Karl Alzner

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Karl Alzner
Date of birth September 24, 1988
place of birth Burnaby , British Columbia , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
number # 27
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2007 , 1st round, 5th position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
2004-2008 Calgary Hitmen
2008-2017 Washington Capitals
since 2017 Canadiens de Montréal
Rocket de Laval

Karl Alzner (born September 24, 1988 in Burnaby , British Columbia ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League since July 2017 and for their farm team, the Rocket de Laval , in the American Hockey League is used. The defender previously spent nine years with the Washington Capitals .

Career

Alzner in the jersey of the Washington Capitals

Karl Alzner began his career in 2003 with the Richmond Sockeyes in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League , before moving to the high-class junior league Western Hockey League for the Calgary Hitmen the following year . In his first season Alzner was rather inconspicuous and could hardly set accents on the offensive with only ten assists. In the following season he was able to improve, but only reached the second round with the hitmen in the playoffs, as in the previous year.

In the 2006/07 season Alzner developed into the best defender of his team and, with the role of assistant captain, also took on responsibility within the team. Due to his continuously improving performance, he was appointed to the squad of the Canadian team for the U20 World Cup , which won the gold medal in January 2007. In the playoffs of the WHL Alzner had a large share in reaching the Conference Finals with 13 points this season, but they failed there because of the Medicine Hat Tigers .

For the NHL Entry Draft 2007 Alzner was listed by the talent scouts of the National Hockey League as the second best defender of his class and was finally selected in the first round in fifth place by the Washington Capitals . In the fall of 2007 he competed with a Canadian U20 selection in the Super Series against a Russian team of the same age group. Canada won the eight-game series with seven wins and one draw and Alzner contributed one goal and three assists .

Although many saw him as mature enough to play in the NHL, he returned for a season to the Calgary Hitmen, which he now leads as team captain. In January 2008 he defended the title at the Junior World Championship with the Canadian U20 team . In the WHL, he did not score as often as in the previous season, but the Hitmen took first place in the Eastern Conference with the third best defense in the league. For his achievements he was then awarded the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player and with the Bill Hunter Memorial Trophy as the best defender of the WHL.

In May 2008 Alzner finally signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals and played at the beginning of the 2008/09 season in the AHL with the Hershey Bears , the Capitals' farm team , but was appointed to the NHL squad during the season.

At the beginning of the 2010/11 season, Alzner established himself in the NHL line-up and played 423 games of the regular season in a row in the following seasons up to January 2016. He exceeded the previous franchise record of Bobby Carpenter , who had played 422 games without a break for the Capitals from 1981 to 1986. After a total of 655 missions including the play-offs for the capital city club until the end of the 2016/17 season , the defender did not extend his expiring contract and turned his back on the team after nine seasons together. As a free agent , he signed a five-year contract with the Canadiens de Montréal on July 1, 2017 , which should bring him a total salary of approximately 23 million US dollars.

For the 2018/19 season, however, Alzner lost his regular place in the Canadiens squad and was therefore sent to the Rocket de Laval in the AHL in November 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2003/04 Calgary Hitmen WHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2004/05 Calgary Hitmen WHL 66 0 10 10 19th 12 0 3 3 9
2005/06 Calgary Hitmen WHL 70 4th 20th 24 28 13 1 3 4th 4th
2006/07 Calgary Hitmen WHL 63 8th 39 47 32 18th 1 12 13 4th
2007/08 Calgary Hitmen WHL 60 7th 29 36 15th 16 6th 2 8th 4th
2008/09 Hershey Bears AHL 48 4th 16 20th 10 10 0 2 2 2
2008/09 Washington Capitals NHL 30th 1 4th 5 2 - - - - -
2009/10 Hershey Bears AHL 56 3 18th 21st 10 20th 3 7th 10 4th
2009/10 Washington Capitals NHL 21st 0 5 5 8th 1 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Washington Capitals NHL 82 2 10 12 24 9 0 1 1 0
2011/12 Washington Capitals NHL 82 1 16 17th 29 14th 0 2 2 0
2012/13 Washington Capitals NHL 48 1 4th 5 14th 7th 1 1 2 2
2013/14 Washington Capitals NHL 82 2 16 18th 26th - - - - -
2014/15 Washington Capitals NHL 82 5 16 21st 20th 14th 2 2 4th 6th
2015/16 Washington Capitals NHL 82 4th 17th 21st 26th 12 0 2 2 6th
2016/17 Washington Capitals NHL 82 3 10 13 28 7th 0 0 0 2
2017/18 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 82 1 11 12 40 - - - - -
2018/19 Rocket de Laval AHL 34 1 5 6th 10 - - - - -
2018/19 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 9 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2019/20 Rocket de Laval AHL 53 1 12 13 24 - - - - -
2019/20 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
WHL overall 260 19th 98 117 94 59 8th 20th 28 21st
AHL total 190 9 51 60 54 30th 3 9 12 6th
NHL overall 686 20th 110 130 219 64 3 8th 11 16

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2005 Canada Pacific WHC 2nd place, silver 6th 0 1 1 4th
2005 Canada HIMT 1st place, gold 5 0 0 0 0
2007 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 6th 0 1 1 2
2007 Canada Super Series 1st place 8th 1 3 4th 6th
2008 Canada U20 World Cup 1st place, gold 7th 1 1 2 0
Juniors overall 27 2 6th 8th 12

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Karl Alzner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Daniel Goffenberg: Karl Alzner Becomes Washington Capitals' all-time Iron Man. sportsnet.ca, January 27, 2016, accessed on January 28, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Alzner, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Burnaby , British Columbia