Thursday, 09 February 2012 17:18

Phillips Hits 1000, Fisher Returns

For the Ottawa Senators, the most important thing is finding a way to bust out of an ugly slump against a tough Nashville Predators team.

With that said, there will be plenty of other storylines to watch for tonight at SBP.  Defenceman Chris Phillips will play his 1000th game in the NHL, all in a Sens uniform and Mike Fisher will return to the Ottawa for the first time since last season's trade.

For defenceman Chris Phillips it will be a special night as he hits an impressive milestone in front of friends and family at SBP. 

Drafted 1st overall in 1996, Phillips has been a steady as they come on the Sens blueline and will be forever remembered for scoring one of the biggest goals in franchise history.  In the five seasons leading up to this one, Phillips, who is as durable as they come, missed just one regular season game.

Big Rig is just the 46th player in NHL history to play 1000 games with the same team.

The other major storyline is the return of fan favourite, Mike Fisher.  Like Phillips, Fisher was a pillar in the community and a face of the franchise both on and off the ice.  Images like this one really show what Mike Fisher was all about.

When the Sens traded Fisher almost a year ago to the day, it sent shock waves through the Ottawa fan base.  Fisher was one of the most beloved players in the history of the Sens organization and while fans knew a trade was possible, it was still tough to see him go.  It will be great for the Ottawa fans to have a chance to recognize Fisher tonight.

And while Big Rig's milestone and Fisher's return are grabbing the headlines, this is a hockey game the Sens have to win.

Coming into this one having lost seven straight, the Sens will turn to Alex Auld for the first time in 2012.  Auld's last start came back on December 30th against the Calgary Flames.  MacLean will also shuffle his line up a little bit as Matt Carkner and Zenon Konopka will be healthy scratches in favour of Brian Lee and Bobby Butler.

Here is how the Sens are expected to line up.

Michalek-Spezza-Butler
Greening-Turris-Alfredsson
Daugavins-Smith-Condra
Foligno-O'Brien-Neil

Kuba-Karlsson
Cowen-Gonchar
Phillips-Lee

Puck drop is scheduled for just after 7:30 PM with all the action available on Sportsnet and Team 1200.  Keep an eye on the comment section for any streams that become available closer to game time.

  • In Sens prospect news, Ottawa 67's star Shane Prince was named the OHL's player of the month for January.  Prince racked up 24 points in just 12 games and was an impressive +16 over that stretch.
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+6 #1 RUSHRLZ 2012-02-09 17:20
What an exciting game it will be tonight and i can really feel it in my gut that we are about to pull out of this snide we're in and get back on track.
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+5 #2 Sensnation 2012-02-09 17:31
I heard a stat on the team 1200 this morning that Phillips is 1 of 4 players all-time in the NHL to be drafted 1st overall and play 1000 games with the same team. Pretty awesome!
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+5 #3 hamany 2012-02-09 17:36
Very happy to see Phillips reach 1000 games!
Can't wait to see fisher!
Hope we win!
Gooooo sens gooooo!
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+2 #4 SensChirp 2012-02-09 17:36
Quoting Sensnation:
I heard a stat on the team 1200 this morning that Phillips is 1 of 4 players all-time in the NHL to be drafted 1st overall and play 1000 games with the same team. Pretty awesome!

Yep. Perreault, Potvin, Modano & Phillips.
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0 #5 Hax 2012-02-09 17:45
Wish I was going tonight. Rarely miss a game when I'm in town but traded my tickets for this one to help out a friend.

I hope the Sens faithful give Phillips and Fisher the respect they both deserve. Of course, if the Sens could manage to build up a 2 goal lead before the in-house recognition of either guy that would help the fans I'm sure.

I dread what would happen if they acknowledge Phillips when we're down 3-0 or something - especially if Phillips is -2 at the time.
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0 #6 Hax 2012-02-09 17:54
'Chirp - can you confirm that the official celebration (i.e. with the ceremony, towels/t-shirts etc) for Phillips 1000th is Saturday? Like they did with Alfie by celebrating the following game?
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+2 #7 The Apostle 2012-02-09 17:55
best eyes in hockey

sigh
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0 #8 ShaunK 2012-02-09 17:56
Foligno on the 4th line? Smh
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+1 #9 AlfieforMayor11 2012-02-09 18:00
I'm going to have to leave my Karlsson jersey at home tonight and rock my Fisher jersey at the game. I wish it was Phillips that was traded last deadline and not the Fish-man. I know it's not a nice thing to say about a guy who's playing his 1000th game with the franchise but I've just never been a fan of the "big rig". He's a great guy and he's great in the community but I think Sens fans have always overrated him as a hockey player.
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0 #10 SensChirp 2012-02-09 18:00
Quoting Hax:
'Chirp - can you confirm that the official celebration (i.e. with the ceremony, towels/t-shirts etc) for Phillips 1000th is Saturday? Like they did with Alfie by celebrating the following game?

