Belleville Senators

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In July 2016, Broome County officials stated that the Ottawa Senators intended to relocate their franchise, then known as the Binghamton Senators, closer to the parent club for the 2017–18 season despite still having three more years on their lease.^[1] On September 26, 2016, Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk confirmed that he had purchased the Binghamton team and would be relocating it to become the Belleville Senators for the 2017–18 season with the Binghamton Devils eventually announced to be taking over their lease.^[2] In order to accommodate an AHL team, the City of Belleville approved more than $20 million in upgrades to Yardmen Arena once the Senators agreed to an eight-year lease.^[3]

The Senators kept Kurt Kleinendorst as head coach for the franchise's inaugural season in Belleville, but after a 29–42–2–3 record and missing the playoffs, his contract was not renewed.^[4] He was replaced by Troy Mann, the recently released coach of the Hershey Bears.^[5] The team improved in the 2018–19 season, finishing in fifth place in the North Division behind the play of younger players Drake Batherson, Logan Brown, Rudolfs Balcers, and Erik Brannstrom.

Led by Josh Norris, Alex Formenton, and Drake Batherson, the B-Sens were leading the North Division when the 2019–20 season was cancelled on May 11 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team had amassed a 38–20–4–1 record and were the best road team in the league having won 23 games and a .790 road win percentage. The B-Sens' 234 goals were the most in the AHL.

The start for the following 2020–21 season was delayed due to the ongoing pandemic. In December 2020, the Senators agreed to a seven-year lease extension with the city of Belleville through the 2026–27 AHL season.^[6] In January 2021, the league announced a temporary realignment due to the pandemic border restrictions and the B-Sens were placed in an all-Canada division, but had no set start date due to venue usage and restrictions in the province of Ontario. The league eventually announced a start for the teams in Canada for one week after the rest of the league, but without any games initially scheduled in Ontario.^[7] The Belleville Senators started on the road before announcing their home games would be played in Ottawa at the Canadian Tire Centre for the entire season.^[8]

During the 2022–23 season, Belleville fired Troy Mann as coach on February 2, 2023, while sitting sixth in the AHL's North Division. Assistant coach David Bell was named new head coach.^[9]

After the departure of captain Dillon Heatherington in the offseason, on October 8, 2024, Belleville named Garrett Pilon the sixth captain in franchise history.^[10]

In August 2025, the City of Belleville and the Senators agreed to a three-year lease extension through the 2029–30 AHL season, with the option to extend the lease another five years up to 2034–35.^[11]

After going 11–14–3 to start the 2025–26 season, Belleville fired David Bell as head coach on December 17, 2025, while sitting fifth in the North Division. The Senators named assistant coach Andrew Campbell as interim head coach.^[12] The interim tag was lifted on June 22, 2026 when Campbell signed a three-year extension with Belleville.^[13]

The official broadcasting partner of the Belleville Senators is radio station 800 CJBQ. Commentators David Foot and Tim Durkin cover all games. David Foot also has a weekly podcast featuring news on the Belleville Senators and the AHL.

Calder Cup champions

Conference champions

Division champions

League leader

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Current roster

Updated August 3, 2026.

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No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
–		Eskild Bakke Olsen	C	R	24	2026	Hamar, Norway	Ottawa
–		Sammy Blais	LW	L	30	2026	Montmagny, Quebec	Ottawa
58		Samuel Bolduc	D	L	25	2026	Laval, Quebec	Ottawa
10		Philippe Daoust	LW	L	24	2022	Barrie, Ontario	Ottawa
11		Jorian Donovan	D	L	22	2023	Calgary, Alberta	Ottawa
–		Kasper Halttunen	RW	R	21	2026	Helsinki, Finland	Ottawa
29		Tomas Hamara	D	L	22	2024	Prague, Czech Republic	Ottawa
14		Scott Harrington	D	L	33	2025	Kingston, Ontario	Belleville
39		Landen Hookey	RW	R	22	2025	Sarnia, Ontario	Belleville
–		Christian Kyrou	D	R	23	2026	Komoka, Ontario	Ottawa
36		Luke Mistelbacher	RW	R	20	2026	Steinbach, Manitoba	Belleville
17		Blake Montgomery	LW	L	21	2026	Annapolis, Maryland	Ottawa
31		Jackson Parsons	G	L	21	2025	Embrun, Ontario	Ottawa
45		Kevin Reidler	G	L	22	2026	Gavle, Sweden	Ottawa
5		Hoyt Stanley	D	R	21	2026	West Vancouver, British Columbia	Ottawa
–		Ryan Suzuki	C	L	25	2026	London, Ontario	Ottawa
–		Philip Tomasino	RW	R	25	2026	Mississauga, Ontario	Ottawa
44		Djibril Toure	D	R	23	2023	Dorval, Quebec	Ottawa

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Team captains

• Mike Blunden, 2017–18
• Erik Burgdoerfer, 2018–19
• Jordan Szwarz, 2019–20
• Logan Shaw, 2021–22^[14]
• Dillon Heatherington, 2022–24
• Garrett Pilon, 2024–26

Team scoring leaders

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game average;

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Points

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Egor Sokolov	LW	240	76	104	180	0.75
Angus Crookshank	LW	202	77	72	149	0.74
Cole Reinhardt	LW	270	54	77	131	0.49
Garrett Pilon	C	186	37	89	126	0.68
Lassi Thomson	D	257	38	80	118	0.46
Drake Batherson	RW	103	38	78	116	1.13
Maxence Guenette	D	236	27	89	116	0.49
Jake Lucchini	LW	133	39	65	104	0.78
Filip Chlapik	C	146	37	51	88	0.60
Roby Jarventie	LW	136	38	48	86	0.63

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Notable alumni

The following players have played both 100 games for the Belleville Senators and 100 games in the National Hockey League:

• Drake Batherson
• Jacob Bernard-Docker
• Andreas Englund
• Mark Kastelic
• Parker Kelly
• Jacob Larsson
• Nick Paul