- Born
- Nickname
- Alfie
- Height1.82 m
- Daniel Alfredsson is a Swedish-Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He spent 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), 17 with the Ottawa Senators and his 18th with the Detroit Red Wings.
Alfredsson was the long-time captain of the Senators, serving from 1999 to 2013. With the Senators, Alfredsson usually played on the first line. He had traditionally been the fourth forward on the ice in the role of pointman on Ottawa's powerplay. He was one of the league's top two-way players, and he holds the Senators' franchise records for goals (426), assists (682) and points (1,108) with 1,178 games played. He had played for Sweden internationally 14 times, including the 2006 gold medal and 2014 silver medal-winning Olympic teams. He was the 75th player to reach 1,000 career points in the NHL, doing so after scoring three goals in a win over the Buffalo Sabres on 22 October 2010. Alfredsson holds an Honorary Degree from Carleton University.- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseBirgitta Backman(July 31, 2004 - present) (3 children)
- Has played for the NHL's Ottawa Senators since 1995.
- Has a son, Hugo, born in 2003.
- Resides in Kanata, Ontario, Canada and Saro, Sweden.
- Is team captain of the Ottawa Senators
- Will play for Team Sweden during the World Cup tournment, along with fellow NHLers and countrymen Markus Naslund, Peter Forsberg, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, from Ornskoldsvik, and Mattias Ohlund from Pitea.
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