Alon Eizenman

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| image_size = 230px

| ntl_team = Israel

| position = Centre

| played_for = Haifa Hawks (Israel)
Diables Noirs de Tours (France)

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 176

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|2|9}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2000

| career_end = 2007

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Alon Eizenman ({{Langx|he|אלון אייזנמן}}; born February 9, 1979) is a Canadian and Israeli former ice hockey player. He played club hockey for the Nittany Lions at Pennsylvania State University, then played professionally in France and on the Israeli national team in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, and 2006 Ice Hockey World Championships.{{cite journal|title=Professional Hockey Review: 2010–11; Minor Leagues|journal=Jewish Sports Review|date=September–October 2011 |volume=8|issue=87|pages=7–8}}{{cite news|last1=Lungen|first1=Paul|title=Israeli hockey hopes melting away|publisher=Metro West Jewish News|date=May 1, 2008}}{{cite news|last1=Lungen|first1=Paul|title=Stars of David shine in multicultural hockey tournament|url=http://cjnews.com/news/sports/stars-david-shine-multicultural-hockey-tournament|access-date=July 17, 2015|publisher=CJ News|date=January 12, 2012}}

Eizenman earned a Bachelor of Science from Pennsylvania State University in 2001, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Toronto in 2007.{{cite web|title=Alon Eizenman|url=http://www.stikeman.com/BioPDF/profile_808307_EN.pdf|website=Stikeman Elliot|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722121015/http://www.stikeman.com/BioPDF/profile_808307_EN.pdf|archive-date=July 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}

Hockey career

In secondary school, Eizenman played for the Wexford Raiders.{{cite news|last1=Lello|first1=Michael|title=Prolific freshman scores first home goal|url=http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_3ae84511-d761-5ce9-b3cb-3f874cce8a50.html|access-date=July 17, 2015|publisher=The Daily Collegian|date=November 18, 1997}} Eizenman played for Canada in the Maccabiah Games while still in secondary school.{{cite news|last1=Nolen|first1=Stephanie|title=Canadian Jewish team breaks ice for hockey in Israel|work=The Globe and Mail|date=July 23, 1997}}

Eizenman played for Penn State as an undergraduate from 1997 to 2001 under coach Joe Battista.{{cite news|last1=Battista|first1=Joe|title=Yes We Do Believe In Miracles|url=http://www.statecollege.com/news/columns/yes-we-do-believe-in-miracles,330119/|access-date=July 14, 2015|publisher=State College News|date=February 4, 2010}} He led Penn State to 4 ACHA national championships.{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Avery|title=Bobby Orr and Me|date=2008|isbn=978-0557036929|page=137}} In 2000 he scored 16 minutes into overtime, to beat Eastern Michigan for the ACHA Division I Championship.{{cite book|last1=Wechsler|first1=Bob|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History|date=2008|publisher=Ktav|isbn=978-0881259698|page=65}} In 2001 he scored 2 goals and was named MVP of the game in which Penn State beat Delaware for the national championship.

In 2012 he was named to the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Hall of Fame.{{cite news|last1=Lungen|first1=Paul|title=Alon Eizenman named to U.S. college Hall-of-Fame|url=http://www.cjnews.com/sports/alon-eizenman-named-us-college-hall-fame#sthash.FFXborRV.dpuf|access-date=July 14, 2015|publisher=The Canadian Jewish News|date=April 9, 2012}}

Said to have maintained a "dizzying(ly)" high grade point average as an undergraduate, Eizenman postponed law school for a professional career that began with a tryout with the Pittsburgh Penguins.{{cite news|last1=Molinari|first1=Dave|title=Penn State graduate impresses Penguins|publisher=Pittsburgh Post Gazette|date=September 15, 2001}}

He was described in the Sydney Morning Herald 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."{{cite news|last1=Eade|first1=Daniel|title=Australia loses first world ice hockey championship match in overtime |url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/australia-loses-first-world-ice-hockey-championship-match-in-overtime-20140410-zqt3z.html|access-date=July 14, 2015|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=April 10, 2014}}

Post-sports life

Eizenman is a lawyer with the Canadian law firm of Stikeman Elliott, specializing in municipal and planning law.

Family

Eizenman's father is Moshe Eizenman, a professor at the University of Toronto. He is the brother of ice hockey players Oren and Erez Eizenman, all three of whom have played for the Israeli national team.{{cite news|last=Lungen|first=Paul|title=Israel defies prognosticators by winning IIHF hockey gold |url=http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9215&Itemid=86|access-date=September 18, 2011|newspaper=Canadian Jewish News|date=April 18, 2005}}