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== **Page 1 - Ottawa Senators**== ADM2372 N Professor Mirou Janaa Matthew Tannis

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The **Ottawa Senators** are a professional [|ice hockey] team based in [|Ottawa], [|Ontario], [|Canada]. The Ottawa Senators are members of the [|Northeast Division] of the [|Eastern Conference] of the [|National Hockey League] (NHL). The Senators play their home games at the 19,153 seat (20,500 capacity) [|Scotiabank Place] (originally named the 'Palladium', and later the 'Corel Centre'). Founded and established by Ottawa real estate developer [|Bruce Firestone], the team is the second NHL franchise to use the Ottawa Senators nickname. The [|original Ottawa Senators], founded in 1883, had a famed history, winning 11 Stanley Cups[|[1]] and playing in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. On December 6, 1990, after a two year public campaign by Firestone to return the NHL to Ottawa, the NHL awarded a new franchise, which began play in the [|1992–93] season.[|[2]] The team has had two changes of ownership, from Firestone to [|Rod Bryden] in 1993 due to the arena development process and its financing, and subsequently to [|Eugene Melnyk] after a 2003 bankruptcy.[|[3]] The club began modestly as an expansion team playing in the 10,000 seat [|Ottawa Civic Centre], finishing last in the league for its first four seasons.[|[4]] Since then, the team has qualified for the [|Stanley Cup] playoffs in 11 of the past 12 seasons, winning the [|Presidents' Trophy] in 2003, and appearing in the [|2007 Stanley Cup Finals]. Off the ice, the club has one of the top attendance records in the league,[|[5]] averaging over 19,000 per game.[|[6]] The club is valued at $197 million **(This Information was taken from Wikipedia on Tuesday January 19, 2010)**

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