Randy Sexton

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Randy Sexton is the Assistant General Manager of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League(NHL). He was one of the founders of the Ottawa Senators professional ice hockey NHL club in Ottawa, Canada. He later became Ottawa's second general manager.

[edit] Career

In 1989, Mr. Sexton, was vice-president of Terrace Investments, a commercial development firm in Ottawa. Mr. Firestone, then president & CEO, developed the idea of gaining a new NHL franchise for Ottawa, Ontario, adopting for the club the old Ottawa Senators name. In the original plan, their privately financed arena would anchor a new 'West Terrace' 'mini-city' land development in Kanata, Ontario on class "A" farmland. Mr. Sexton, would along with Mr. Firestone and Cyril Leeder be the main principals behind the successful drive to win a new NHL franchise in 1990.

Prior to joining Terrace, Mr. Sexton had playing experience for the Cornwall Royals and St. Lawrence University and was assistant coach for St. Lawrence in the 1984–85 NCAA season.

Mr. Sexton would later be named general manager by majority owner Rod Bryden in 1993 and served until 1995. He was fired in December 1995 after the poor performance of the hockey club in the 1995–96 season.

When the Senators built the Bell Sensplex ice rink facility in 2004, Mr. Sexton was named Executive director.

On January 27, 2007, Sexton was hired as the Assistant General Manager of the Florida Panthers. Sexton is assistant to Jacques Martin, the former head coach of Ottawa.