Comments on: Karl Alzner’s Season-Saving Defensive Play in Overtime

By: Michael01a

Michael01a — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:03:00 +0000

OMG, the fate of the series and probably the SC, was decided by the slimmest of margins. Like one inch

By: Andrius Galinauskas

Andrius Galinauskas — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:34:00 +0000

I cried when this happened. Me and my cousin and all the other 17,565 fans were sure that was going in….not this year I guess

By: Ian Oland

Ian Oland — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:40:00 +0000

ESPN’s caption on the Alzner headline photo above is this: “BOSTON, MA – APRIL 25: Patrice Bergeron #37 of the Boston Bruins shoots
the puck against Karl Alzner #27 of the Washington Capitals who blocks
the shot in Game Seven of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during
the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on April 25, 2012 in
Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)”

http://scores.espn.go.com/nhl/photos?gameId=400259113&photoId=2026115

By: Puck Buddys

Puck Buddys — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:57:00 +0000

That is Alz.

By: JustinC71

JustinC71 — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:06:00 +0000

In that GIF it definitely looks like the puck’s angle changed after catching a peice of the stick. We can all agree to disagree though, Alzner’s a great defender and we won the game.

By: Rhino40

Rhino40 — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:38:00 +0000

When I was watching the replays last night both on CSN and NHLN, it looked to me like it might have gone off of Alzner’s leg.

Actual blocked shot or not? Doesn’t matter.

Either way, I think we can all agree that this was a pivotal moment in which Young Karl came up huge.

#alzner=redemption

Oh, and more high-fives to Peter: Thanks to all those idiot pundits who assumed the Caps would lose (and we all know what happens when we assume., heh–heh), Your game summary post had enough bullet points to operate this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8

…for about an hour….loved it!

#bear_poked

By: joro

joro — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:22:00 +0000

It does hit the stick, evident from the second gif that Ian posted (great post all around, I was trying to figure this one out on the DVR but one could not tell from the broadcast angles). That said it looks like the shot was going wide before the block. But the mere fact that Alzner even got a piece of it goes to show how great of defender he is. In terms of contributions in the post-season I think Karl Alzner is second only to Holtby and this is by a slim margin!!!

By: hamrlik her

hamrlik her — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:50:00 +0000

Doesn’t look he Karl touched it. However, had Bergeron actually gotten that on net, it looks like Alzner would have likely blocked it in time.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:08:00 +0000

Either way, Alzy’s presence prevented that puck from going in the net.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:04:00 +0000

Looks to me like it hits his stick from the second .gif.