A Story of two Brothers // Game Review in the 'Swiss Central Gazette'

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Swiss Central Gazette

 

Since our last article our dauntless overseas journeymen played another four matches. 

 

Brigade-Warriors 3-3

 

In a very exciting games, the Brigade managed to draw against the top team of the league. As good as this sounds, we cannot help but feel that the team missed an opportunity for an even better result. The Brigade was never behind and at one point led by two goals and only allowed the tying goal 47 seconds before the final horn, when the Warriors in an act of desperation pulled their netminder.

 

It was also a game where the Brigade's netminder Mike Hroch showed an outstanding performance with save percentage of .935, and we think he was short changed for not even getting nominated for the 3 Stars of the match.  

 

The Janser brothers performed well, this time Daniel dishing the puck via the board behind the net for Marcel to score a highlight reel slapshot top shelf above the goalkeepers shoulder on the blocker side. 6 minutes earlier he scored himself with a wrap around. The older brother also was penalised with a minor for highsticking, but no powerplay evolved, as he took the Warriors' Ernie King Jr with him in the sin bin for interference. 

 

Marcel finished the game with one goal, no penalties, a -1 rating, 4 shots blocked (1st of the team) and 35:30 minutes on ice (also 1st of the team)

Daniel has one goal, one assist for two points (1st of the team), +1 rating (tied first), 2 shots blocked (2nd of the team) and the two aforementioned penalty minutes to his name

 

Royals-Brigade 6-3

 

The Brigade lost their match against the Royal unambiguous with 6-3. The match was given away in the second period, when the Royals managed to score four unanswered goals (one of which a power play following an alleged High Sticking from Daniel Janser).  The final period was won 2-1 but it was too little, too late to turn the match around.

 

Unfortunately, Mike Hroch was not able to repeat his last match's  incredible performance and only had a saving rate of .846. Consistency has been a problem for the young goaltender and maybe it is too early for him to shoulder the burden of the netminder position on his own. Many Goalies had a bounce back, once they could rely ona a decent backup goalkeeper to take over once they are exhausted.

 

The clear star of the match was Royals' Nils Godlander who scored a hattrick and was deservedly named first Star.

 

Marcel was credited with one goal, zero penalties, 2 shots blocked (tied first of the team), 30:19 minutes played (2nd of the team), 5 hits (1st of the team) and a +1 rating

Daniel contributed one assist, 2 penalty minutes, 21:32 minutes played (2nd amongst forwards) and a +1 rating (tied first)

 

Brigade-Steel 6-8

 

As the score would suggest, this was a rollercoaster of a game, with both goalkeepers apparently taking a day off (Hroch .863, Price .0860). Both teams were very disciplined and took almost no penalties. The Brigade pulled the goalkeeper at 59:12 when the game was 7-6, but unfortunately the risk did not pay out and they were scored against 59:49 after they had two big chances to score themselves, but were robbed by Thomas Price, who blocked both shots without a rebound.

 

Brigade's Nayt Berard scored a hattrick and was named first star of the night.

 

Marcel Janser was recorded with one assist, no penalties, a balance +/- rating, 4 hits (tied 2nd of the team), 4 shots blocked  (first of the team) and 32:49 minutes played (2nd of the team)

Daniel Janser has one goal, 3 hits (tied third of the team) and also a 0 rating to his name.

 

Steel-Brigade 7-3

    

On this rematch the Brigade had a bad start and were trailing for the majority of the game. Steel was never in any danger whatsoever to lose this match. Despite Daniel's best efforts to bring some grit to the match by 'Kronwalling' Juice Box and levelling Bradley Buzzer shortly after (both checks were clean hits and the players could play on) it was not enough to turn the match around.

 

They gave away too many penalties and according were scored twice against when being one man short.

 

And while Mike Hroch performed similar like the match before (.887), Thomas Price decided to show up today and had a .927 saving percentage. Having said that Price had to only face 38 shots, while Hroch had 62 shots against him.

 

Marcel had one assist, a balanced rating, a minor for roughing, 3 shots blocked (tied third) and 32:13 minutes played (1st)

Daniel had no points, a balanced rating, a minor for hooking, 4 hits (tied first) and 6 shots on goal (tied third)

 

Karjalainen is still the top goal scorer of the league (12 goals in 10 games), while Marcel Janser is 3rd in average time on ice (almost 30min per game) and second in shots blocked (44).

 

Looking at the last four matches, Brigade is 0 for 6 powerplay, which certainly has a lot of room for improvement. In fact their PP is the worst in the league and the penalty killing is the second worst.

 

Not all is bad news for the Jansers though, as Daniel has been contacted by a further franchise from the VHLM. He has stubbornly refused to name the organization in question and pointed out that nothing is cast in stone.

 

We hope that the tide will turn for the Brigade and that they will find a way to win close games again. 

 

 

Edited September 12, 2021 by Daniel Janser