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Daniel Alfredsson was originally stunned when he heard he was going to be inducted into the Ottawa Sport Hall of Fame.

After all, when he was first drafted by the Ottawa Senators in 1994, he didn’t know if he would ever leave his native Sweden to play in the NHL.

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When he arrived in Ottawa, Alfredsson thought he might last only a year or two. Accordingly, in the beginning, his knowledge of the city was basic.

“I knew it was the capital city, or at least I think I knew that, anyway,” Alfredsson joked before officially joining fellow inductees Bob O’Billovich, Jeff Bean, Tina Takahashi and Barclay Frost in the Hall of Fame on Friday.

“I knew Canada loved hockey, but they weren’t very good at soccer. That was pretty much the extent of my knowledge at that point. I didn’t know what to expect.”

Beginning with his first modest apartment on Lyon Street, where he lived during his Calder Trophy-winning season as NHL rookie of the year in 1995-96, Alfredsson certainly never imagined the life that was to come.