Martin Gerber is headed to the AHL's Binghamton Senators. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

Much-maligned netminder Martin Gerber is headed to the AHL for what the Ottawa Senators call "a two-week conditioning assignment."

Gerber, 34, hasn't tended goal since Jan. 8, when he lost 6-4 to the Boston Bruins.

He has been listed as a healthy scratch in Ottawa's two games since, with rookie Brian Elliott handed the starts and Alex Auld serving as backup.

Elliott is 2-1-0 since he was recalled from the Binghamton Senators last Friday, following up a 2-0 loss to the New York Rangers with 5-1 and 3-2 wins over the Carolina Hurricanes and Atlanta Thrashers, respectively.

Elliott has tended goal four times for Ottawa, three times this season and once on Oct. 10, 2007.

Gerber is 4-9-1 with a 2.86 goals-against average and one shutout in 14 games this season, his third in the nation's capital.

He is 104-73-14 with seven ties and a 2.61 GAA in 214 games over six NHL seasons with the Anaheim Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes and Senators.

Gerber was drafted in the eighth round (232nd overall) by Anaheim in 2001.

With files from the Canadian Press