Belleville Senators

American Hockey League team in Belleville, Ontario

Belleville Senators

City| Belleville, Ontario
League| American Hockey League
Conference| Eastern
Division| North
Founded| 1972
Home arena| CAA Arena
Colours| Red, black, white

Owner(s)| Michael Andlauer
General manager| Ryan Bowness
Head coach| David Bell
Captain| Dillon Heatherington
Media| AHL.TV (Internet)
CJBQ
Affiliates| Ottawa Senators (NHL)
Allen Americans (ECHL)
Website| Official website
Franchise history
1972–1992| New Haven Nighthawks
1992–1993| New Haven Senators
1993–1996| Prince Edward Island Senators
2002–2017| Binghamton Senators
2017–present| Belleville Senators
Championships
Division titles| 1 (2019–20)
Current season

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 (NHL)'s Ottawa Senators. Based in Belleville, Ontario, the Senators play their home games at CAA Arena. The franchise was previously based out of Binghamton, New York, as the Binghamton Senators.

## History[edit]

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 for the 2017–18 season despite still having three more years on their lease.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] He was replaced by Troy Mann, the recently released coach of the Hershey Bears.[5] The team improved in the 2018–19 season, finishing in fifth place in the North Division behind the play of younger players Drake Batherson, Logan Brown, Rudolfs Balcers, and Erik Brannstrom.

Led by Josh Norris, Alex Formenton, and Drake Batherson, the B-Sens were leading the North Division when the 2019–20 season was cancelled on May 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team had amassed a 38–20–4–1 record and were the best road team in the league having won 23 games and a .790 road win percentage. The B-Sens' 234 goals were the most in the AHL.

The start for the following 2020–21 season was delayed due to the ongoing pandemic. In December 2020, the Senators agreed to a seven-year lease extension with the city of Belleville through the 2026–27 AHL season.[6] In January 2021, the league announced a temporary realignment due to the pandemic border restrictions and the B-Sens were placed in an all-Canada division, but had no set start date due to venue usage and restrictions in the province of Ontario. The league eventually announced a start for the teams in Canada for one week after the rest of the league, but without any games initially scheduled in Ontario.[7] The Belleville Senators started on the road before announcing their home games would be played in Ottawa at the Canadian Tire Centre for the entire season.[8]

During the 2022–23 season, Belleville fired Troy Mann as coach on February 2, 2023, while sitting sixth in the AHL's North Division. Assistant coach David Bell was named new head coach.[9]

## Broadcasting[edit]

The official broadcasting partner of the Belleville Senators is radio station 800 CJBQ. Commentators David Foot and Jack Miller cover all games. David Foot also has a weekly podcast featuring news on the Belleville Senators and the AHL.

## Season-by-season results[edit]

Calder Cup champions | Conference champions | Division champions | League leader

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Regular season  | Playoffs

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Season  | Games  | Won  | Lost  | OTL  | SOL  | Points  | PCT  | Goals
for  | Goals
against  | Standing  | Year  | Prelims  | 1st
round  | 2nd
round  | 3rd
round  | Finals
2017–18 | 76 | 29 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 63 | .414 | 194 | 266 | 6th, North | 2018 | Did not qualify
2018–19 | 76 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 82 | .539 | 228 | 228 | 5th, North | 2019 | Did not qualify
2019–20 | 63 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 81 | .643 | 234 | 197 | 1st, North | 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37 | .529 | 102 | 111 | 3rd, Canadian | 2021 | No playoffs were held
2021–22 | 72 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 84 | .583 | 219 | 218 | 4th, North | 2022 | L, 0–2, ROC | — | — | — | —
2022–23 | 72 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 72 | .500 | 233 | 258 | 7th, North | 2023 | Did not qualify
2023–24 | 72 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 82 | .569 | 209 | 211 | 4th, North | 2024 | W, 2–1, TOR | L, 1–3, CLE | — | — | —
Totals | 466 | 231 | 196 | 23 | 16 | 501 | .538 | 1,419 | 1,489 |  | 2 playoff appearances

## Players[edit]

### Current roster[edit]

Updated June 27, 2024.[10]

Team roster  No. | Nat | Player  | Pos | S/G | Age  | Acquired  | Birthplace  | Contract

