Daniel Janser

claim 2/2

so @eaglesfan036 decided to reactivate his multi, huh? JK welcome back.

Callum is on the way for his first practice with his new team. He uses the subway for his commute as do a lot of New Yorkers and boarded the subway at Canal Street. But he is not alone. Rin Kagamine, his flat mate and fellow draftee joined him for the ride. Neither of them has lived in New York before. However, both are used to rely on public transportation for their daily travel needs. Switzerland as well as Japan have a very well functioning public transportation system. So they sit alongside, playing Tetris against each other on a vintage game boy. Some people wearing New York Americans hats or t-shirt look at the odd 'couple', not being certain whether it could be that someone who makes millions would actually ride on the subway. Rin is the first to notice and pokes Cal in the ribs. The Swiss defender looks up and notices the sideway glances. He speaks up: 'Sorry, we are new in New York. Is it impolite to play game boy on the Sub?'. 'No, Sir.' a little girl completely dressed in Americans garb replies. 'We are just wondering whether you are 'the Beauty and the Beast'.' Her Dad is embarassed and tells his daughter that she cannot use their nicknames. Cal and Rin smile and say: 'Yes, she can. We think they are witty names and we wear them proudly. After all, our paychecks come in a round about way from you supporters, so how could we be angry or offended?' 'Will you use the sub on a regular basis?' asks a guy who appears to be a construction worker with a 'I NYA' hard hat. 'Of course', answers Rin. 'What is good enough for honest, hard working folks like you is certainly good enough for Cal and me.' 'Would you sign my player cards?' asks a teenage boy. 'With pleasure.' replies Janser on behalf of both of them. 'We just cannot miss our exit, as we do not fancy being yelled at for being late for our first practice with your team. That would leave a bad first impression, you see?' After some back and forth and signing the odd souvenir, Kagamine and Callum leave the coach at 23rd Street and wave good bye to their supporters. They walk to the MSG in search of the locker room, as they brought some personal belongings with their dufflebags. They have no trouble finding their goal. As they timed their departure with some margin of error, they are a bit early and are there before the other players or even coach STZ. So Callum has enough time at hand to find his locker, which is already properly labeled 'Callum Gary Yannick Janser, #7, A'. He is flabbergasted when he sees the letter. He swiftly pulls out his uniform and finds indeed the 'A' stitched to his left chest. 'Rin, would you believe that? They give captaincies to rookies in New York.' 'Congrats, boss.' Rin replies, 'Oh would you shut up, now?' is Cal's response. After having changed they decide to skate some laps. Callum has goosebumps to touch Americans ice for the first time. What a storied arena. The Jersey proudly hanging in the rafters. Players like David Night, Grimm Jonsson, Conner Low, Brick Wahl and Jorma Ruutu are house hold names in the Madison Square Garden and the fans reminiscense fondly of the last cup winning team in S53. Fast forward a couple of games into the season, and Janser has already built up a reputation as a no-nonsense defender. He is one of the leaders in checks dished out, penalties taken and has an immaculate fighting record of 1/1. So far, no surprises and New York got exactly the player as advertised. However, some were taken aback, and Janser is one of the firsts to admit so himself, that the hulking defender is also quite productive with seven helpers in nine games. No goals as of yet, but it appears only a matter of 'when' and not 'if' that the Calgary native will find the back of the net. A promising rookie season has begun.

