Ottawa Sun · May 31, 2017
Senators were true marathon men in season to remember
Ottawa Senators centre Derick Brassard, right winger Bobby Ryan, left winger Clarke MacArthur and defenceman Marc Methot celebrate a goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 3 on May 17, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)The first road trip during the Ottawa Senators’ unlikely, inspiring and thrill-inducing playoff run came on Boston Marathon weekend.
When the post-season run finally came to an end with the shock of the double-overtime, Game 7 defeat to the Pittsburgh Penguins late last Thursday, the Senators arrived home to the National Capital Marathon weekend.