Yep, that's what they said at Tuesday's game.
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0 #11 Hax 2012-02-09 18:03
Quoting SensChirp:
Quoting Hax:
'Chirp - can you confirm that the official celebration (i.e. with the ceremony, towels/t-shirts etc) for Phillips 1000th is Saturday? Like they did with Alfie by celebrating the following game?

Yep, that's what they said at Tuesday's game.


Thanks.
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0 #12 Hax 2012-02-09 18:08
Quoting AlfieforMayor11:
I'm going to have to leave my Karlsson jersey at home tonight and rock my Fisher jersey at the game. I wish it was Phillips that was traded last deadline and not the Fish-man. I know it's not a nice they to say about a guy who's playing his 1000th game with the franchise but I've just never been a fan of the "big rig". He's a great guy and he's great in the community but I think Sens fans have always overrated him as a hockey player.


That's the curse of the stay-at-home D. While I will freely admit Phillips' play the past two seasons has been below what it used to be, you simply can't win friends as a stay-at-home guy.

You only get noticed when someone scores and all the while you're playing heavy minutes, sometimes double-shifted, against the most dangerous lines in the NHL.

My overall opinion of Phillips isn't stained much by the past two years. I still look at the 25+ minute nights he's put in against the other team's top line and powerplay. Or Crosby saying (in an interview where he wasn't in Ottawa) that Phillips was one of the toughest D to play against. Every coach the Sens have ever had would toss Phillips out there with the game on the line.

THAT says more to me than some +/- stat or his recent struggles.

Remember: we're not trying to win a cup this year or next. By the time this team is ready to really make a run Phillips will either be gone already or on the block (or, maybe, back in form where he can help our third pairing). Get off the dude's back and thank him for the 1000 games of service.
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+1 #13 jakester 2012-02-09 18:11
C'mon SENS lets win this one. Every game I SIT WITH 2 - 4 YEAR OLD BOYS ON EACH SIDE OF ME AT HOME AND THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY DOWN ABOUT ALL THIS LOSING. LETS GET A WIN TONIGHT!

GO SENS GO!
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0 #14 yawnzzz 2012-02-09 18:22
is that it, only 1000?.. I thought Phillips was older than that..

ZING
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0 #15 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2012-02-09 19:29
Glad to welcome back my ultimate favorite hockey player, and the single reason I became a Sens fan!

Grown man actually shed tears when Mike got traded.

Absolute must win.
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+1 #16 lbernier 2012-02-09 19:30
stream anybody
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0 #17 lbernier 2012-02-09 19:36
http://hockeynightt.blogspot.com/2011/10/2.html
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+1 #18 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2012-02-09 19:46
What a goal.
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+1 #19 SensFanInMTL 2012-02-09 19:47
Dat was a phucking bomb!
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0 #20 RUSHRLZ 2012-02-09 19:49
BAHP! BAHP! As goes Spezza, so do our Sens! Keep'er up boys!
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0 #21 MattZ 2012-02-09 19:49
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? i missed the goal, can anybody fill me in?
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+1 #22 AlfieforMayor11 2012-02-09 19:51
Hell of a game so far.
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0 #23 Smith 2012-02-09 19:52
Quoting yawnzzz:
LOL X 10


PHILLIPS gets cheered his fake cheers, then he sets up his team mate with a suicide pass

THEN he gives the puck away giving Nashville a great chance


CLASSIC PHILLIPS



lol thought the same thing.
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+2 #24 SensChirp 2012-02-09 19:53
Haha anti-Phillips comments will not be tolerated tonight. :)
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0 #25 AlfieforMayor11 2012-02-09 19:54
Quoting SensChirp:
Haha anti-Phillips comments will not be tolerated tonight. :)


