Alexander Sulzer
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Alexander Sulzer (born May 30, 1984) is a German ice hockey defenceman, who currently plays for the DEG Metro Stars.
Sulzer went through the youth system of the ESV Kaufbeuren and first received ice time for the first team in the Oberliga, the third division in German ice hockey. The following season he still played for the ESVK, this time achieving the promotion into the 2nd Bundesliga. He was able to improve his game, especially his scoring. The following year he played transferred to the Hamburg Freezers, where he would play in the first division the DEL under Förderlizenz. In the first season he did, however, still mainly play for Kaufbeuren. In the following three seasons, he developed into a starter, now playing for the DEG Metro Stars, he even took part in the playoffs in 2004. In the 2005/2006 season, he set a personal record and played a large role in his team's reaching of the playoff finals. His contract with Düsseldorf runs until 2008.
Sulzer is currently part of the German national ice hockey team, for which he played in the 2005 and 2006 World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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- This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of June 23, 2006.de:Alexander Sulzer
