Binghamton Senators

Binghamton Senators
Binghamton Senators
City	Binghamton, New York
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern Conference
Division	East Division
Founded	2002
Home arena	Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena
Colors	Red, black, gold, white
Owner(s)	multiple
General manager	Tim Murray
Head coach	Don Nachbaur
Media	Press & Sun-Bulletin; WICZ, WENE, WINR
Affiliates	Ottawa Senators (NHL)
Franchise history
1972 to 1992	New Haven Nighthawks
1992 to 1993	New Haven Senators
1993 to 1996	Prince Edward Island Senators
2002 to present	Binghamton Senators
Championships
Division Championships	2 2002–03, 2004–05

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The Binghamton Senators are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They play in Binghamton, New York at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena.

[edit] History

AHL hockey returned to Binghamton after a five-year absence in 2002 (the city had a team in the United Hockey League in the interim). The Binghamton Senators took to the ice and enjoyed a successful freshman season, going 43–26–9 with 97 pts. They breezed by their first two playoff rounds, but were easily defeated by the Hamilton Bulldogs in 5 games. The 2003–04 season was not as successful as the loss of both Antoine Vermette and Jason Spezza weakened the team. They went 34–34–9 and quietly exited the playoffs thanks to a 2–0 sweep at the hands of the Norfolk Admirals.

The NHL lockout of 2004–05 meant Binghamton got a return visit from their recent graduates and several other NHL players, including Jason Spezza, Antoine Vermette, Anton Volchenkov, Chris Neil, Josh Langfeld and Brian Pothier, making the Senators a legitimate Calder Cup contender. Jason Spezza lead the way with a league high 117 points (earning the AHL MVP) and brought the team back to contender form. The Senators ended the regular season with only 21 regulation losses, tied for 2nd fewest in the league, taking the division title with a league high 276 goals scored. The Senators entered the playoffs on a roll, winners of 11 of their last 13 games, and continued their dominance by cruising through the first 2 games of their first round best of 7 series against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, scoring 9 goals. But the offense inexplicably stalled and the Sens scored only 5 goals in the remaining 4 games as the Penguins answered back with the next 4 wins, crushing the hopes of bringing the Calder Cup to Binghamton for the first time.

This market was previously served by:

Broome Dusters (NAHL 1973–1977)
Binghamton Dusters (1977–1980)
Binghamton Whalers (1980–1990)
Binghamton Rangers (1990–1997)
B.C. Icemen of the UHL (1997–2002)

[edit] Season-by-season results

[edit] Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standings
2002–03	80	43	26	9	2	—	97	239	207	1st, East
2003–04	80	34	34	9	3	—	80	210	216	4th, East
2004–05	80	47	21	—	7	5	106	276	217	1st, East
2005–06	80	35	37	—	4	4	78	258	295	5th, East
2006–07	80	23	48	—	4	5	55	225	323	7th, East
2007–08	80	34	32	—	9	5	82	255	248	6th, East
2008–09	80	41	30	—	5	4	91	232	238	5th, East

[edit] Playoffs

Season	Prelim	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2002–03	—	W, 3–0, WOR	W, 4–2, BRI	L, 1–4, HAM	—
2003–04	L, 0–2, NOR	—	—	—	—
2004–05	—	L, 2–4, WBS	—	—	—
2005–06	Out of Playoffs
2006–07	Out of Playoffs
2007–08	Out of Playoffs
2008–09	Out of Playoffs

[edit] Current roster

As of January 9, 2010.

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
29	Mike Brodeur	L	2009	Calgary, Alberta
31	Chris Holt	L	2009	Vancouver, British Columbia

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2	Geoff Kinrade	L	2009	Nelson, British Columbia
5	Paul Baier	R	2007	Summit, New Jersey
6	Craig Schira	R	2009	Spiritwood, Saskatchewan
7	Drew Bannister	R	2009	Belleville, Ontario
8	Tomas Kudelka	L	2005	Zlin, Czech Republic
18	Brian Lee	R	2007	Fargo, North Dakota
24	Derek Smith	R	2007	Belleville, Ontario

Forwards
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
9	Josh Hennessy	LW	L	2006	Brockton, Massachusetts
11	Erik Condra	RW	R	2009	Detroit, Michigan
14	Tom Zanoski	LW	L	2009	Brampton, Ontario
16	Cody Bass	C	R	2005	Owen Sound, Ontario
17	Denis Hamel	LW	L	2007	Lachute, Quebec
19	Zack Smith	C	R	2008	Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
20	Jason Bailey	RW	R	2009	Ottawa, Ontario
21	Tim Spencer	LW	L	2009	Carnduff, Saskatchewan
25	Keegan Dansereau	RW	R	2009	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
26	Kaspars Daugavins	LW	L	2006	Riga, Latvia
28	Ryan Keller	RW	R	2009	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
33	Jeremy Yablonski	RW	R	2007	Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
39	Martin St. Pierre	C	L	2007	Embrun, Ontario
42	Jim O'Brien	C	R	2009	Maplewood, Minnesota
43	Brandon Svendsen	RW	R	2009	Maplewood, Minnesota