Jan Alston is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 centre currently playing for the HC Lausanne

HC Lausanne

HC Lausanne is an ice hockey team, based in the city of Lausanne, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. In 2004, during the NHL lock-out, the HC Lausanne signed NHL players like Martin St. Louis and Andy Roach.-History:...

 of the National League B.

Alston has spent his entire pro career in Europe, beginning in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 with HC Eppan Pirates

HC Eppan Pirates

HC Eppan Pirates is an ice hockey team in Eppan, Italy. They play in the Serie A2, the second level of ice hockey in Italy. The club was founded in 1981...

 and WSV Sterzing – SSI Vipiteno Broncos

WSV Sterzing – SSI Vipiteno Broncos

The WSV Sterzing – SSI Vipiteno Broncos are an ice hockey team in Sterzing in South Tyrol, northern Italy. They play in the Serie A2, the second level of ice hockey in Italy. The Broncos were founded in 1948....

 before moving to Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 with HC Lausanne

HC Lausanne

HC Lausanne is an ice hockey team, based in the city of Lausanne, in the French speaking part of Switzerland. In 2004, during the NHL lock-out, the HC Lausanne signed NHL players like Martin St. Louis and Andy Roach.-History:...

. He returned to Italy with EV MAK Bruneck and AS Varese before returning to Switzerland with spells in the Nationalliga A

Nationalliga A

National League A is a professional ice hockey league in Switzerland. It is the top tier of the Swiss hockey league system and of the two-tier National League...

 for EHC Biel

EHC Biel

The EHC Biel or HC Bienne is a professional ice hockey Club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League A....

, HC Davos

HC Davos

Hockey Club Davos is a professional Swiss ice hockey club based in Davos, Switzerland. Davos play in the Swiss National League A, which is ranked as Europe's sixth best ice hockey league. The team is usually a strong force in the league and often bolster their roster with Swiss national team...

 and HC La Chaux-de-Fonds

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds

HC La Chaux-de-Fonds is a Swiss professional ice hockey team.-External links:*...

. He then moved to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in 1997, playing for the Berlin Capitals and the Adler Mannheim

Adler Mannheim

Adler Mannheim are an ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest ice hockey league in Germany. The team is from Mannheim, a city in the north of Baden-Wurttemberg...

. He moved to the ZSC Lions to 2001 and played there until 2009–2010.

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