Karl Alzner sport ice hockey
Karl Alexander Alzner (born September 24, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). Alzner was drafted in the first round, fifth overall, by the Capitals in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
A standout in junior with the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL, Alzner won two World Junior Hockey Championship gold medals with Team Canada 2007 and 2008 (as the captain). Alzner was named the Western Hockey League (WHL)'s top player and Canadian Hockey League (CHL)'s top defenceman in 2008. He won back to back Calder Cups and won the Presidents' Trophy in 2016 and 2017 with the Capitals.Playing career
Junior and Canadian Appearance
As a youth, Alzner played in the 2002 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Burnaby. He later played Junior B as a 14/15 year old for the Richmond Sockeyes in 2003–04, and won the PIJHL league championship, the Cyclone Taylor Cup provincial championship and placed 2nd in the Keystone Cup.Alzner played four Western Hockey League (WHL) seasons with the Calgary Hitmen as part of a standout junior career. His last year he was Captain Alzner next Hitmen Captain His first game for the Hitmen was for the Christmas Teddy bear toss as an underage 15 year old with 14,000 fans in the Saddledome.   Alzner was on Team Pacific Silver against Team Toews (West) Gold.  [1] He was a Canada national team member winning in 2005 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka and Canada's gold medal-winning team at the 2007 World Junior Hockey Championships as one of only two players who had not been selected in the NHL draft (the other being Sam Gagner). Shortly after returning to Calgary after the World Junior Championships, Alzner headed to Quebec City, Quebec to play in the 2007 Top Prospects Game and Alzner was named Captain of Team White and Sam Gagner was Captain of team Red.
Alzner was an assistant captain in the 2007 Super Series against the Russian junior team, and was named captain of Team Canada for the 2008 World Junior Championships, both of which were won by Canada. Alzner was named the WHL Player of the Year and Defenceman of the Year for the 2007–08 WHL season.  He was also named the top defenceman in the Canadian Hockey League.
In 2013, Alzner was invited to tryout for the Canadian men's national team.
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