Editing Ottawa Senators (section)

====Sens Mile====
Much like the [[Red Mile]] in [[Calgary]] during the [[Calgary Flames|Flames]]' [[2004 Stanley Cup playoffs|2004 Stanley Cup run]] and the Copper Kilometre in [[Edmonton]] during the [[Edmonton Oilers|Oilers]]' [[2006 Stanley Cup playoffs|2006 Stanley Cup run]], Senators' fans took to the streets to celebrate their team's success during the [[2007 Stanley Cup playoffs|2007 playoffs]]. The idea to have a 'Sens Mile' on downtown [[Elgin Street (Ottawa)|Elgin Street]], a street with numerous restaurants and pubs, began as a grassroots campaign on [[Facebook]] by Ottawa residents before game four of the Ottawa–Buffalo conference finals series.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=5f37beb9-e64b-4762-a467-cef15d0eb37c&k=89106 |title=Sens Mile |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=May 24, 2007 |access-date=November 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017124241/http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=5f37beb9-e64b-4762-a467-cef15d0eb37c&k=89106 |archive-date=October 17, 2007}}</ref> After the game five win, Ottawa residents closed the street to traffic for a spontaneous celebration.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |title=Welcome to 'Hockey Town'; Moments after the Senators won a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals, thousands of Ottawa fans spilled out into the streets to baptize Sens Mile |last=Deachman |first=Bruce |date=May 20, 2007 |pages=A3}}</ref> The City of Ottawa then closed Elgin Street for each game of the Stanley Cup Finals.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=May 23, 2007 |pages=C1 |last=Dalrympe |first=Tobin |title=Sens red 'mile' to be a wall of police blue: mayor; Have fun but obey the law, O'Brien warns}}</ref>
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