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Mike Condon won’t be taking a break with the rest of his teammates.

Instead, he’ll spend this week on the ice working on his game.

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The Senators goaltender returned to Ottawa following the club’s 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Sunday night and after dropping three straight, he doesn’t feel this is the right time to take time off.

“I’m going back to Ottawa and I’m going to practise,” Condon said after allowing two goals on 28 shots at the Verizon Center. “I finished (before the) break not that well and, for me, personally, I can’t go sit on a beach somewhere and be content with this.

“I’m going to go back to Ottawa and get on the ice and do some work.”

Condon has done an admirable job while top goalie Craig Anderson is away on personal leave to be with his wife Nicholle while she undergoes cancer treatment at a facility in New York.

Even though he’s made 14 straight appearances with backup Andrew Hammond sidelined with a high ankle sprain, Condon isn’t tired.