Senators' plans for outdoor game in Ottawa on thin ice

The Senators took to the ice at Jules Morin Park in Ottawa for an outdoor practice on Feb. 20, 2014. Plans for an outdoor game on Parliament Hill won't happen, so the NHL may look elsewhere -- outside Ottawa -- to host the game for the league's 100th anniversary. (Darren Brown/Postmedia/Files)The NHL has planted a huge seed of doubt for an outdoor game in Ottawa in 2017.

Commissioner Gary Bettman, speaking to reporters after the 2016 PrimeTime Sports and Entertainment Conference in Toronto, indicated because officials on Parliament Hill recently turned down the idea of hosting a game there between the Senators and Montreal Canadiens, the NHL has started to look at other options outside of…