been playing on the line as he had played with Spezza in the American Hockey League (AHL) during the 2004–05 NHL lockout. But with five minutes to go, with the Senators trailing, then Senators' Head Coach Bryan Murray replaced Bochenski with Daniel Alfredsson, who scored a game-tying goal with 62 seconds left. Heatley and Alfredsson would then go on to score the first shootout goals in NHL history to win the game that night.[9]

Other highlights of the Senators' season included an 8–0 road win over their Ontario rivals, the Maple Leafs, on October 29, 2005. Dany Heatley scored four consecutive goals in that game. Just four nights later, the Senators defeated the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo, 10–4. Martin Havlat and Daniel Alfredsson each scored four goals and Jason Spezza provided four assists. It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since January 11, 2003, when the Washington Capitals defeated the Florida Panthers at home by a score of 12–2.[10] It was also the first time that the Senators had scored ten goals in a regular-season game since November 13, 2001, when they defeated the Capitals 11–5 away in Washington, D.C.[11] On November 29, 2005, the Senators defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–0 and, in doing so, improved to a 19–3–0 record through their first 22 games of the regular season. Over that span, Ottawa outscored its opponents 102–45. Spezza had reached 41 points (11 goals and 30 assists) and Alfredsson had reached 40 points (20 goals and 20 assists) by this point. Heatley recorded a point in every one of these games and had 17 goals and 21 assists for 38 points.

In an 8–2 win over Toronto on December 17, 2005, the Senators set a franchise record for most power play goals scored in one game, with six.[12] On February 2, 2006, the Senators scored three short-handed goals in a 7–2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.[13] It was the second time in franchise history that the Senators scored three shorthanded goals in a single game, as the Senators had scored three shorthanded goals in a 5–2 home win over the Florida Panthers on November 18, 2000.[14]

Dany Heatley became the first Senator in franchise history to reach 100 points on April 13, 2006, recording two assists during a 5–4 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers and five days later became the first Senator to score 50 goals in a season. Meanwhile, defenceman Wade Redden became the first Senator to win the NHL Plus/Minus Award, tied with New York Ranger Michal Rozsival, with a +35 rating. Despite missing 14 games, Jason Spezza finished second in the NHL in assists, with 71.

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	4	Buffalo Sabres	82	52	24	6	281	239	110
3	7	Montreal Canadiens	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
4	9	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
5	13	Boston Bruins	82	29	37	16	230	266	74

[15] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime/Shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[16]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
3	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
4	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	52	24	6	242	239	110
5	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
6	X- New York Rangers	AT	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
8	X- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
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9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
11	Florida Panthers	SE	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
12	New York Islanders	AT	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	29	37	16	230	266	74
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	29	41	12	237	306	70
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

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October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Ottawa	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs	SO	Hasek	19,452	1–0–0	2
2	October 8	Buffalo Sabres	0–5	Ottawa		Hasek	19,661	2–0–0	4
3	October 10	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–6	Ottawa	SO	Hasek	18,680	3–0–0	6
4	October 11	Ottawa	4–2	Montreal Canadiens		Emery	21,273	4–0–0	8
5	October 15	Boston Bruins	1–5	Ottawa		Hasek	19,379	5–0–0	10
6	October 21	Ottawa	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning		Hasek	20,494	6–0–0	12
7	October 24	Ottawa	2–3	Carolina Hurricanes		Hasek	12,116	6–1–0	12
8	October 27	Montreal Canadiens	3–4	Ottawa	OT	Emery	18,840	7–1–0	14
9	October 29	Ottawa	8–0	Toronto Maple Leafs		Hasek	19,480	8–1–0	16
10	October 30	Philadelphia Flyers	5–3	Ottawa		Hasek	19,335	8–2–0	16