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11 |  | Kyle Betts | C | L  | 26  | 2023 | Flesherton, Ontario | Belleville
5 |  | Wyatt Bongiovanni | C | L  | 24  | 2024 | Birmingham, Michigan | Ottawa
16 |  | Tyler Boucher | LW | R  | 21  | 2022 | Scottsdale, Arizona | Ottawa
14 |  | Rourke Chartier | C | L  | 28  | 2021 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Ottawa
9 |  | Angus Crookshank | LW | L  | 24  | 2021 | North Vancouver, British Columbia | Ottawa
18 |  | Josh Currie (A) | RW | R  | 31  | 2023 | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | Ottawa
20 |  | Philippe Daoust | LW | L  | 22  | 2021 | Barrie, Ontario | Ottawa
8 |  | Tarun Fizer | F | R  | 23  | 2023 | Chestermere, Alberta | Belleville
21 |  | Maxence Guenette | D | R  | 23  | 2021 | Sainte-Foy, Quebec | Ottawa
17 |  | Stephen Halliday | C | L  | 21  | 2024 | Ajax, Ontario | Ottawa
29 |  | Tomas Hamara | D | L  | 20  | 2024 | Prague, Czech Republic | Ottawa
3 |  | Dillon Heatherington (C) | D | L  | 29  | 2021 | Calgary, Alberta | Ottawa
15 |  | Matthew Highmore (A) | C | L  | 28  | 2023 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Ottawa
12 |  | Bokondji Imama | LW | L  | 27  | 2023 | Montreal, Quebec | Ottawa
34 |  | Roby Jarventie | LW | L  | 21  | 2021 | Tampere, Finland | Ottawa
25 |  | Tyler Kleven | D | R  | 22  | 2023 | Fargo, North Dakota | Ottawa
31 |  | Kevin Mandolese | G | L  | 23  | 2020 | Montreal, Quebec | Ottawa
52 |  | Nikolas Matinpalo | D | R  | 25  | 2023 | Espoo, Finland | Ottawa
27 |  | Graham McPhee | LW | L  | 25  | 2023 | Bethesda, Maryland | Belleville
35 |  | Leevi Merilainen | G | L  | 21  | 2023 | Oulu, Finland | Ottawa
10 |  | Zack Ostapchuk | C | R  | 21  | 2023 | Edmonton, Alberta | Ottawa
32 |  | Oskar Pettersson | RW | R  | 20  | 2024 | Halmstad, Sweden | Ottawa
22 |  | Garrett Pilon | C | R  | 26  | 2023 | Mineola, New York | Ottawa
19 |  | Jamieson Rees | F | L  | 23  | 2024 | Hamilton, Ontario | Ottawa
23 |  | Cole Reinhardt | LW | L  | 24  | 2021 | Irricana, Alberta | Ottawa
26 |  | Brennan Saulnier | F | L  | 30  | 2022 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Belleville
6 |  | Donovan Sebrango | D | L  | 22  | 2023 | Ottawa, Ontario | Ottawa
–  |  | Michael Simpson | G | L  | 21  | 2024 | London, Ontario | Belleville
30 |  | Mark Sinclair | G | L  | 28  | 2023 | Hamilton, Ontario | Belleville
40 |  | Mads Sogaard | G | L  | 23  | 2021 | Aalborg, Denmark | Ottawa
13 |  | Egor Sokolov (A) | LW | R  | 24  | 2020 | Yekaterinburg, Russia | Ottawa

### Team captains[edit]

* Mike Blunden, 2017–18
* Erik Burgdoerfer, 2018–19
* Jordan Szwarz, 2019–20
* Logan Shaw, 2021–22[11]
* Dillon Heatherington, 2022–present

### Team scoring leaders[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game average;

Points  Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G

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Egor Sokolov | LW | 240 | 76 | 104 | 180 | 0.75
Drake Batherson | RW | 103 | 38 | 78 | 116 | 1.13
Angus Crookshank | LW | 140 | 55 | 54 | 109 | 0.78
Jake Lucchini | LW | 133 | 39 | 65 | 104 | 0.78
Cole Reinhardt | LW | 225 | 40 | 59 | 99 | 0.44
Lassi Thomson | D | 202 | 24 | 69 | 93 | 0.46
Maxence Guenette | D | 170 | 18 | 75 | 93 | 0.55
Filip Chlapik | C | 146 | 37 | 51 | 88 | 0.60
Roby Jarventie | LW | 136 | 38 | 48 | 86 | 0.63
Jordan Murray | D | 169 | 23 | 60 | 83 | 0.49

### Notable alumni[edit]

The following players have played both 100 games for the Belleville Senators and 100 games in the National Hockey League:

* Drake Batherson
* Andreas Englund
* Parker Kelly
* Nick Paul

## References[edit]

1. ^ Miller, Jason (July 8, 2016). "Binghamton Sens moving north to Belleville say Broome County officials". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
2. ^ "Sens Owner Purchases AHL Team Partners W/ Belleville". Ottawa Senators. September 26, 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
3. ^ "Ottawa Senators finalize deal to move AHL team to Belleville from Binghamton". Ottawa Sun. September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
4. ^ "REPORT: Coach K out as Belleville Senators bench boss". Belleville Intelligencer. May 1, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-02. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
5. ^ "Troy Mann named second head coach in franchise history". Belleville Senators. June 25, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
6. ^ Tidcombe, Matt (December 9, 2020). "Belleville Senators extend lease with city" (Press release). Ottawa Senators - via NHL.com.
7. ^ "February schedule set for Canadian Division clubs". American Hockey League. February 9, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-09. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
8. ^ "Belleville Senators Announce Temporary Relocation For Home Games for 2020-21 Season". Belleville Senators. February 23, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-23. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
9. ^ "Senators fire longtime AHL Belleville coach Troy Mann". Sportsnet. February 2, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
10. ^ "Belleville Senators current roster". American Hockey League. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
11. ^ "Logan Shaw Named 4th Captain in Franchise History". OurSports Central. March 1, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

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