... the past two week, the Washington Capitals have a player making his NHL season debut.  They do again tonight.  2007 first rounder D Karl Alzner has been recalled form Hershey and will make his NHL season debut against ... an ailing back, D Tyler Sloan will slide up to Line 4 again tonight. Alzner will join 2008 first rounder D John Carlson on the Caps blue line.  ...

... the ice and in agony. Corvo collided with Caps defenseman Karl Alzner along the boards in front of the Carolina bench at 5:09. As the two players shoved and tried to separate, Alzner's skate appeared to catch Corvo on the right ... , he left the ice, injured after a collision on the boards with defenseman Karl Alzner, whose skate cut Corvo on the right calf. Corvo was taken ...

... suffered, it was much more severe.  Corvo bumped Caps defenseman Karl Alzner as the latter was coming off the ice.  There was nothing unusual about the contact.  Alzner’s left leg went behind Corvo’s right leg, and somehow Alzner’s skate cut the back of Corvo’s leg.  Corvo immediately went down, clutching his calf, ...

... heard), the arena went silent in honor of the great Abe Pollin. The Capitals saw the return of Juice (Milan Jurcina) as well as the addition of fan fave Karl Alzner from Hershey to the bench. Alzner showed lots of energy and hockey smarts in the opening minutes in his first few shifts. Bruce Boudreau was getting ready for Turkey Day by doing ...

... This team gave up 51 more goals than it scored this past year, so the time to address defensive deficiencies is now. And Calgary’s Karl Alzner is as good a place as any to start. Already 6-foot-2 and 210 ... s solution for the Capitals is to draft another young defenseman? This is assuming Karl Azner or whoever he may be can play NOW. This is assuming that the '07 draft is an ...

... goals with 7 and has dominated in the month of November. 6 goals and 2 assists this month including 3 goals and 4 assists in his last 4 games. D Karl Alzner (7) - Not a typical point producer he has a goal and 2 assists in his last three games and is a team best +14. Senators: RW Ryan Keller (28) - Leading the Sens in goals ( ...

... Lemaire is rolling him out with Travis Zajac(notes) and Zach Parise(notes) for a kick in the rump. • Blue-chip defenseman and keeper of the Snoop mustache Karl Alzner(notes) is back with the Washington Capitals. • If he plays, we're betting dollars to donuts that Steve McIntyre gets into a fight tonight for the Florida Panthers ...

The Caps recalled Karl Alzner today and it appears they were capable of doing that since veteran forward Mike Knuble was placed on LTIR and returned John Carlson and Andrew Gordon to Hershey. Overall it appears that the Caps are still at least 6 men down for injured, though there is significant speculation that Milan Jurcina will return to the lineup tonight. However ...

The Carolina Hurricanes placed defenseman Joe Corvo on injured reserve this morning. Corvo had his lower right leg slashed by the skate of Washington defenseman Karl Alzner in a collision along the boards in Monday's 3-2 loss to the Capitals, and, according to a news release issued by the team this morning, he is expected to ...

... the Panthers.  Who, if anybody, General Manager George McPhee is able to get onto the roster and under the cap to replace some of the players will also be of note.  Hopefully if players like Karl Malden Alzner and John Carlson make their season/NHL debuts tonight, they will inject some energy and enthusiasm into the lineup.  Those are things ...