graphic courtesy by Leandrofg (stats for Janser, stats for Kagamine) Since we last reported from the Swiss defence phenom Janser, he won a medal with Europe on the WJC, alas it had the wrong colour. After dominating the round robin in the tournament, Europe lost the one match that really mattered against Olober Sycko Team USA. They redeemed themselves against Rin's Team Asia and it was not even close in 6-1 match, though the shots on goal were pretty much on par. Callum was more successful in the ProAm Tournament, where his dad and him won the competition with 'Santa's Naughty Elves' in a convincing manner. The younger Janser used this opportunity to learn from the best players of the present and the past and is now even more ready to support New York in the pursuit of this elusive Continental Cup happiness. Speaking of which, Cal-Gary has already played six games for the team that drafted him first overall and we selected three milestone games to showcase in this edition. 4-2 The first match we present is Callum's premiere in the VHL, where New York took the W in a 4-2 game against the Riga Reign. It took the Swiss Giant all of 3:19 in the first period to appear on the score board. For all the wrong reasons, though as he was serving a minor for Interference. After all, he made his presence known early on and did not stop for the entire game. Riga' Anand scored the only goal in the starting frame to put his colours 1-0 ahead. Jeannot with an early equalizer and Davis with a deuce turned the tide for the Americans with three even strength goals. The Latvian team was not able to respond right away. Steele on a feed of Janser increased the lead to three goals, before Shrimp cut the lead down to two. Alas, it was too little, too late for the European Franchise and the team from the Big Apple kept the points. Davis (2g/1a), Steele (1g/0a) and 30xW (37 saves) were named the three stars of the match. The Americans' netminder (.949 save rate) showed Panda (.852) who's boss. New York's power play was lack luster (0/1), but their penalty killing (8/9) was a big factor in this game. The Beauty left the ice with a 0g, 1a, +2, 10 PIM (Interference x 2, Hooking x 2 (one of which lead to a goal against) and Boarding), 7 hits and 1sb record The Beast was credited with 0g, 0a, +2 and 3sb 2-3 In the second featured game, the Americans beat last season's cup winning team 3-2 in a pretty one sided contest. Analfist with his first goal for his new franchise opened the score. Around the mid-way mark of the first frame Janser's name was on the score board, but more due to a polysportive event than anything to do with the score. Toronto defence man John Doe and Janser had a disagreement about what constitutes a clean check and engaged in some good old fashioned pugilism. The Swiss enforcer with a left hook and an uppercut combo floored the uppity Legion player and was escorted to the sin bin under a frenetic standing ovation of the New York supporters. As his opponent also got a major for fighting, Janser's team was not off worse for his enthusiastic defence of his team mates. Toronto equalized the game with less than three minutes on the clock before the first intermission. Two consecutive goals in the middle frame by Captain 'Totally not a mob boss' Mancini and Davis brought the Americans 3-1 ahead. But the Legion cut this lead short with less than two minutes left to play in this second period. In the final round, no team was able to score and hence New York bagged another brace of points. The three stars were awarded to Analfist (1g/2a), Mancini (1g/2a) and Bob (0g/2a). Despite Castle's heroic performance in goal (.912) which was slightly better than 30xW's (.909), Toronto was not able to win. New Yorks box play was once more outstanding (1/1) and their power play was considerably improved (1/3). Janser had 0g, 0a, -1, 5 PIM (no power play), 3 hits, one fight won Kagamine noted 0g, 0a, -1, 1sb 1-5 In a match which saw New York take on the perennially competing (but now rebuilding) Bears out of Seattle in a 5-1 win. The Americans came out of the gate on fire as they scored on the power play after 3:22. Mancini put the puck in the back of the net for his team. Analfist and Roux with his first of the season put the East Coasters 3-0 in front. The middle frame brought no change to the score, despite frequent attempts to do so. Jeannot with an other marker on the man advantage and Steele on even strength made it 5-0 before Odinson spoiled the shutout for 30xW. Analfist (1g/0a), Steele (1g/1a) and Maellard (0g/2a) were given the post game merits and we strongly believe Janser was FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY on this occasion. 30xW (.960) with an almost perfect performance outshone Lion (.898) in Seattle's crease. The Americans' penalty killing was flawless (1/1) and their power play was almost perfect (2/3). Janser was logged with 0g, 3a, +1, 2 PIM (Tripping, did not change the score), 2 hits and 3sb Kagamine put up 0g, 1a, +1 and 2sb After six games, New York is first in the NA conference in threeway tie with Calgary and Los Angeles, with one game in hand against the Albertan team. Here are the stats of the 'Beauty and the Beast' after their first matches in the big show: Janser: 6gp, 0g, 6a, 6pts, +2, 21 PIM, 21 hits, 6sb, 1/1 fights won, 1 First Star distinction Kagamine: 6gp, 2g, 1a, 3pts, +2, 0 PIM, 1 hit, 10sb Please read some of our related articles until we report from our intrepid hero again in our next issue: https://vhlforum.com/topic/142307-the-cgy-janser-story-part-ix-one-third-of-a-season-played/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/142493-the-cgy-janser-story-part-x-the-beauty-and-the-beast/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/142737-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xi-regular-season-end/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/142903-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xii-round-one-accomplished/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/143134-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xiii-settling-in-in-new-york/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/143547-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xiv-another-title/ 1000+ words claiming for weeks ending 14/01/24 and 21/01/24

Du weisst gar nichts, John Schnee! Welcome to the league

I feel you brother. I console myself that some of the attributes in my players profile help me min/maxing, so I grudgingly accept it...

