G. Host
05-08-2006, 09:35 AM
http://sports.myway.com/news/05072006/v0187.html
Dora the Explorer sent the Buffalo Sabres home for the weekend and allowed Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson to have some bonus family time during the playoffs.
With Scotiabank Place unavailable throughout the weekend because of a series of concerts staged by a traveling production of the childrens TV show, both teams got an extra day off to regroup and prepare defensively for Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal Monday night.
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The Senators worked out both days at their nearby practice facility.
Alfredsson appreciated having the extra day to dissect how the top-seeded team in the East managed to blow five straight leads - including two in the final 1:37 of regulation - before losing just 18 seconds into overtime following the last of countless turnovers in the game.
Dora the Explorer sent the Buffalo Sabres home for the weekend and allowed Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson to have some bonus family time during the playoffs.
With Scotiabank Place unavailable throughout the weekend because of a series of concerts staged by a traveling production of the childrens TV show, both teams got an extra day off to regroup and prepare defensively for Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinal Monday night.
...
The Senators worked out both days at their nearby practice facility.
Alfredsson appreciated having the extra day to dissect how the top-seeded team in the East managed to blow five straight leads - including two in the final 1:37 of regulation - before losing just 18 seconds into overtime following the last of countless turnovers in the game.