Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:23:40 -0500
From: Gregory Doxtater <gregorydoxtater@outlook.com>
Subject: Sensational Celebration: Prologue

Disclaimer: This story is pure fiction. It's not meant to imply that I have
personal knowledge of the sexual orientations or personal lives of those
mentioned.

Feedback: More than welcome at gregorydoxtater@outlook.com

Sensational Celebration: Prologue

This story takes place back in 2007. The Ottawa Senators got off to a slow
start this season. As you would expect, fans were calling for players to
get traded, and for head coach Bryan Murray as well as general manager John
Muckler to get fired. Martin Gerber, who the Senators signed via free
agency in the summer, had struggled , and so did the team in front of
him. Finally, Ray Emery was given the reigns in between the pipes, and he
was nothing short of sensational. He posted 33 wins, which helped the Sens
clinch a playoff berth.

Sure enough, once the playoffs started, the media started asking questions
about the teams' history of disappointments in the playoffs. The furthest
the Senators had gotten in the playoffs to this point was game 7 of the
2003 Eastern Conference Finals against the New Jersey Devils. With that
said, there was more than enough encouragement for the team to go all the
way.

The Senators defeated the up-and-coming Pittsburgh Penguins in 5 games in
the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Next, they defeated the New Jersey
Devils also in 5 games. Finally, they beat the Buffalo Sabres.  The Sabres
had clinched 1st place in the Eastern Conference in the regular season and
the President's trophy, giving them home-ice advantage throughout the
playoffs. Daniel Alfredsson scored the overtime/series winner in game 5 of
the Eastern Conference Finals to advance the Senators to the Stanley Cup
Final for the first time in the modern franchise's history.

After the Senators had their post-series media interviews, they took a bus
to the airport, and boarded their charter plane back home. En route, Jason
Spezza had invited some of the guys over to his place once they got back
into Ottawa. Mike Fisher, Dany Heatley, Wade Redden, Joe Corvo, and Antoine
Vermette all accepted the invitation. Little did they know, Jason had
something wild planned for them.

This is a story about team-bonding being taken to another level.