Come on Chirp that was a pretty brutal shift
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0 #26 yawnzzz 2012-02-09 19:55
Quoting SensChirp:
Haha anti-Phillips comments will not be tolerated tonight. :)

But they will be unanimous haha :)
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0 #27 SensChirp 2012-02-09 19:56
Quoting AlfieforMayor11:
Quoting SensChirp:
Haha anti-Phillips comments will not be tolerated tonight. :)


Come on Chirp that was a pretty brutal shift

Haha unfortunate timing that's for sure.
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+1 #28 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2012-02-09 19:57
Michalek is as cold as ice cream. Right in the slot the guy is fanning on shots and missing wide.
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0 #29 MacK 2012-02-09 19:58
I know it's just the first period but it sure is nice to see our team play to their full potential like we have seen for much of the year! GO SENS GO!!!!
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+3 #30 SensFanInMTL 2012-02-09 20:02
Atta boy, Condra. Team looks to be playing much better. Great to witness it live.
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0 #31 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2012-02-09 20:09
Assist to Gonchar on the nice screen.
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-1 #32 yawnzzz 2012-02-09 20:10
Is Michalek bashing still ok?? ...
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+2 #33 WeAreSensFans! 2012-02-09 20:24
hartnell is my hero, see the highlights when he scores on rymer you see him say "suck it phanuf" and then they scrap!

can we please trade for hartnell?

maybe they'll take carkner and the dog for him...?? ;p
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+2 #34 SensFanInMTL 2012-02-09 20:35
Quoting WeAreSensFans!:
hartnell is my hero, see the highlights when he scores on rymer you see him say "suck it phanuf" and then they scrap!

can we please trade for hartnell?

maybe they'll take carkner and the dog for him...?? ;p

Scott Hartnell for Daugavins and Carkner, ok chief.
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-2 #35 beadler01 2012-02-09 20:35
I so fed up with our power play. Just a fuckin joke. Frustrating to watch.
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0 #36 SensFanInMTL 2012-02-09 20:38
Abysmal powerplay. So horrible to watch.
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0 #37 WeAreSensFans! 2012-02-09 20:41
^ we are trying to be fancy, its hurting our play.
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0 #38 ShaunK 2012-02-09 20:41
am I the only one that thought the Nashville goal was too many men?
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+1 #39 Dirk Diggler 2012-02-09 20:42
Chris Phillips!!!!!!! !!!!!!! Good for ya man
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+4 #40 yawnzzz 2012-02-09 20:42
ah What the hell...
First and last time I will type


PHILLIPS BABY!!!!!!!!!
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+3 #41 AlfieforMayor11 2012-02-09 20:43
Hahaha way to silence the critics there Phillips. Now just don't cause a goal against tonight.
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+1 #42 Guillaume 2012-02-09 20:43
Good thing for Phillips. He's taken a lot of steam this season - and rightfully so at some times - but this is a good night for this to happen to him.
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0 #43 Colin 2012-02-09 20:44
Quoting yawnzzz:
ah What the hell...
First and last time I will type


PHILLIPS BABY!!!!!!!!!



Damn right! Now, give him some PP time! :-)
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+3 #44 Andrews Theory 2012-02-09 20:46
Great way to spend game 1000...

thata boy Phillips!
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0 #45 yawnzzz 2012-02-09 20:52
anyone see cowen on that goal.. just chasing guys left to right, wiggling his stick?!?!

lol
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0 #46 MattZ 2012-02-09 20:54
Great powerplay by us, bullshit call on us, they score on us. Man the NHL must really hate the sens
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0 #47 MattZ 2012-02-09 20:56
Fuck you refs
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+5 #48 willie_008 2012-02-09 20:57
K, can we get a SAVE? Also time for Daugavins to go back to Bingo. He's got hands like a burn victim
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0 #49 captainohmycaptain11 2012-02-09 20:59
I don't know what we did to them but refs don't like us for sure... And it's been like this since I've started watching the sens...
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+1 #50 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2012-02-09 21:06
FINALLY.

They're baaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaacccccccc ck.
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+2 #51 AlfieforMayor11 2012-02-09 21:07
Spezza and Milo have been good tonight, but especially spezz
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+3 #52 MattZ 2012-02-09 21:08
Great period by the sens overall
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+1 #53 SensFanInMTL 2012-02-09 21:09
Alright! Phillips' goal in his 1000th game and now a lead! Of all games to score he did it in a milestone game, which was too much of a coincidence.
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0 #54 RUSHRLZ 2012-02-09 21:14
Quoting jasonontheoldsenschirp:
Michalek is as cold as ice cream. Right in the slot the guy is fanning on shots and missing wide.

