Ottawa Celebrates First Cup Final in 80 Years (Canadian Press/CBC/Ottawa Citizen)

From the Canadian Press (through tsn.ca):
5/19/2007 9:41:59 PM

OTTAWA (CP) - Eighty years of pent-up frustration was released into the streets of Canada's capital Saturday, propelling even some of the country's most staid citizens into what could only be described as extreme equanimity after the Ottawa Senators earned the right to fight for Lord Stanley's mug for the first time since 1927.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=208279&hubname=

Courtesy of Saturday's 3-2 overtime win at Buffalo (giving Ottawa a 4-2 series victory), the Senators will be the fourth Canadian team to play for the Stanley Cup since the Montreal Canadiens won it all in 1993.

The Vancouver Canucks (1994), Calgary Flames (2004) and Edmonton Oilers (2006) were the others, but each lost in seven games.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2007/05/19/ott-buf-game-five.html

Also see: Welcome to ‘Hockey Town
By Bruce Deachman, The Ottawa CitizenPublished: Sunday, May 20, 2007

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=40ef2ce1-b960-4787-a15c-f25b2b517c82&k=26701