Daniel Alfredsson has been captain of the Ottawa Senators since 1999-2000.

Ottawa Senators winger Daniel Alfredsson was named captain and Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara got the other position.

Alfredsson, 39, is the longest-serving captain in the NHL (1999-2000) and is a lifelong Senators player, winning rookie of the year in Ottawa in 1995-96.

Chara developed into a star in Ottawa after he arrived in a 2001 trade, but Senators fans remember that he left the team in 2006 to sign a five-year free-agent deal with the Bruins. He was named Bruins captain his first season and won a Cup with Boston last season.

The All-Star teams will be named Team Alfredsson and Team Chara, and the captains, along with an assitant captain to be named later, will select the squads, fantasy-style, on Jan. 26.

The captains will also choose who participates in the various events at the Jan. 28 skills competition.

The All-Star Game will be on the 29th.

Last year in Raleigh, N.C., the captains were the Carolina Hurricanes’ Eric Staal and Detroit Red Wings’ Nicklas Lidstrom, neither of whom are part of this year’s game. Staal made teammate Cam Ward the first pick. Lidstrom made Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos, a participant this year, his first pick.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Phil Kessel was the last player chosen in the 2011 inaugural fantasy draft, but he’s expected to go much earlier this year as one of the league’s top scorers.


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