The 1992–93 Ottawa Senators season was the inaugural season of the modern Ottawa Senators. Despite winning the first game of the regular season on October 8, 1992, the Senators won only nine more en route to their worst season ever. The team recorded three NHL records that season: the longest home losing streak of eleven, from October 27 to December 8; the longest road losing streak with a total of 39, from October 10 to April 3 (nearly the whole season) and fewest road wins in a season, with just one victory.

Off-season

Team business

On June 2, 1992, the then city of Kanata gave approval of the ''Palladium'' project. On June 29, the club held ground-breaking ceremonies for the Palladium project at the site. The team was still seeking partners for financing the project and Ogden Corporation would back $120 million in loans on November 11. Actual construction would begin in 1994. On June 15,

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was named as the team's first head coach. Bowness was previously a head coach for the original Winnipeg Jets and

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. On July 29, 1992, team president and former Ottawa mayor,

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resigned.

Expansion and Entry drafts

Expansion Draft

The Senators participated in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft on June 18, 1992, to fill their roster for the 1992–93 NHL Season.

Entry Draft

Ottawa's draft picks at the

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, Quebec.

Transactions

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Pre-season

The Senators held their first training camp at the

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, on September 8. The team played its first game in

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against the

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. The game ends in a 1–1 tie, and the Senators first goal is scored by Neil Brady. The first game in Ottawa since re-joining the NHL is played on September 18. The

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defeat Ottawa 4–3. The first win by the Senators since re-entry into the NHL is recorded on September 24, a 4–3 win against the

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. Defenceman Brad Shaw scored the winning goal. On October 7, just before the start of the regular season, the Senators announce

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as the team's first captain.

Regular season

The Senators finished last in goals scored (202), wins (10), points (24, tied with the

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), even-strength goals scored (129), power-play goals for (66, tied with the

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and the San Jose Sharks), power play goals against (115) and power play % (14.73) and shooting percentage (8.9%; 202 goals on 2,281 shots). Two Senators recorded hat tricks during the regular season; Bob Kudelski scored one in a 3–2 victory over San Jose on Sunday, January 10, 1993 and Laurie Boschman scored one on Saturday, April 10, 1993, in a 5–3 win on the road against the New York Islanders.

Highlights

The new Senators played their first game on October 8, 1992, in the

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defeating the eventual Stanley Cup champion

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by a score of 5–3. The game was televised on

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and was in front of a sold-out

with 10,449 in attendance. The ceremonial face-off between

and

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was done by Frank Finnigan, Jr. (his father having died on Christmas Day, 1991), Bruce Firestone and Gil Stein. There was much pre-game spectacle—the skating of

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, the nine banners being raised to honour the original Senators' Stanley Cup wins, retirement of Frank Finnigan's jersey number and the singing of the anthem by

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. The game was attended by Russell Williams, an Ottawa fan who had witnessed the last Stanley Cup win in Ottawa in the 1927 Stanley Cup Final, and would later attend the games of the 2007 Stanley Cup Final, held in Ottawa.

Starting lineup

Starting players: *

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, goal * Ken Hammond, defence * Brad Shaw, defence * Neil Brady, centre *

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, right wing *

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, left wing Others: Mark Lamb,

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, Darcy Loewen, Jamie Baker,

, Andrew McBain,

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, Chris Luongo, Tomas Jelinek,

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, Darren Rumble, Mike Peluso, Steve Weeks :Source: Neil Brady scored the first goal for the modern-day Ottawa Senators franchise in the game. It would take the Sens 39 games to win a road game, in their third-to-last road game of the season. It would be the only road win for the Sens in the entire season, and the only points won on the road as well. After the season,

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was fired, and eventually, would be replaced by

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Final standings

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Transactions

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Player statistics

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Awards and records

Awards

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–

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selection –

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Milestones

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Farm teams

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) *

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References

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Off-season

Team business

Expansion and Entry drafts

Expansion Draft

Entry Draft

Transactions

June 1992

July 1992

August 1992

September 1992

Pre-season

Regular season

Highlights

Starting lineup

Final standings

Regular season

Transactions

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=December 1992

=February 1993

=March 1993

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Farm teams

See also

References