The Belleville Senators are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) that began play in the 2017-18 season as the top minor league affiliate of the National Hockey League team, the Ottawa Senators. Based in Belleville, Ontario, the Senators play their home games at Yardmen Arena.
The franchise was previously based out of Binghamton, New York, as the Binghamton Senators.
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History
In July 2016, Broome County officials stated that the Ottawa Senators intended to relocate their franchise, then known as the Binghamton Senators, closer to the parent club in Canada for the 2017-18 season despite still having three more years on their lease. On September 26, 2016, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk confirmed that he had purchased the Binghamton team and would be relocating it to become the Belleville Senators for the 2017-18 season with the Binghamton Devils eventually announced to be taking over their lease. In order to accommodate an AHL team, the City of Belleville approved more than $20 million in upgrades to Yardmen Arena once the Senators agreed to an eight-year lease.
The Senators kept Kurt Kleinendorst as head coach for the franchise's inaugural season in Belleville, but after a 29-42-2-3 record and missing the playoffs, his contract was not renewed.
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Season-by-season results
Players
Current roster
Updated May 8, 2018.
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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