Daniel Alfredsson
Daniel Alfredsson
Daniel Alfredssonis a Swedish retired professional ice hockey player. He spent 18 seasons in the National Hockey League, 17 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. He later signed a part-time job with the Ottawa Senators as an advisor to the General Manager on September 17th, 2015...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth11 December 1972
CityGothenburg, Sweden
best both defense exciting offense plays teams
I think it should be a pretty exciting series. There's no question, I think both teams have a lot of offense and I think the team that plays the best defense is probably going to win, but I think there should be some fast-paced hockey.
hit peak
I don't think we hit our peak yet. I think we can get better.
felt
From the beginning, we showed we wanted this game, and I think the Czechs felt that.
beginning effort final goal gold good great tonight tough
From the beginning our goal was to get to the final and play for the gold medal. It's always tough to go all the way, and we have had some good luck. Tonight we had a great effort from 20 guys.
brings energy enjoys fun guy loves practicing
He loves the game. He loves practicing and he's a fun guy to be around. He brings a lot of energy when he comes to the rink. You can see that he enjoys it.
advantage chance gave nice ourselves passing power took win
We took advantage of (a) power play we had at 5-on-3 and gave ourselves a chance to win with the nice passing play.
best keys missed obviously power
When he was out, you could really tell how much we missed him. He's one of the best defensemen in the world, I think, and probably very underrated. He jump-starts a lot of our offense, not just our power play, but obviously he's one of the keys on our power play as well.
cost simple tried
We've got to play smarter, there's no question. We tried to keep it simple in our own end and when we didn't, it cost us right away.
good question
He's a good goalie, there's no question about that.
centre certainly desire fair fun looking pressure takes team watch
He's going to play a big part on this team this year. I don't think it's fair to put too much pressure on him but we're looking for him to probably be a No. 1 centre and I think he has what it takes to do it and he certainly has the desire so it's going to be fun to watch him this year.
great
Hopefully, we can play one more great game.
games good sure today
He didn't say too much. I'm not sure why he didn't play today but I'm sure with the back-to-back games ... it's good for us just to have him around.
happen pressure takes
He can make things happen from nothing and from nowhere. He takes pressure off guys.
guys instead league mindset playing rewarded sitting
I think it's a different mindset this year. You see how the guys are doing it and you see the possibilities. And you're playing more offensively, so I think the mindset is a lot different in the league right now, too. I think you're getting rewarded for going on the offense, instead of sitting back.