question: The Viking Award has been given three times to which captain of the Ottawa Senators?
answer: Erik Sven Gunnar Karlsson
context: Title: Erik Karlsson
  Passage: Erik Sven Gunnar Karlsson (] ; born 31 May 1990) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who serves as captain of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).  Karlsson was drafted in the first round, 15th overall, by the Senators at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.  Karlsson is a two-time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman, winning the award in 2012 and 2015.
  Title: Ottawa Senators (senior hockey)
  Passage: The Ottawa Senators, also known as the Ottawa Commandos and Senior Senators, was an amateur, later semi-professional, senior-level men's ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  In 1934, the Ottawa Auditorium, owners of the Ottawa Hockey Association decided it could no longer operate the Senators of the National Hockey League in Ottawa due to mounting financial losses.  The Association split its hockey operations, relocating the NHL franchise to St. Louis, and continuing the Senators as an amateur club.  The club operated from 1934 until 1955, winning the Allan Cup Canadian men's senior ice hockey championship in 1943, 1948 and 1949.  During the war years from 1942 until 1944, it operated as the Ottawa Commandos.
  Title: List of Ottawa Senators head coaches
  Passage: The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  The team is a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).  The Senators, named after the original Ottawa Senators, began play in the NHL as an expansion team in 1992.  Having first played at the Ottawa Civic Centre, the Senators have played their home games at the Canadian Tire Centre, which was first named The Palladium, since 1996.  The team has been to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 2006–07 season, but lost to the Anaheim Ducks in five games.  The Senators are owned by Eugene Melnyk.  Pierre Dorion is the team's general manager.  Erik Karlsson is the team captain.  The current head coach is Guy Boucher, hired on May 8, 2016.
  Title: Viking Award
  Passage: The Viking Award is awarded annually to the best Swedish ice hockey player in North America.  The winner is decided by a vote among all Swedish-born players participating in the NHL or the NHL farm-team leagues.  Only Mats Sundin has received the award four times.  Peter Forsberg, Markus Näslund, Börje Salming, Henrik Zetterberg and Erik Karlsson have received it three times.
  Title: 2003–04 Ottawa Senators season
  Passage: The 2003–04 Ottawa Senators season was the 12th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).  This season would see the Senators again finish with over 100 points, finishing with 102, but this was good for only third in the tightly-contested division, as the Boston Bruins would have 104 and the Toronto Maple Leafs 103.  Ottawa would meet Toronto in the first-round of the playoffs for the fourth time, where the Maple Leafs would win the series 4–3 to end the Senators' playoff hopes.  Ottawa would fire Head Coach Jacques Martin after the playoff round.
  Title: 2004–05 Ottawa Senators season
  Passage: The 2004–05 Ottawa Senators season was the 13th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).  All games were cancelled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, which cancelled play for the entire League.  Several of the Senators' players played for teams in European hockey leagues while some played for the Senators' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Binghamton Senators.
  Title: 1997–98 Ottawa Senators season
  Passage: The 1997–98 Ottawa Senators season was the sixth season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).  The seasson would see the Senators face the challenge of improving on their very successful 1996–97 season, when they made the playoffs for the first time in team history.  The 1997–98 season would be even more successful, as Ottawa finished over .500 for the first time in club history, qualified for the playoffs for the second straight year and won their first playoff series in modern club history.  The Senators defeated the top-seeded New Jersey Devils in six games before falling to the Washington Capitals in five games in the second round.
citations: Viking Award Erik Karlsson