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
11	November 2	Ottawa	10–4	Buffalo Sabres		Emery	13,905	9–2–0	18
12	November 3	Tampa Bay Lightning	4–2	Ottawa		Hasek	18,604	10–2–0	20
13	November 5	New York Islanders	0-6	Ottawa		Hasek	19,776	11–2–0	22
14	November 10	Ottawa	5–2	Boston Bruins		Hasek	17,159	12–2–0	24
15	November 12	Buffalo Sabres	1–6	Ottawa		Emery	19,414	13–2–0	26
16	November 15	Carolina Hurricanes	2–1	Ottawa		Hasek	19,544	13–3–0	26
17	November 17	Florida Panthers	1–4	Ottawa		Hasek	18,650	14–3–0	28
18	November 19	New Jersey Devils	4–5	Ottawa		Emery	19,534	15–3–0	30
19	November 22	Ottawa	5–3	Carolina Hurricanes		Hasek	13,427	16–3–0	32
20	November 25	Ottawa	6–2	New York Islanders		Hasek	15,564	17–3–0	35
21	November 26	Boston Bruins	2–4	Ottawa		Hasek	19,691	18–3–0	36
22	November 29	Montreal Canadiens	0–4	Ottawa		Emery	19,858	19–3–0	38

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
23	December 1	Ottawa	0–3	Boston Bruins		Hasek	15,639	19–4–0	38
24	December 2	Los Angeles Kings	1–5	Ottawa		Hasek	19,671	20–4–0	40
25	December 5	Ottawa	6–3	Florida Panthers		Hasek	10,883	21–4–0	42
26	December 9	Ottawa	2–3	Vancouver Canucks	SO	Hasek	18,630	21–4–1	44
27	December 10	Ottawa	1–2	Calgary Flames	OT	Emery	19,289	21–4–2	44
28	December 12	Ottawa	6–2	Colorado Avalanche		Hasek	18,007	22–4–2	46
29	December 15	Dallas Stars	2–0	Ottawa		Emery	19,598	22–5–2	46
30	December 17	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–8	Ottawa		Hasek	19,935	23–5–2	48
31	December 20	Ottawa	3–4	Montreal Canadiens	SO	Hasek	21,273	23–5–3	49
32	December 22	Ottawa	3–4	Philadelphia Flyers		Hasek	19,817	23–6–3	49
33	December 23	Ottawa	4–2	New York Islanders		Emery	11,425	24–6–3	51
34	December 26	New York Rangers	2–6	Ottawa		Hasek	19,806	25–6–3	53
35	December 28	Carolina Hurricanes	2–6	Ottawa		Hasek	20,050	26–6–3	55
36	December 30	New York Islanders	3–4	Ottawa		Emery	20,055	27–6–3	57

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
37	January 2	Ottawa	3–8	Atlanta Thrashers		Emery	12,536	27–7–3	57
38	January 4	Ottawa	3–1	Washington Capitals		Hasek	10,047	28–7–3	59
39	January 5	Ottawa	2–4	Boston Bruins		Hasek	15,481	28–8–3	59
40	January 7	Ottawa	1–4	Montreal Canadiens		Hasek	21,273	28–9–3	59
41	January 10	Phoenix Coyotes	2–7	Ottawa		Hasek	19,773	29–9–3	61
42	January 12	San Jose Sharks	2–0	Ottawa		Hasek	19,538	29–10–3	61
43	January 14	Ottawa	5–3	Edmonton Oilers		Hasek	16,839	30–10–3	63
44	January 16	Ottawa	6–1	Minnesota Wild		Hasek	18,568	31–10–3	65
45	January 19	Anaheim Ducks	4–3	Ottawa	SO	Hasek	19,387	31–10–4	66
46	January 21	Toronto Maple Leafs	0–7	Ottawa		Hasek	20,093	32–10–4	68
47	January 23	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–4	Ottawa		Hasek	19,865	33–10–4	70
48	January 26	Montreal Canadiens	0–3	Ottawa		Hasek	19,908	34–10–4	72
49	January 30	Boston Bruins	5–0	Ottawa		Emery	19,551	34–11–4	72

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
50	February 1	Ottawa	3–5	New Jersey Devils		Hasek	10,142	34–12–4	72
51	February 2	Ottawa	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins		Hasek	14,714	35–12–4	74
52	February 4	Ottawa	1–2	Buffalo Sabres	SO	Hasek	17,451	35–12–5	75
53	February 6	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	Ottawa		Emery	19,877	36–12–5	77
54	February 8	Ottawa	1–5	New York Rangers		Hasek	18,200	36–13–5	77
55	February 9	Atlanta Thrashers	2–1	Ottawa		Hasek	19,604	36–14–5	77
56	February 11	Philadelphia Flyers	2–3	Ottawa		Hasek	19,834	37–14–5	79

