OTTAWA — Franchise legend Daniel Alfredsson has made his long-awaited return to the Ottawa Senators.
Team president of hockey operations Steve Staios announced Friday that Alfredsson is joining the team in an as-yet unspecified role.
"He'll operate somewhere between coaching and player development both on and off the ice and we will see how the role evolves," the team said in a release.
Alfredsson joined the Senators on the ice for practice on Friday.
The 50-year-old Swede played 17 seasons with the Senators from 1995 to 2013, registering 426 goals and 1,108 points in 1,178 games to go along with 100 points (51 goals, 49 assists) in 121 playoff contests.
"He checks all the boxes because he has the immediate respect of our players," Staios said. "Not only because of the player that he was but the person that he is. Add that to the leadership, add that to the long career and success that he had."
Alfredsson was team captain from 1999 until the end of the 2012-13 season, when he signed with the Detroit Red Wings.
He was part of Ottawa's hockey operations department after retiring as a player before eventually leaving the organization in 2017.
Alfredsson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2022.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 13, 2023.
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