Sens players, fans share love for Mike Fisher after retirement from NHL

Long-time Ottawa Senators forward Mike Fisherwhocaptainedthe Nashville Predators since September2016has decided to hang up his skates after 17 seasons, but not before leavingquite an impressionon Canada's capital.

• Mike Fisher announces his retirement from the NHL

Fisher played 11 seasons in Ottawa, which included one Stanley Cup final appearance, during some of the franchise's best years.

The Peterborough, Ont., native was also very involved in the local community. Ottawa fell in love with Fisher.

Ottawa resident Joe Boughner shared a story about Fisher on Twitter.

He detailedthe time Fisher joined a practice for a house league hockey team he coached in Ottawa.

Boughner'sTwitter thread discussed how Fisher goofed around with the kids, who were about 10 years old, in the mid-2000s.

He also explained how he worried Fisher would injure himself and hurt the Senators' playoff hopes in the process. But, everything turned out just fine.

And while there aren't too many current Ottawa Senators left from Fisher's tenure with the team, players takingpart in a pickup game Thursday inKanatasaid the veteran certainly left his mark.

"From what I heard, he was a really good guy. Got along with everybody, and a really good team player," said KyleTurris.

Former Senatorsdefencemanand Ottawa native MarcMethotcalled Fisher'scontributions to the city "second to none."

"He was always very involved with the charities here," saidMethot. "Mix that in with the fierce play he brought to the ice surface, [and] it made him an all around great asset to the community."

Here is one of the greatest memories from Fisher's time in Ottawa. He scored the overtime winner over Toronto in 2004.

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Mike Fisher scores the game-winning goal in double overtime to beat Toronto in 2004.

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