50 free Ottawa Senators trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Ottawa Senators trivia quiz covers both franchises to carry the name: the original Silver Seven and Super Six who won 11 Stanley Cups before decamping to St. Louis in 1934, and Bruce Firestone's 'Bring Back the Senators' campaign that landed an expansion team in 1990. It runs through the 10-70-4 first season, Alexandre Daigle, Alexei Yashin's holdouts, Daniel Alfredsson's sixth-round Calder Trophy, Jacques Martin's playoff runs and the Battle of Ontario, the 2003 bankruptcy and Presidents' Trophy, Eugene Melnyk, the CASH line and the 2007 Final, the Hamburglar's 20-1-2, Erik Karlsson's Norris Trophies and trade, Brady Tkachuk, Michael Andlauer and the return to the playoffs in 2025. The arena, logo and culture get their own round: the Palladium in Kanata and its many names, the Roman centurion crest, Spartacat, the Sens Mile and the NHL 100 Classic outdoors. Easy questions suit any Sens fan; the hard ones are for people who remember Dave Allison's 2-22-3. Every answer has been checked against an encyclopaedic source and each question shows its citation once you have answered.
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Q 01The original Ottawa Senators, who left the NHL in 1934, won the Stanley Cup how many times?
11
They were nicknamed the Silver Seven from 1903 to 1907 and the Super Six in the 1920s.
Q 02The original Senators moved in 1934 to become which short-lived team?
St. Louis Eagles
The move failed, and the NHL suspended the franchise rather than let it return to Ottawa.
Q 03Which Ottawa real estate developer led the campaign that won the modern Senators franchise in 1990?
Bruce Firestone
His firm lacked the cash for the expansion fee, so it planned to leverage development of farmland in Kanata.
Q 04The public campaign to land the 1990 expansion team was called what?
Bring Back the Senators
It secured more than 11,000 season-ticket pledges before the NHL said yes.
Q 05The Senators won their first game, on October 8, 1992, 5-3 over which team?
Montreal Canadiens
It was one of the few highlights of a 10-70-4 season; the club had aimed only to avoid the record for fewest points.
Q 06The 1992-93 Senators finished with how many wins in 84 games?
10
They tied San Jose for the worst record, three points better than the NHL futility mark.
Q 07Which Ottawa-born singer was part of the original Senators ownership partnership?
Paul Anka
Rod Bryden bought out the founder in 1993 to become majority owner.
Q 08The Senators' 1993 first overall pick, one of the great draft busts, was which centre?
Alexandre Daigle
Later high picks Bonk, Berard and Chris Phillips formed a much better core.
Q 09Daniel Alfredsson was drafted in which round in 1994 before winning the Calder Trophy in 1996?
Sixth
He went 133rd overall and became the franchise leader in goals, assists and points.
Q 10Daniel Alfredsson holds the Senators' career records with how many points?
1,108
He also leads in goals (426) and assists (682) and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022.
Q 11Which defence-first coach got the Senators to the playoffs every season from 1997 to 2004?
Jacques Martin
He was fired anyway after four straight playoff losses to Toronto.
Q 12The Senators' 2001 trade of their holdout centre to the Islanders brought Zdeno Chara and the pick used on whom?
Jason Spezza
The second overall selection went on to centre the 'CASH' line.
Q 13The Senators won the Presidents' Trophy in 2002-03 while in what financial state?
Bankruptcy protection
Emergency financing kept them playing; they came within a game of the Final against New Jersey.
Q 21Which goaltender, nicknamed 'The Hamburglar', went 20-1-2 to drag Ottawa into the 2015 playoffs?
Andrew Hammond
The Senators became the first team in modern NHL history to make the playoffs after trailing by 14 points.
Q 22The Senators' star defenceman won the Norris Trophy in 2012 and which other year before his 2018 trade?
2015
He added a third with San Jose in 2023 after being traded there in 2018.
Q 23The Senators came within one win of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final, losing Game 7 in double overtime to which team?
Pittsburgh Penguins
Jean-Gabriel Pageau's four-goal game against the Rangers was the highlight of the run.
Q 14Which pharmaceutical billionaire bought the Senators out of bankruptcy in 2003?
Eugene Melnyk
The Biovail founder paid a reported CA$130 million and owned the club until his death in 2022.
Q 15The Senators' famed 'CASH' line consisted of Alfredsson, Spezza and whom?
Dany Heatley
He arrived from Atlanta in 2005 and demanded a trade out in 2009.
Q 16The Senators lost the 2007 Stanley Cup Final in five games to which team?
Anaheim Ducks
It was the first Cup Final for an Ottawa team since 1927.
Q 17The section of downtown Ottawa closed to traffic for fans during the 2007 Final was dubbed what?
Sens Mile
A six-storey likeness of Alfredsson hung on the Corel building.
Q 18Which rookie goaltender started for Ottawa in the 2007 Final and was bought out a year later?
Ray Emery
He had inherited the job when the veteran starter was hurt at the 2006 Olympics.
Q 19Which fan favourite's 2011 trade led some Ottawa radio stations to ban his wife's songs?
Mike Fisher
His wife is Carrie Underwood; the couple already had a home in Nashville.
Q 20Which coach won the 2013 Jack Adams Award after guiding an injury-riddled Senators team to the playoffs?
Paul MacLean
That spring Ottawa beat Montreal in the first Sens-Habs playoff series since 1927.
Q 24What was the Senators' December 2017 outdoor game marking the first NHL Ottawa-Montreal game's centennial called?
NHL 100 Classic
Ottawa won 3-0 at TD Place, though the owner's comments about moving the team soured the mood.
Q 25Brady Tkachuk was drafted by Ottawa with which overall pick in 2018?
4th
He captained the club from 2021 to 2026 and is the brother of Florida's Matthew Tkachuk.
Q 26Which Toronto businessman and Canadiens part-owner led the group that bought the Senators in 2023?
Michael Andlauer
The late owner's daughters stayed on as partners.
Q 27Which coach ended the Senators' eight-year playoff drought in 2025?
Travis Green
He was the first coach to lead Ottawa to the postseason since 2016-17.
Q 28The Senators' arena in Kanata opened in January 1996 under what name?
The Palladium
Its seating bowl was modelled on The Palace of Auburn Hills.
Q 29The Senators' logo depicts the head of what?
A Roman general
The original 1991 design called him a 'centurion figure, strong and prominent'.
Q 30The Senators' mascot is a lion named what?
Spartacat
He was designed by Kevin Caradonna, who also drew the forward-facing centurion logo.