Read this...no wonder the sens didn't win...the NHL stoppe..

Senators can't get gameday ice time
Bryan Murray

Canadian Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. (CP) - The Ottawa Senators couldn't get the Honda
Center ice time they wanted and they went into Game 5 of the NHL's
championship series without a morning skate Wednesday.
The same thing happened before 5 p.m. local time starts last week in
the home rink of the Anaheim Ducks.
The Ducks had a 9:30 a.m. practice and the Senators could have gone on
the ice afterwards, but coach Bryan Murray said that would have left
insufficient time for his players to properly rest for the big game.
Murray said he would have taken 7 a.m. ice time for his players but
"they wouldn't let us go before them."
"I thought the NHL would give that allowance to us but that wasn't the
case," said Murray. "So, yes, we wanted to practice (Wednesday)
morning.
"We would even go out with the officials and play shinny and they
wouldn't let us do that."

oh yes that explains it all...


lol

car crash wrote:

> Senators can't get gameday ice time
> Bryan Murray
>
> Canadian Press
>
> ANAHEIM, Calif. (CP) - The Ottawa Senators couldn't get the Honda
> Center ice time they wanted and they went into Game 5 of the NHL's
> championship series without a morning skate Wednesday.
> The same thing happened before 5 p.m. local time starts last week in
> the home rink of the Anaheim Ducks.
> The Ducks had a 9:30 a.m. practice and the Senators could have gone on
> the ice afterwards, but coach Bryan Murray said that would have left
> insufficient time for his players to properly rest for the big game.
> Murray said he would have taken 7 a.m. ice time for his players but
> "they wouldn't let us go before them."
> "I thought the NHL would give that allowance to us but that wasn't the
> case," said Murray. "So, yes, we wanted to practice (Wednesday)
> morning.
> "We would even go out with the officials and play shinny and they
> wouldn't let us do that."
>