Awards and nominations keep coming for the Washington Capitals--and not just to those with the parent club. The Capitals' 2007 first-round draft pick Karl Alzner has just earned some hardware as a member of the WHL Calgary Hitmen, named both the Western Hockey League's player of the year and top defenseman:

[Alzner] earned the WHL's highest individual honour in winning the Four Broncos Trophy, given annually by the WHL to its top player in memory of four Swift Current Broncos who died in a bus crash in 1986.

Alzner also [won] the Bill Hunter Trophy as top defenceman.