His performance at one point eliciting shouts of “Whitefish, Montana!” from the ESPN broadcast team, Jake Sanderson came through for Team USA in a critical moment during the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Tournament Championship Thursday night when he scored the American side’s second goal and gave his team its only lead of the match.
The Senators need more from their winger, whom Green pushed to be harder on pucks from as way back as last summer. Batherson scored a hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks in mid-December, which should’ve been an encouraging sign for his season. But he has scored only four goals in his next 28 games.
News broke earlier this week that Ottawa Senators’ defenseman Jake Sanderson, who is originally from Whitefish, has been added to the Team USA roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off Tournament. A new, NHL-sponsored competition,
MONTREAL — When the phone rang at 1:30 a.m., Jake Sanderson didn’t hesitate ... National Hockey League’s two-week break, the Ottawa Senators’ top defencemen was asked if he’d be willing ...
It was a rocky return from the 4-Nations break as the Ottawa Senators fell to the Montreal Canadiens by a score of 5-2.