Final
Alfredsson thrills hometown crowd as Senators win
Oct 2, 2008 - 8:35 PM GOTEBORG, Sweden (Ticker) -- Captain Daniel Alfredsson scored a goal and set up another in front of his hometown crowd as the Ottawa Senators posted a 4-1 victory over the Frolunda Indians of the Swedish Elite League.Chris Kelly, Alex Picard and Jason Spezza also tallied for the Senators, who will open their regular season on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Stockholm, Sweden.
A Goteborg native and former Frolunda star, Alfredsson received an ovation from the crowd when he provided Ottawa with a 2-0 lead in the first period.
Alfredsson took a pass from fellow All-Star Spezza for a partial breakaway and fought off defenseman Philip Larsen to score with 6:29 remaining.
Ottawa center Mike Fisher left the contest with a groin injury. It was the second time since training camp began that Fisher injured his groin.
Blue-liner Oscar Hedman scored for Frolunda.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTTAWA 2 0 2 4
FROLUNDA 0 1 0 1 FINAL
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NONE
3RD PRD: NONE
POWER-PLAY CONVERSIONS: OTT - 0 OF 0, FRO - 0 OF 0.
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTT 2 0 2 4
FRO 0 1 0 1
GOALIES: NONE
AT
Oct 2 3:27 PM - NHL
END OF THE 2ND 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTTAWA 2 0 2
FROLUNDA 0 1 1 END OF THE 2ND
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
2ND PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTT 2 0 2
FRO 0 1 1
GOALIES: NONE
Oct 2 2:37 PM - NHL
END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTTAWA 2 2
FROLUNDA 0 0 END OF THE 1ST
GOAL SCORING:
1ST PRD: NONE
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
--- --- --- -----
OTT 2 2
FRO 0 0
GOALIES: NONE
Oct 2 1:48 PM
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