The Ottawa Senators will retire Chris Neil's number 25 during a pre-game ceremony before the Senators face the Chicago Blackhawks.
The Ottawa Senators will retire Neil's jersey during a pre-game ceremony before the Senators face the Chicago Blackhawks.
Neil played his entire 15-year career with the Senators, scoring 112 goals and adding 138 assists during 1,026 regular season games. Neil is the all-time leader in penalty minutes for the Senators. "I'm honoured to be the GM when we're going to retire Chris Neil's jersey," Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said on Thursday.
"Chris, as a player, was a warrior, on and off the ice he did everything to get the maximum out of himself.""I look back to when he first joined our team and where we were as a team and what we were lacking, he brought a lot of energy and a lot of toughness," Redden said. Neil joins Daniel Alfredsson and Chris Phillips as the only Senators players in the modern era to have their jersey retired.The Senators are asking fans to be in their seats before 6 p.m. for the retirement ceremony.TSN 1200 play-by-play announcer Dean Brown will be joined by colour commentator Gord Wilson and Nicolas St-Pierre from Unique 94.5 FM as the emcees for the night.All fans attending the game will receive a mini replica of the Neil banner raised to the rafters.
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