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
57	March 1	Ottawa	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins		Emery	14,026	38–14–5	81
58	March 2	Washington Capitals	1–7	Ottawa		Emery	19,346	39–14–5	83
59	March 4	Ottawa	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs		Emery	19,486	40–14–5	85
60	March 6	Ottawa	4–0	Tampa Bay Lightning		Emery	19,855	41–14–5	87
61	March 8	Ottawa	2–6	Florida Panthers		Emery	15,196	41–15–5	87
62	March 10	Ottawa	3–1	Atlanta Thrashers		Emery	15,057	42–15–5	89
63	March 12	Ottawa	5–2	Washington Capitals		Emery	15,740	43–15–5	91
64	March 14	Tampa Bay Lightning	3–4	Ottawa		Emery	19,810	44–15–5	93
65	March 16	Ottawa	2–3	Boston Bruins	SO	Emery	15,066	44–15–6	94
66	March 18	Buffalo Sabres	2–4	Ottawa		Emery	19,947	45–15–6	96
67	March 19	Ottawa	4–0	New Jersey Devils		Emery	14,681	46–15–6	98
68	March 21	Pittsburgh Penguins	2–5	Ottawa		Emery	19,360	47–15–6	100
69	March 24	Ottawa	3–1	Buffalo Sabres		Emery	18,690	48–15–6	102
70	March 25	Ottawa	3–6	Philadelphia Flyers		Emery	19,869	48–16–6	103
71	March 28	New Jersey Devils	3–2	Ottawa	SO	Emery	18,668	48–16–7	103
72	March 30	New York Rangers	1–4	Ottawa		Emery	18,710	49–16–7	105

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
73	April 1	Washington Capitals	1–0	Ottawa		Emery	19,403	49–17–7	105
74	April 3	Atlanta Thrashers	4–6	Ottawa		Emery	18,742	50–17–7	107
75	April 5	Ottawa	4–5	Buffalo Sabres	OT	Emery	17,622	50–17–8	108
76	April 6	Montreal Canadiens	5–3	Ottawa		Emery	19,929	50–18–8	108
77	April 8	Buffalo Sabres	6–2	Ottawa		Emery	19,575	50–19–8	108
78	April 10	Ottawa	2–3	Montreal Canadiens		Emery	21,273	50–20–8	108
79	April 11	Boston Bruins	3–4	Ottawa	OT	Morrison	18,279	51–20–8	110
80	April 13	Florida Panthers	5–4	Ottawa	OT	Morrison	19,173	51–20–9	111
81	April 15	Ottawa	1–5	Toronto Maple Leafs		Emery	19,410	51–21–9	111
82	April 18	Ottawa	5–1	New York Rangers		Emery	18,200	52–21–9	113

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

The Ottawa Senators ended the 2005–06 regular season as the Eastern Conference's first seed, qualifying for the playoffs for the ninth time in the franchise's 13 seasons of play.

Ray Emery took over the starting goaltender duties; he became the first rookie netminder since Philadelphia's Brian Boucher in 2000 to win a playoff series when the Senators defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, four games to one. The Senators were then defeated by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round, four games to one.

After the playoff loss, Senators owner Eugene Melnyk comforted fans in an open letter by saying that their team would not only win the Stanley Cup in the future but, once they had it, they would, he boasted, "hoard" it year after year.[18]

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 21	Tampa Bay	1–4	Ottawa		Emery	19,660	1–0
2	April 23	Tampa Bay	4–3	Ottawa		Emery	19,745	1–1
3	April 25	Ottawa	8–4	Tampa Bay		Emery	20,815	2–1
4	April 27	Ottawa	5–2	Tampa Bay		Emery	20,682	3–1
5	April 29	Tampa Bay	2–3	Ottawa		Emery	20,004	4–1

Ottawa wins series 4–1.

Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 5	Buffalo	7–6	Ottawa	OT	Emery	19,544	0–1
2	May 8	Buffalo	2–1	Ottawa		Emery	19,816	0–2
3	May 10	Ottawa	2–3	Buffalo	OT	Emery	18,690	0–3
4	May 11	Ottawa	2–1	Buffalo		Emery	18,690	1–3
5	May 13	Buffalo	3–2	Ottawa	OT	Emery	20,024	1–4

Buffalo wins series 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Dany Heatley	LW	82	50	53	103	86	29	23	2	7
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	77	43	60	103	50	29	16	5	8
Jason Spezza	C	68	19	71	90	33	23	7	0	5
Peter Schaefer	LW	82	20	30	50	40	16	4	4	2
Wade Redden	D	65	10	40	50	63	35	8	0	4
Bryan Smolinski	C	81	17	31	48	46	8	4	0	5
Mike Fisher	C	68	22	22	44	64	23	2	4	3
Zdeno Chara	D	71	16	27	43	135	17	10	1	3
Andrej Meszaros	D	82	10	29	39	61	34	5	0	2
Brian Pothier	D	77	5	30	35	59	29	3	0	0
Antoine Vermette	C	82	21	12	33	44	17	1	6	4
Chris Neil	RW	79	16	17	33	204	9	8	0	0
Chris Kelly	C/LW	82	10	20	30	76	21	1	0	2
Patrick Eaves	RW	58	20	9	29	22	7	5	1	4
Vaclav Varada	RW	76	5	16	21	50	2	1	0	0
Chris Phillips	D	69	1	18	19	90	19	0	0	0
Anton Volchenkov	D	75	4	13	17	53	21	0	0	0
Martin Havlat	RW	18	9	7	16	4	6	2	1	1
Brandon Bochenski	RW	20	6	7	13	14	7	2	0	0
Christoph Schubert	D	56	4	6	10	48	4	0	1	0
Brian McGrattan	RW	60	2	3	5	141	0	0	0	0
Tyler Arnason	C	19	0	4	4	4	−4	0	0	0
Steve Martins	C	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
Denis Hamel	LW	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Emery	G	39	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Mike Morrison	G	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dominik Hasek	G	43	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0
Tomas Malec	D	2	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0
Brad Norton	D	7	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0
Filip Novak	D	11	0	0	0	4	−2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Dominik Hasek	2584	43	28	10	4	90	2.09	5	1202	1112	.925
Ray Emery	2168	39	23	11	4	102	2.82	3	1045	943	.902
Mike Morrison	207	4	1	0	1	12	3.48	0	96	84	.875
Team:	4959	82	52	21	9	204	2.47	8	2343	2139	.913

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Jason Spezza	C	10	5	9	14	2	−1	3	0	1
Martin Havlat	RW	10	7	6	13	4	0	3	0	1
Dany Heatley	LW	10	3	9	12	11	1	3	0	1
Daniel Alfredsson	RW	10	2	8	10	4	2	1	0	0
Wade Redden	D	9	2	8	10	10	−2	2	0	1
Peter Schaefer	LW	10	2	5	7	14	2	0	0	0
Bryan Smolinski	C	10	3	3	6	2	3	1	0	0
Mike Fisher	C	10	2	2	4	12	1	0	1	0
Zdeno Chara	D	10	1	3	4	23	0	1	0	0
Anton Volchenkov	D	9	0	4	4	8	1	0	0	0
Brian Pothier	D	8	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0
Chris Phillips	D	9	2	0	2	6	−2	0	0	0
Antoine Vermette	C	10	2	0	2	4	−1	0	0	1
Vaclav Varada	RW	8	0	2	2	12	−2	0	0	0
Patrick Eaves	RW	10	1	0	1	10	−3	0	0	0
Andrej Meszaros	D	10	1	0	1	18	0	0	0	0
Chris Neil	RW	10	1	0	1	14	−1	0	0	0
Ray Emery	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christoph Schubert	D	7	0	1	1	4	3	0	0	0
Chris Kelly	C/LW	10	0	0	0	2	−4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ray Emery	604	10	5	5	29	2.88	0	289	260	.900
Team:	604	10	5	5	29	2.88	0	289	260	.900

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

• Molson Cup – Daniel Alfredsson
• NHL Plus/Minus Award – Wade Redden
• Second NHL All-Star Team – Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley, Zdeno Chara

