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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Right
Nickname	Alfie, Affe,
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg)
NHL Team	Ottawa Senators
Nationality	Sweden
Born	December 11, 1972, Gothenburg, SWE
NHL Draft	133rd overall, 1994 Ottawa Senators
Pro Career	1992 – present

Daniel Alfredsson (born 11 December 1972, Gothenburg, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is the Captain of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. A right winger with the Senators, Alfredsson usually plays on the first line, but more recently the second line.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 NHL beginnings 1.2 Recent years 2 Personal/Trivia 3 Awards 4 Career statistics 5 International play 6 See also 7 Links

Drafted 133rd overall in the 6th round in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, Alfredsson was a remarkable find by the Senators. In his first season in the NHL in 1995-96 he won the Calder Memorial Trophy for rookie of the year and has consistently been one of the leagues top players. Known as a high scorer with grit and leadership abilities he was made captain of the team in 1999-2000 when Alexei Yashin refused to play. Alfredsson continued as captain the following season 2000-01, when Yashin was denied the 'C' (captaincy), upon returning to the lineup.

He signed a two-year contract in 2002. Head coach Jacques Martin waited until the end of training camp to make the announcement of his captaincy. In March of 2004 Alfredsson signed a contract extension with the Ottawa Senators for an additional five years that is likely to see him retire an Ottawa Senator.

During the NHL lockout he played for Frölunda HC in Sweden and with his linemates P. J. Axelsson and Samuel Påhlsson he won the Swedish Championship.

On October 5th, 2005, opening night for the 2005-06 NHL Season, Daniel Alfredsson and Dany Heatley, a fellow first liner, became the first players to score the winning goals for a shoot out in NHL History. They both scored against the Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Ed Belfour for a 3-2 overtime victory. Their sticks were subsequently sent to the Hockey Hall of Fame.

On December 22, 2005, Alfredsson was named to Team Sweden for the 2006 Winter Olympics and contributed to the olympic gold.

At the beginning of the 2006-2007 season, Alfredsson became the subject of trade rumors, scoring only 1 goal and 5 assists through the first 11 games, and because of this, and Ottawa's lack of success, he was placed on the second and third lines. However, Alfredsson's coach Bryan Murray immediately said there wasn't any ideas about trading him. He soon turned his game around and enjoyed a 6-game scoring streak after.

On Saturday, December 23, 2006, later against the Philadelphia Flyers, he notched his 700th career point, scoring on an empty net and adding another goal and an assist to top it off.

• Alfredsson married Birgitta Backman on 31 July 2004. They have two sons, Hugo, born in 2003 and Loui born in 2006.
• He currently resides in Kanata, Ontario, Canada and Särö, Sweden.
• His hockey hero growing up was another Swede, Kent Nilsson.
• He is also a part of the NHLPA.
• He is often called 'Alfie' in North America and 'Affe' in Sweden.
• His favourite band is U2.

• 1996- NHL All-Rookie Team
• 1996- Calder Memorial Trophy
• 1996- Played in NHL All-Star Game
• 1997- Played in NHL All-Star Game
• 1998- Played in NHL All-Star Game
• 2004- Played in NHL All-Star Game

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992-93	Frölunda HC	SEL		20	1	5	6	8		--	--	--	--	--
1993-94	Frölunda HC	SEL		39	20	10	30	18		4	1	1	2	--
1994-95	Frölunda HC	SEL		22	7	11	18	22		--	--	--	--	--
1995-96	Ottawa Senators	NHL		82	26	35	61	28		--	--	--	--	--
1996-97	Senators	NHL		76	24	47	71	30		7	5	2	7	6
1997-98	Senators	NHL		55	17	28	45	18		11	7	2	9	20
1998-99	Senators	NHL		58	11	22	33	14		4	1	2	3	4
1999-00	Senators	NHL		57	21	38	59	28		6	3	1	4	2
2000-01	Senators	NHL		68	24	46	70	30		4	1	0	1	2
2001-02	Senators	NHL		78	37	34	71	45		12	7	6	13	4
2002-03	Senators	NHL		78	27	51	78	42		18	4	4	8	12
2003-04	Senators	NHL		77	32	48	80	24		7	1	2	3	2
2004-05	Frölunda HC	SEL		15	8	9	17	10		14	12	6	18	8
2005-06	Senators	NHL		77	43	60	103	50		10	2	8	10	4
NHL Totals				706	262	409	671	309		79	29	29	58	56

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Gold	2006 Turin	Ice hockey

Played for Sweden in:

• 1995 World Championships (silver medal)
• 1996 World Championships
• 1996 World Cup of Hockey
• 1998 Winter Olympics
• 1999 World Championships (bronze medal)
• 2001 World Championships (bronze medal)
• 2002 Winter Olympics
• 2004 World Championships (silver medal)
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey
• 2006 Winter Olympics (gold medal) and was the assistant captain due to the loss of Peter Forsberg because of an injury.

• Current NHL Players
• List of Swedes in sports
• List of NHL seasons

• HockeyDB
• Ottawa Senators.com - Career Notes
• - Q & A with Alfredsson (2000)

Preceded by Peter Forsberg	Winner of the Calder Trophy 1996	Succeeded by Bryan Berard
Preceded by Alexei Yashin	Ottawa Senators captains 1999 – present	Incumbent