The Senators won’t have Big Ben Bishop’s presence in the net before the end of the season.
Coach Paul MacLean confirmed Monday the club’s newly acquired backup will miss at least two weeks with what’s believed to be a groin injury he suffered Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Ben Bishop is about to get a slice of hockey Canadiena served up Wednesday night in Montreal.
With only one loss in four starts since being called up after dealt to Ottawa by St. Louis, the Senators goalie will get his first exposure to being part of a Canadian NHL rivalry at the Bell Centre.
Bishop, in particular, has done spectacular. Though he does not have much of a track record, as he has only been in the net for the Senators twice this season, his goaltender skills have been speaking volumes.
Big Ben Bishop ended up being a giant killer Thursday.
Making his home debut in front of 18,553 at Scotiabank Place, the Senators new goalie secured his second straight win and helped slay the Eastern Conference-leading New York Rangers with 25 stops in a 4-1 victory.
Ben Bishop grew up 10 minutes from the old arena in St. Louis, and as a tall (we’re assuming) little boy, he’d often attend Blues games on his dad’s season tickets.
The Ottawa Senators recalled goalie Ben Bishop from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate Monday and reassigned fellow netminder Robin Lehner.
Bishop was acquired by the Senators from the St. Louis Blues on Feb. 26 in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2013 draft.
The Blues have traded goaltending prospect Ben Bishop to the Ottawa Senators today in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2013.
The move ends weeks of speculation following the Blues’ decision to re-sign goaltender Brian Elliott to a two-year extension and entertain offers for Bishop, who was on target to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
At 6-foot-7, Ben Bishop is hard to miss.
That has been beneficial for the big goaltender who has put up numbers worthy of his stature for the American Hockey League’s Peoria Rivermen this season.
Blues goaltender Ben Bishop was named the MVP of the 2012 American Hockey League All-Star Game on Monday.
Bishop made 10 saves on 11 shots in Monday’s midseason showcase and stopped all four shooters he faced in a shootout, helping the Western Conference All-Stars to an 8-7 win.
The AHL put on its 2012 All-Star Skills Competition at historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., on Sunday.
And Peoria Rivermen goaltender Ben Bishop stole the show.
Bishop earned Top Goaltender honors after he stopped 16 of 19 shots in the competition — including all six challengers in the Breakaway Relay — to lead the Western Conference to an 18-10 overall victory against the Eastern Conference.