Plus+1 for "cold as ice cream".
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0 #55 Mat 2012-02-09 21:23
There's my Senators! Welcome back boys? Took a little vacation then?

And what's our record when Phillips scores a goal?

My only beef with this game so far: Get Gonchar off the point on PP, and get Kuba in there instead.

Go Sens!
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0 #56 lbernier 2012-02-09 21:28
anybody got a stream the stupid one i had is just switched in the middle of the game to the coyotes game
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0 #57 lbernier 2012-02-09 21:35
http://www8.livetv.ru/webplayer.php?t=castamp&c=bblabnhl&vwidth=640&vheight=440&lang=en&eid=104481&lid=32916&ci=2&si=2

pretty good quality stream
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+2 #58 Mat 2012-02-09 21:36
Quoting lbernier:
anybody got a stream the stupid one i had is just switched in the middle of the game to the coyotes game


Its part of the NHL's strategy to grow the fanbase in Phoenix...
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0 #59 bernesto 2012-02-09 21:37
http://www.firstrowsports.eu/watch/106644/1/watch-ottawa-senators-vs-nashville-predators.html
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+5 #60 AlfieforMayor11 2012-02-09 21:39
Butler and Lee both deserve to stay in the line-up for Saturdays game. Both have had solid games back.
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0 #61 SensChirp 2012-02-09 21:43
http://www.stream2watch.me/hockey/ottawa-senators-vs-nashville-predators-live-stream
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0 #62 Colin 2012-02-09 21:49
Quoting Colin:
Quoting yawnzzz:
ah What the hell...
First and last time I will type


PHILLIPS BABY!!!!!!!!!



Damn right! Now, give him some PP time! :-)


Damn right! Now, give him some PP time! :-)


Way to go coach! Told ya!
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+1 #63 Andrews Theory 2012-02-09 21:50
get outa here... Chris Phillips tonight you are the Man!
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+1 #64 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2012-02-09 21:50
Phillips?

Also, he hasn't scored, but it's the best game I've seen by Milo in 15+ games.
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+1 #65 SensFanInMTL 2012-02-09 21:50
With a tear in my eye you gotta be happy for Phillips. Good for him man. He has now surpassed his goal totals from last year!
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0 #66 Colin 2012-02-09 21:51
Quoting Mat:
There's my Senators! Welcome back boys? Took a little vacation then?

And what's our record when Phillips scores a goal?

My only beef with this game so far: Get Gonchar off the point on PP, and get Kuba in there instead.

Go Sens!


What's our record when #4 scores 2 goals!
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0 #67 Colin 2012-02-09 21:54
Leafs lost. Big 2 points here. Hold on boys!
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+1 #68 Prusek 2012-02-09 22:01
Other then Last years 3 first round picks the Sens have their last 5 first round picks in this game, Cowen, Karlsson, O'Brien, Foligno and Lee. Never thought I'd see that.
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0 #69 it is a great day 2012-02-09 22:05
The Senators snap their losing streak

AND

JERKOFF JIM JEROME WAS FIRED !
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0 #70 jasonontheoldsenschirp 2012-02-09 22:09
Leafs lost, Sens win, but what we really needed was a Panthers loss too.

Oh well can't have em all.

Best game I've seen by Big Rig since the game winner in OT to force game 7 vs. Devils.

What a game!

GO SENS GO
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+1 #71 SkipOPot2Mus 2012-02-09 22:12
Good for phillips but hopefully we can keep this going
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0 #72 Blitz_18 2012-02-09 22:18
Quoting it is a great day:
The Senators snap their losing streak

AND

JERKOFF JIM JEROME WAS FIRED !


Why was he fired???

Nevermind I found out
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0 #73 Floridasensfan 2012-02-09 22:23
Phenomenal game for us and Phillips, way to go.
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0 #74 Frootmig 2012-02-09 22:38
Quoting Blitz_18:
Quoting it is a great day:
The Senators snap their losing streak

AND

JERKOFF JIM JEROME WAS FIRED !


Why was he fired???

Nevermind I found out

Please share
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