Fresh off guiding the Ottawa Senators prospects through the 2025 Prospect Showdown in Montreal last weekend, Belleville Sens Head Coach Dave Bell and his staff are settled into the Nation’s Capital for the next couple of weeks, where they’ll play a supporting role in Ottawa’s training camp.

While he’s there, we’ll be checking in daily with Coach Bell to gain an inside look at what life is like as preparations for the 2025-26 season get underway.

Day 1 – Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Day one of training camp typically sees the coaches spend a lot of time in meetings, while players who are just arriving undergo medical evaluations and get themselves acquainted (or reacquainted) with the facilities around the Canadian Tire Centre (CTC). Coach Bell and his staff, assistants Stefen Legein and Andrew Campbell, goaltending coach Paul Gibson, and video coach Tom Black, spent the first half of the day planning out practices – laying out the structure, drills and details they’ll be going over with players in the week’s first on-ice workouts. These initial practices usually tend to focus on building pace and chemistry, and setting a standard for the rest of camp.

And, while the training camp workload is heavy, staff and players will end up with a bit of time to themselves at the end of the day. For Coach Bell and company, that meant a well-deserved trip to an Ottawa-area golf course to let off some steam.

Make sure to check back tomorrow for another look into training camp from Coach Bell’s perspective!

The full 2025-26 Belleville Senators schedule is available here.

Single-game tickets for the first-half of the 2025-26 season are now on sale via Ticketmaster or at the Belleville Sens Box Office located inside the Quinte Sports & Wellness Centre. Details on season seat memberships, flex packs, premium seating, the Business Edge program, and more can be found by visiting the Belleville Sens Website. 

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