While the NHL and the NHLPA continue to kick the crap out of the upcoming NHL season, hockey starts on another front tonight in Binghamton, New York.
After a week of high tempo training camp under new bench boss Luke Richardson, the Binghamton Senators will open their preseason schedule at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena against the Hershey Bears. The puck drops at just after 7:00 PM.
Robin Lehner gets the start for the home side.
Based on reviews out of camp so far, it sounds like Lehner has come back ready and refocused after an inconsistent year in 2011/2012. There have been rumbling about attitude problems with Lehner in the past but those seem to be a distant memory at this point. Tim Murray raved about Lehner’s to date and said that guys just haven’t been scoring on him in practice.
Should be interesting to see how that translates during the AHL season. A focused and motivated Lehner is a huge asset for this organization.
The BSens will also dress three highly touted prospects in Jakob Silfverberg, Mika Zibanejad and Mark Stone. All three are expected to be in the mix for spots with the big club and will be eager to impress while in the AHL.
Will try to track down a more complete line up and add it to this post. Tonight is the first of three preseason games for the BSens. They open the regular season on Saturday, October 13.
Not aware of any television coverage of this game but as always, keep an eye on the comment section to see if a stream pops up.
BSens Line Up
Silfverberg-Pageau-Zibanejad
Dziurzynski-Culek-Stone
Cowick-Grant-Peltz
Kramer-Gazely-Downing
Ekford-Blood
Gryba-New
Claesson-Wideman
Lehner
