Ubergate

On October 29 or 30, 2018, seven members of the Ottawa Senators were surreptitiously recorded in an Uber in Pheonix, Arizona. Present on video were, Matt Duchene, Chris Wideman, Thomas Chabot, Chris Tierney, Colin White, and Alex Formenton.

The five-minute long video featured the players discussing the state of the team's defense over the first few weeks of the season and featured some strong language about members of the coaching staff, namely Martin Raymond. Raymond was the assistant coach in charge of penalty kills. “Marty Raymond, the only coach in NHL history to have the worst power-play and the worst PK within a calendar year," was one quote from Matt Duchene.

The scandal also prompted the first use of the phrase "Fuckin' Rights Melo" by Wideman doing an impression of Marty Raymond praising defenceman Dylan DeMelo.

The Ottawa Sun was the first media source to report the existence of the video, who ran it despite the team reportedly asking the outlet not to. It is for this reason the article's by-line read 'staff reporter' instead of attributing it to any specific journalist.

The video led to the dismissal from Uber of the driver responsible for recording the players and led to weeks of top-tier memeage from members of Sens Twitter as well as fueling speculation that that team's dressing room was a tire fire.

The Ottawa Senators currently have a partnership with Lyft.

In July 2021, Jeremy Rutherford of The Athletic did a follow up article with Chris Wideman regarding the Uber video and its repercussions on his career.