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5 11 december 1972 1992 right 1994 250px daniel alfredsson 2013-05-24 . jpg sweden alfredsson warming up with the senators 205 gothenburg , sweden ottawa senators 133rd overall frölunda hc ottawa senators detroit red wings 2014 right wing nhl 11 daniel alfredsson

daniel alfredsson

daniel alfredsson -lrb- born 11 december 1972 -rrb- is a swedish retired professional ice hockey player .
he spent 17 seasons with the ottawa senators and played his final year with the detroit red wings .
he signed a one-day contract on december 4 , 2014 to retire as a member of the ottawa senators .
alfredsson was the captain of the ottawa senators from 1999 -- 2013 .
he is considered a leader by example and had been compared to former detroit red wings captain steve yzerman in his value during his tenure as captain of the ottawa senators .
with the senators , alfredsson usually played on the first line , which was formerly nicknamed the ` cash ' or ` pizza ' line with centre jason spezza and left winger dany heatley , before heatley 's trade to the san jose sharks .
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 -lrb- 426 -rrb- , assists -lrb- 682 -rrb- , and points -lrb- 1108 -rrb- with 1,178 games played .
he had played for sweden internationally fourteen 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 , scoring three goals in a win over the buffalo sabres on 22 october 2010 .
