Daniel Janser's start into hockey

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Daniel Janser is minuscule player for the sport of hockey.

 

He was born one winter night 18 years ago, to two hard working parents. Neither of them could skate, so his first encounter was only in school when there was a school outing to the local ice rink. That was when he became enthralled with skating as soon as his rented blades touched the ice. A natural observer, he watched closely the other people on the ice and learned by mimicking them. It turned out that he was a natural skater, and by the end of the day, he was able to break and reverse skate.

 

Of course these were only the first strides and he kept going to the icerink whenever time and pocket money would allow. It was not before long when he noticed kids playing pond hockey and he was fascinated by it. Being rather shy and keeping himself to himself it took him months to build up the courage to ask the other kids whether he can join in.

 

First, the other kids only took him in as they were one player short, as one of the regulars had an injury. They thought he was rather skinny, but once they saw his speed and agility on the ice, they saw the errors of their ways.

 

It did not take them long, to drag Dan to the local Hockey team. Again, the coaches thought of him as too timid and too lightweight to pursue the sport. But as soon as he touched the ice, he transformed from the shy, quiet, nice boy into a determined, no-nonsense and fearless player. He compensates his somewhat lackluster size and weight with speed, hockeysense and ferocity. He became a very efficient two-way winger and puck-mucker and always inspires his linemates to do one better than in the last shift. He plays smart but is not afraid to play hard as well.

 

Whereas his determination and hockeysense is above average, he has not found his scoring knack yet and prefers to feed his line mates rather than shoot himself. He can play defence as well as winger and may fill in the role of a stop-gap center as well. Dan prefers to work against the puck rather than with it and takes extrem satisfaction to block shots, poke the puck away from an attacker, intercepting passes and get the occasional rush on a box-play. 

 

He does not lose faith even in the most dire situations but can get distracted/provoked if his sense for justice is triggered by foul and unfair play. 

Edited November 29, 2022 by Daniel Janser