Alon Eizenman (born February 9, 1979) is a
Canadian
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and
Israeli
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former
ice hockey
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player. He played club hockey for the
Nittany Lions at Pennsylvania State University, then played professionally in
France
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and on the
Israeli national team in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2006
Ice Hockey World Championships
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.
Eizenman earned a Bachelor of Science from
Pennsylvania State University
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in 2001, and a
Juris Doctor
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from the
University of Toronto
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in 2007.
Hockey career
In secondary school, Eizenman played for the
Wexford Raiders
The Toronto Jr. Canadiens are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in the Downsview neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were known as the Wexford Raiders until the end of the 2005–06 season and are a part of Ontario Junior Hockey Leag ...
.
Eizenman played for Canada in the
Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah Games (a.k.a. the World Maccabiah Games; he, משחקי המכביה, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics"), first held in 1932, are an international Jewish and Israeli multi-sp ...
while still in secondary school.
Eizenman played for
Penn State #Redirect Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campu ...
as an undergraduate from 1997 to 2001 under coach
Joe Battista.
[ He led Penn State to 4 ACHA national championships.][
In 2012 he was named to the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Hall of Fame.]Sydney Morning Herald
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'' as the "hero" of Israel's victory over Australia in the 2014 Ice Hockey Division IIA World Championships, for "scoring with just 16 seconds remaining in the overtime period to win the game."
Post-sports life
Eizenman is a lawyer with the Canadian law firm of Stikeman Elliott
Stikeman Elliott LLP is a Canadian business law firm founded in 1952 by H. Heward Stikeman and Fraser Elliott. The firm has offices located in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, London and Sydney. Since 2021, the firm's cha ...
, specializing in municipal and planning law.[
]
Family
Eizenman's father is Brett Eizenman, co-founder of the Israel Baseball League
The Israel Baseball League (IBL; Hebrew: ליגת הבייסבול הישראלית, ''Ligat ha-Beisbol ha-Israelit'') was a six-team professional baseball league in Israel. The first game was played on June 24, 2007.
League structure
The six ...
. He is the brother of ice hockey players Oren
Oren ( he, אורן) is a masculine given name, meaning 'pine' or 'ash' in Hebrew. In the Book of Chronicles, Oren is one of the sons of Jerahmeel, the first-born of Hezron, along with Ram, Bunah, Ozem and Ahijah.
Oren, as a given name or surnam ...
and Erez Eizenman, all three of whom have played for the Israeli national team.
See also
* List of select Jewish ice hockey players
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eizenman, Alon
1979 births
Living people
Canadian ice hockey centres
Diables Noirs de Tours players
Haifa Hawks players
Israeli ice hockey centres
Israeli Jews
Jewish Canadian sportspeople
Jewish ice hockey players
Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey players
Ice hockey people from Toronto
Israeli expatriate ice hockey people
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate ice hockey players in France
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in France
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
University of Toronto alumni