Transactions

Trades

July 30, 2005	To Minnesota Wild Todd White	To Ottawa Senators Minnesota's fourth-round pick 2005 Draft (Cody Bass)
August 23, 2005	To Atlanta Thrashers Marian Hossa Greg de Vries	To Ottawa Senators Dany Heatley
October 5, 2005	To Florida Panthers future considerations (Ottawa's sixth-round pick in 2007 Draft)	To Ottawa Senators Filip Novak
March 9, 2006	To Chicago Blackhawks Brandon Bochenski Ottawa's second-round pick in 2006 Draft	To Ottawa Senators Tyler Arnason

Received from waivers

Player	Former Team
G Mike Morrison	Edmonton Oilers

Roster

2005–06 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders 1 – Ray Emery  30 – Mike Morrison  39 – Dominik Hasek		Defencemen 2 – Brian Pothier  3 – Zdeno Chara  – A 4 – Chris Phillips  5 – Christoph Schubert  6 – Wade Redden  – A 14 – Andrej Meszaros  17 – Filip Novak  24 – Anton Volchenkov  33 – Brad Norton  42 – Tomas Malec	Wingers 9 – Martin Havlat  10 – Tyler Arnason  10 – Brandon Bochenski  11 – Daniel Alfredsson  – C 15 – Dany Heatley  16 – Brian McGrattan  25 – Chris Neil  26 – Vaclav Varada  27 – Peter Schaefer  44 – Patrick Eaves  45 – Denis Hamel		Centres 12 – Mike Fisher  19 – Jason Spezza  20 – Antoine Vermette  21 – Bryan Smolinski  22 – Chris Kelly  36 – Steve Martins  GM: John Muckler Coach: Bryan Murray

Sources:

• "NHL.com – Player Search". NHL. Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2010.

Draft picks

Ottawa's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	9	Brian Lee (D)	USA	Ottawa Senators	Moorhead High School (USHS-MN)
3	70	Vitali Anikienko (D)	Russia	Ottawa Senators	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
4	95	Cody Bass (C)	Canada	Ottawa Senators (from Colorado Avalanche)	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
4	98	Ilya Zubov (C)	Russia	Ottawa Senators (from St. Louis)	Chelyabinsk (Russia)
4	115	Janne Kolehmainen (LW)	Finland	Ottawa Senators	SaiPa (SM-liiga)
5	136	Tomas Kudelka (D)	Czech Republic	Ottawa Senators	HC Zlín Jr. (Czech Jr.)
6	186	Dmitri Megalinsky	Russia	Ottawa Senators	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
7	204	Colin Greening	Canada	Ottawa Senators	Upper Canada College (CCL)

Farm teams

• Binghamton Senators (American Hockey League)
• Charlotte Checkers (ECHL)

See also

• 2005–06 NHL Season

References

1. Garrioch, Bruce (October 30, 2007). "Team Reports". The Hockey News.
2. "The Cash Line easily wins the vote". Ottawa Citizen. November 17, 2005. p. C1.
3. Brennan, Don (November 13, 2005). "Saturday night's all right". Ottawa Sun/Slam Sports. Retrieved November 29, 2007.
4. Garrioch, Bruce (October 2, 2007). "Pizza Line Ordered Up". Ottawa Sun.
5. The name refers to a promotion instituted by a pizza company chain to provide a free slice of pizza to all attending when the Senators scored five goals in a game. The line increased the number of times the Senators scored five per game, and the pizza company had to change its promotion to six goals.
6. Panzeri, Allen (May 28, 2007). "Sens carry a nation's hopes; Ducks hope playing with less pressure is to their advantage". Calgary Herald. p. D1.
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8. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2006.html
9. "Sens Edge Leafs in First Shootout". TSN.ca. Canadian Press. October 6, 2005. Archived from the original on February 20, 2006. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
10. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200301110WSH.html
11. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200111130WSH.html
12. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200512170OTT.html
13. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200602020PIT.html
14. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200011180OTT.html
15. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
16. "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
17. "Ottawa Senators Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
18. TSN.ca Staff with CP, Ottawa Senators' files (2006). "Melnyk confident Sens will be a dynasty". TSN.ca. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
19. "2005-06 Ottawa Senators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2009.

External links

• Official website of the Ottawa Senators