Karl Alzner has won not one, but two World Championship titles. A product of Burnaby minor hockey, he played his junior hockey in Calgary where he was named the WHL player of the year and defenseman of the year for the 2007-08 WHL season. He was also named the top defenseman in the Canadian Hockey League.

That earned him a spot on Canada’s world junior hockey team and his first gold medal. He 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.

Karl was drafted in the first round, fifth overall, by the Washington Capitals in the 2007 NHL entry draft where he plays today.