Meanwhile the other guys at the gym

here links to some other ahem out of the ordinary player backgrounds: https://vhlforum.com/topic/138134-biography-of-grimgor-ironhide/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/136579-obuz-schneider-canet-du-bocage-from-the-assembly-line-to-the-vhl/ As you can see you are in good company

congrats rory. CGY will not be productive enough and riding the pine too often to be a ROTY candidate (at least judging from the first two matches)

I think we had a (shortlived) magazine dedicated to the VHLM, but it fizzled out for reasons unknown to me (my guess would be lack of time of the contributors). I am sure Alex is open to new ideas, as we as a community would like to have more quality forum content (not saying we do not have same, but we can always improve).

Hi Lucy, We do have a body (The VSN) which pushes out regular Forum Content. From mock drafts, to season previews to award 'shows' or the occasional history tit-bits. If you are interested in joining them, get in touch with the head of VSN @Alex. I dare say they always welcome new talents, be it for writing or making graphics for their articles.

Callum has done it. The first time he plays hockey with his old man and he wins the prestigious ProAm Tournament with Santa's Naughty Elves. Admittedly, his offensive contribution to the team's success was on a more modest level. But after all, he was drafted for his body, not his hands. That is his father's job. It is always nice to return home with one more trophy/medal in one's luggage. It boosts morale and may be another feather in the cap, once the HOF discussion shows up after a hopefully long and prosper career. Coach Jonny Elgar bought pizza and stubbies for the whole team to have at least a mini celebration before the player return to their respective franchise/retirement after the team is disbanded. That is the beauty and the sad thing in this tournament: This group of players may never come together in this exact composition. But as long as he was here, Callum enjoyed every minute of it and tried to absorb as many tips and tricks from more experienced player and is a better player for it. May it help the Americans to end their cup drought. 193 words

all I am saying is you did not need to explain why you give Eagles the nod, too. Heck, if we do not follow NHL (or hockey for that matter) rules, why limiting yourself to one captain and two alternate? Why is not everyone a captain?

1. @sportexperts show F - Larry Abbas Jr F - Jason F - Todd Cooke D - Velociraptor Greg D - Kronchy Kadashian (GM selection after 12 + 6 hours passed with the last pick) G - Lachlan Summers 2. @Daniel Janser (GM) F Molly the Cat F S*nubbed Analfist F Vincent Laroche-Gagnier D Skor McFleury D Pierre Emile Bouchard G Art Vandelay 3. @Subject056 F Mac Atlas F Wann Kerr F Daryl Dixon D Liv Slater D Bobby Bob G Fukka Rask 4. @nerji F AK92 Wit da Hoodie F Yaroslav Bogatyrev F Jeff Lewis D Elias Lampi D Jens Lekman G Jesse Teno 5. @Alex F John Jameson F Jimi Jaks F Henry Eagles D Jacob Stone D Mark Calaway G Merome Dilson 6. @Minebro F Francesco Mancini F Alfred Champagne F Jasper Davis D Rex Wolffe Gregor D Tater Tottingham G Joel Castle Draft is now complete @leandrofg

@leandrofg just be aware that Janser's name is spelled wrongly when you transfer it to the spreadsheet

Goalkeepers cannot officially be captain of a team. They can get the nod internally, by having a 'C' on the helmet (like Robbie Lou did) but on the match sheet or talking to officials, goalers cannot be captains... (rule 6 of the IIHF rule book, valid for 2022/23 season).

Would have been a perfect match with James Teekirque, right @Mongoose87?

#feartheReaper

rigged

this is not Moscow or Vancouver where getting a captaincy is tantamount to a trade premonition

It happens to the best of us, did not mean to placate you, just couldn't figure out a better way to let Vattghern know in a jiffy...