David Quinn of the Rangers looks on against the New York Islanders during the third period of a preseason game at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. Photo Credit: Steven Ryan
KANATA, Ontario – Mika Zibanejad has never had a bad word to say about the Ottawa Senators, or the city of Ottawa. He enjoyed his time in Canada’s capital, Zibanejad always said.
And then, Saturday night, he treated his old team like he was really, really mad at them.
Zibanejad, who was traded from the Senators to the Rangers, along with an exchange of draft picks, for Derick Brassard in the summer of 2016, recorded a hat trick against his old club on Saturday, toying with the rebuilding Senators and scoring on the power play, at even strength and then shorthanded.