Game Review in the 'Swiss Central Gazette' Brigade-Royals

[Daniel Janser 2,165]

Swiss Central Gazzette

 

As our regular readers know the Rotkreuz-native brothers Marcel (17) and Daniel Janser (18) ventured to North America to increase their draft chances into the best league in the world.

 

In a last minute trade Marcel Janser’s rights were sent to Brigade from Warriors in exchange for future considerations.

 

Both players are rather on the defensive side of the game with Daniel being a grinder and puck-mucker, while Marcel is a gritty shut-down defender.

 

Shortly after arriving at the Brigade, Daniel was named Captain, an unusual honour for Swiss born players in North America (Streit, Hischier and Josi being the exception from the rule).

 

Brigade played two games against the Royals and lost the first one 8-10 and and won the second one 4-2. The teams did not exchange flower bouquets in these two matches to say the least. Marcel alone got involved in three fights for a total of 25 penalty minutes. He also showed uncommon passing skills by contributing 5 assists in these two matches. Apparently Swiss coaches did not see this talent when he played in the domestic league. In game two, Marcel suffered a game misconduct halfway into the 2^nd Period for his third fight this night, venting some of the pent up frustration over the defeat of the previous game. Apparently the referees have had enough of his shenanigans.

 

Despite being the leader in PIM, he also shouldered the second-most TOI of his entire team, showing a negative 5 in the +/- rating.

 

While a case can be made that Marcel showed outstanding grit and passing skills as well as stamina, we are sure his captain and older brother will have a stern talk-to about when and how to pick a fight, as the border between being a gritty player and a liability to one’s team is thin. Especially since the Brigade’s PK could use some tweaking as every third penalty lead to a goal against. The coach certainly has his work cut out for him.

 

Nevertheless, Marcel left a mark in the game (as well as in his opponents faces) and we are convinced that with the proper training and with increasing experience, he will develop in a reliable defensive Defenseman with upside on the scoring side and time will tell whether he is the poor man’s ‘Tiger’ Williams or Ken Baumgartner.

 

Daniel did only score two assists in the first two games of the season, but is credited with a positive two in the +/- department. He has a clean sheet when it comes to penalties, obviously keeping his temper in better check then his younger brother. He also had more checks (3) than his sibling (2).

 

We would be amiss to not mention the performances of topscorer Kyosti Karjalainen who contributed 4 goals and 3 assists for seven points and Austin Towbraker who is top goalscorer with 5 goals to his name. Both players were huge assets for the Brigade in the last two games.

 

The netminder Mike Horch was not exactly stellar with a save percentage of 0.881 but given the fact that he had to face over a hundred shots in these two games means he was not the only one to blame. Especially in the second game he made up with an impeccable performance compared to the previous game (.963 vs .787) with comparable shots faced (54 vs 47) and was deservedly named first star of the night.

 

We will follow the saga of our two local heroes closely and keep our readers in the loop.

[fromtheinside 1,290]

Great writeup! Nice to see people excited for the tourney!

[MetalToday 266]

Loved the enthusiasm in this article. I am intrigued by the brother and brother relationship on the team, and I look forward on hearing more. I really enjoy grinder stories, and I enjoyed watching the saga, love how the grinder is a captain and the PIM in game 1 is too funny. Definately deserving a 10/10, but could be bias since I'm a teammate.

[JB123 728]

Awesome article! Glad to see that you're enjoying the tournament