1.  Alternate captain Wendel Clark thought that act was so cute, he did it twice.

2.  Alternate captain Craig Ludwig said the team will be happy to get Hatcher back on the ice.

3.  Ftorek gave Pederson extra inspiration by making him an alternate captain for the game.

4.  Garry Galley, the veteran alternate captain, is an unrestricted free agent and already has turned down a contract offer from the Kings.

5.  Graves, the Ranger left wing and alternate captain, was ejected for fighting in support of Ulf Samuelsson.

6.  He has been made alternate captain by the Oilers, and he said he was happy to be in Edmonton.

7.  He quickly retrieved the puck from alternate captain Don Sweeney and skated it over to the Boston bench for safekeeping.

8.  He even thought about using three alternate captains.

9.  In the dressing room, Murray also has given Norstrom a good support system with four veteran alternate captains.

10.  Keane will join Joe Nieuwendyk, Mike Modano and Sergei Zubov as alternate captains in support of captain Derian Hatcher.