Sens Game - Alfredsson's 1000th Game Celebration

On Saturday, Tomasz & I headed out to the Ottawa Senators hockey game vs. the Buffalo Sabres. It was the last Sens game of the regular season, and also a celebration of team Captain Daniel Alfredsson's 1000th NHL game. "Alfie" was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, and has been with the team ever since.

I joined the roster for the night!

Everyone was given a commemorative t-shirt, which read "Daniel Alfredsson - 1000 Games" on the front, and ...

Alfredsson's nickname and number on the back.

The man of the hour.

The Sabres and the Sens during their warm up skate.

All of the Senators players were wearing jerseys with Alfredsson's name & number on them during the warm up. It made it difficult for us to keep an eye on our favourite players!

During the warm up, players putting the goalies through the paces.

Starting goalie, Pascal Leclaire.

Tonight's backup goalie, Brian Elliott, would have been my choice for the evening. He took a well deserved rest to get ready for round one of the playoffs, where we will face off against the defending Stanley Cup Champions, the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Alfie celebrations begin. There was a light show with large pictures of Alfie scrolling across the ice surface.

Daniel Alfredsson with Eugene Melnyk, owner of the team since 2003. There were many presentations, and Alfie made a wonderful speech, or at least he tried to, over the crowd's chants of "Alfie! Alfie! Alfie!".

Lyndon Slewidge, the official anthem singer for the Sens. He has held this position for the last 16 seasons! The Sabres' starting goalie was the 2010 Winter Olympic Games U.S. team goalie, Ryan Miller.

During the anthem, a group near us held up a huge Canada flag. It was reminiscent of the Olympics in Vancouver.

Spartacat, the Ottawa Senators mascot.


The game ended up being won by the Sabres with a score of 5-2. Although the game wasn't as exciting as we'd hoped, we were so pleased to be there for Alfredsson's celebration. We stayed until the very end, where Alfie came out onto the ice for one last time, while everyone in the stands gave him a standing ovation and chanted his name. I've never been prouder to be a Sens fan. GO SENS GO!!!