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Team Canada sings the national anthem after winning their 5th straight gold medal at the 2009 World Juniors Championships. Watch it here from TSN. ** Related: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide

Update: TSN’s Brent Wallace tells the story of the flag: " 1,800 feet of Canadiana " Great photo from last night’s New Year’s Eve game at the World Juniors between Canada and the USA. Flashbulbs went off all over the place as a giant Canadian flag was passed around the lower bowl at Scotiabank Place. ...

Here are ten facts about Canada’s World Junior team , courtesy of IIHF.com. 1. Canada has hosted the World U20 Championship seven times, winning gold three times, silver three times, and bronze once. 2. In five of the last six times Canada has hosted the event it set new attendance records . ...

The Ottawa Senators flew to Sweden yesterday, in preparation for two regular-season games coming up this weekend against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Sens have sent a videographer to Europe and will be posting daily updates, interviews and other exclusive behind-the-scenes coverage all week at Sens TV Online . ...

A couple fun blog posts about Ottawa Senators prospects: First, Ron Eade writes in Ominvore Ottawa about Sens prospects getting a course in cooking at the Urban Element . And proper eating habits was exactly on the agenda this evening, when I dropped by the Urban Element on Parkdale Avenue. ...

The Ottawa Senators made one trade today, acquiring Martin Lapointe from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a 6th round pick. The fans over on HFBoards.com have a really funny thread going titled “6th Round Pick Appreciation Thread”, lamenting the pick that the Sens will ever know. ...

** From James Duthie’s blog : ** Recently, Sports Illustrated declared St. Paul Minnesota the new Hockeytown U.S.A, replacing Detroit. That angered folks in the 313 (which probably is not a good idea…I’m just sayin’). Throw Canada into the mix and you have an argument that will lead to either: ...

The Ottawa Senators have launched three new “official” blogs on their web site: ** ** * [ Player Blog ](http://blogs.ottawasenators.com/player/) - currently written by Sens forward and Carleton Place native Shean Donovan * [ Gord Wilson Blog ](http://blogs.ottawasenators.com/gord_wilson/) - written by the popular Sens analyst * [ Front Office Blog ](http://blogs. ...

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Here are some links to photos of the big Sens rally at City Hall today: * [ Jessica ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessflickr/sets/72157600261886303/) * [ rareexample ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/rareexample/512544270/) * [ cultured_jimmy ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jnorminton/sets/72157600261142164/) * [ lscallaghan ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/lscallaghan/512499071/) * [ blix613 ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/blix613/sets/72157600260376735/) * [ toriaURU ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/daylmer/sets/72157600260286840/) ** Related: ** Ottawa Hockey Guide