Daniel Alfredsson
Daniel Alfredsson ( born December 11, 1972 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is since July 2013 when the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
The ice hockey games learned Alfredsson at Göteborgs IK. In 1990 he moved for two seasons for IF Mölndal Hockey before he joined the Elitserien with 20 years Västra Frölunda HC. Here, the NHL became aware of him. NHL Entry Draft 1994 Ottawa Senators secured in the sixth round as the 133rd rights to Alfredsson.
It was not until the 1995/96 season was the now 22 year old Alfredson to Canada. In his first season, he brought it to 61 points scorer and could exceed expectations. For this, he was the second Swede ever the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie. In his second season he improved to 71 points, but could in the following three seasons, handicapped by injury lay-offs, not able to go on these services. From 1998, he became the captain of the Senators. It was not until the 2000/01 season he reached the 70 point mark again, and this level was also up to the lockout in the 2004/05 season with. He bridged the strike year in Gothenburg Västra Frölunda HC in the.
In line with Dany Heatley, he managed in the season 2005/ 06 for the first time over 100 points in the NHL to achieve. On 22 October 2010 he scored his 1009th NHL game for the Senators scored three goals against the Buffalo Sabres, reaching as 75th player in the history of the NHL, the mark of 1000 points.
On July 5, 2013 Alfredsson signed a one-year contract worth a total of 5.5 million U.S. dollars at the Detroit Red Wings.
Daniel Alfredsson is also a member of the Executive Committee of the players' union NHLPA and athlete ambassador of development organization Right to Play.
Alfredsson played at five Olympic Games (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 ) for the Swedish national team, and was thus one of the team that won the gold medal in Turin in 2006. At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the silver medal with the Swedish national team.
Awards and achievements
- 2005 Swedish Champion with the Frölunda HC
- 2005 NHL Offensive Player of the Month for November
- 2006 NHL Second All-Star Team
- 2008 NHL All-Star Game
- 2012 NHL All-Star Game
- 2012 King Clancy Memorial Trophy
- 2013 Mark Messier Leadership Award
Internationally
- 2004 Best original donor of the World Cup of Hockey (together with Mike Modano )
- 2006 Gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2014 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Team records (regular season)
- 426 Goals for Ottawa Senators
- 682 templates for the Ottawa Senators
- 1108 points ( 426 goals and 682 assists) for the Ottawa Senators
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Sweden at:
- 1995 World Cup
- World Cup 1996
- World Cup of Hockey 1996
- 1999 World Cup
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2001
- 2002 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2004
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
- World Championship 2005
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- 2010 Winter Olympics
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )