From a little age in small town Germany, Karl Krashwagen yearned to represent his country on the international stage. He saw many great players don the black, red and yellow, but Alexander Selich of the Buffalo Stampede is his greatest influence.

Both players are bigger Right Wing Two-Way forwards. Selich is a towering behemoth of a man at 6’10”, but the focus on defense scoring and skating is what Karl idolizes and wants to turn into his strength one day. Putting a focus into training for his defensive awareness, scoring, and skating is the path that Karl is working on to carry him along the path of his idol.

Karl’s weakness of puck handling has been noticeable and he needs to work on that, but he will continue to improve his abilities to the point where he is one of the premier two-way forwards in the SHL.

As a rookie in the SJHL, Krashwagen is still getting his feet wet – getting used to the North American style of play has been a bumpy ride so far for our German winger, but his is motivated to put in the effort to soon become a great asset similar to Selich.