The
National Hockey League All-Star Game is a mid-season
exhibition game held annually between many of the top players of each season. Twenty-one All-Star Games have been held since the
Ottawa Senators entered the league in 1992, with at least one player chosen to represent the Senators in each year. The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1979 and 1987 due to the
1979 Challenge Cup and
Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the
Soviet national team, respectively, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, 2006, 2010, and 2014 because of the
Winter Olympic Games, and 2021 as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic.[16] Ottawa has hosted one of the games. The
59th took place at the
Canadian Tire Centre, then known as Scotiabank Place.
The
Ottawa Senators have
retired four of their jersey numbers.[51] Also out of circulation is the number 99 which was retired league-wide for
Wayne Gretzky on February 6, 2000.[52] Gretzky did not play for the Senators during his 20-year NHL career and no Senators player had ever worn the number 99 prior to its retirement.[53][54]
a Finnigan was honoured for his playing career with the original
Ottawa Senators. He was the last surviving Senator from the Stanley Cup winners of 1927 and participated in the 'Bring Back The Senators' campaign.[55]
The
National Hockey League All-Star Game is a mid-season
exhibition game held annually between many of the top players of each season. Twenty-one All-Star Games have been held since the
Ottawa Senators entered the league in 1992, with at least one player chosen to represent the Senators in each year. The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1979 and 1987 due to the
1979 Challenge Cup and
Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the
Soviet national team, respectively, 1995, 2005, and 2013 as a result of labor stoppages, 2006, 2010, and 2014 because of the
Winter Olympic Games, and 2021 as a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic.[16] Ottawa has hosted one of the games. The
59th took place at the
Canadian Tire Centre, then known as Scotiabank Place.
The
Ottawa Senators have
retired four of their jersey numbers.[51] Also out of circulation is the number 99 which was retired league-wide for
Wayne Gretzky on February 6, 2000.[52] Gretzky did not play for the Senators during his 20-year NHL career and no Senators player had ever worn the number 99 prior to its retirement.[53][54]
a Finnigan was honoured for his playing career with the original
Ottawa Senators. He was the last surviving Senator from the Stanley Cup winners of 1927 and participated in the 'Bring Back The Senators' campaign.[55]