With the Ottawa Senators suffering a plethora of injuries this season, coach Guy Boucher has opted to use 11 forwards and 7 defencemen for many of the games thus far. As a result, despite still having 6 healthy defencemen, the Ottawa Senators called up Ben Harpur yesterday from Belleville.
NHL Experience So Far
Drafted in the fourth round in 2013, Harpur has seen infrequent NHL time since then. However, in his stints with Ottawa he has performed well. In the past two seasons he played five and six games respectively. Last season he even logged nine playoff games while picking up two assists.