We went to the Ottawa Senators vs the NY Islanders last night at the Corel Center. The Senators came back from being down 3-1 to win the game 4-3. It was a remarkable display of teamwork, made all the more so by team Captain Daniel Alfredsson. In the middle of the second period he took a slapshot from team mate Zdeno Chara in the ribs. Chara has a powerful shot, and Alfredsson left the game winded, and with a bruised and cracked rib.
This year’s Senators have grit. Rather than let the loss of their captain affect their game negatively, they rallied and turned around a losing game. This without Alfredsson, star center Spezza, and winger’s Havlat and Bochenski, all of whom are out with injuries.
Alfredsson has always led by example. Without him there, players like Shaefer, Fisher, and Neil stepped up and played a fabulous game. Afterward, following a trip to hospital confirming his cracked rib, Alfredsson had only this to say:
”That’s the way it goes,” said Alfredsson. ”Hopefully, Spezza is coming back soon and the good thing is we have guys stepping up and tonight was another big case of that, so we’ll find ways to win games.”
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
