A tale of two Brothers // Lost at sea

[Daniel Janser 2,213]

Swiss Central Gazzette

 

Against the top team of the VHLM, the Hounds had nothing to lose, except the game itself.

Unfortunately, the Ottawa team was wide awake and won the first period 4-1, from 18 shots fired at the Mississaugan net. The Hounds showed improved powerplay (1/4, which is acceptable) and box play (4/6, which is not stellar but definitely better than the teams average so far). Also the Hounds' netminder recovered from the desastrous first period and gave Red Menace a run for his money (.902 vs .905 saving rate). The latter is nota bene the best goalkeeper in the league. The caveat in this match was that the Hounds fired a total of 21 shots whereas the Lynxes logged 51 attempts. If the shot count is as lopsided as in this game, it is a statistical inevitability to lose such encounter.

All is not lost, though. As already mentioned, the first period broke the Hounds' neck. It is moot to ponder whether Ottawa just reduced their efforts or Mississauga improved theirs (or a combination of both). Fact remains that the team never gave up and was on par in any aspect except attempts on goal, and fought the 'Battle of Ontario' valiantly. 

Daniel had an assist when he battled Box in the corner of their defensive zone for the possession of the puck. The Swiss native came out victorious and lost no time to send a pass to Hall who was lurking at the blue line. Red Menace was covering the post on Dan's side and could not change sides quick enough. He was not helped by the traffic (mostly his own players) in front of the net, which obscured his view. At that point, the game was 2-1 and the Hounds smelled blood (pun intended). Unfortunately, this was against Towbaker's own agenda and he corrected the score to 4-1 with two consecutive goal before the intermission. It seems the Janser brothers' inside knowledge (they played together with Towbaker in the Brigade) was of no use in this match.

 

A common sight in the first period: The Lynxes score once again...

 

The three stars were Towbaker (2g/1a), Mama (2g/0a) and Slaney (1g/0)

 

Marcel logged no points, -2 rating, 12 shots blocked (first by a country mile) and 24:37 minutes on ice (on par with Bedard)

Daniel had 0g/1a, -2 rating and served 2 minutes for roughing (no goal scored in the ensuing power play)

 

The Jansers' stats for this season as of yet are as follows:

 

Marcel: 9gp, 2g, 5a, 7pts, +1, 4 PIM, 5 hits, 29sb (top of the league)

Daniel: 9gp, 5g, 7a, 12pts, +1, 4 PIM, 20 hits, 7sb, 1gwg, 2ppg

It is safe to say, that during this season the Hounds would have suffered more goals against them, if Marcel and Dan would not put their relatively small frame where it counts and either absorb shots (Marcel) or taking numbers of the opposing players (Daniel) as each of the brothers is leading the team in the respective category.

 

We will of course report from our modern day Winkelrieds in our next issue. 

 

For further articles covering the Jansers' adventure across the pond, please follow the below links (in chronological order):

 

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/108027-game-review-in-the-swiss-central-gazette-brigade-royals/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/108060-a-story-of-two-brothers-game-review-in-the-swiss-central-gazette-brigade-warriors/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/108079-a-story-of-two-brothers-game-review-in-the-swiss-central-gazette-brigade-royals/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/108142-a-story-of-two-brothers-game-review-in-the-swiss-central-gazette/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/108217-a-story-of-two-brothers-games-11-and-12-review-in-the-swiss-central-gazette/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/108484-a-story-of-two-brothers-its-crunch-time/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/108576-a-tale-of-two-brothers-draft-day/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/108998-a-tale-of-two-brothers-first-games-in-the-vhlm/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/109026-a-tale-of-two-brothers-the-odyssee-continues/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/109055-a-tale-of-two-brothers-choppy-sailing/

 

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Edited September 27, 2021 by Daniel Janser

[Lemorse7 1,021]

Review: Love the stories that you created with you’re brother. I like how marcel is a machine to block shots and Daniel is a bit more offensive minded. I would love to see, next time maybe, a more in depth description about the Power play or penalty kill where one of the brother made a big hit or block a shots. Except that the stories are very interesting next after next. Rating : 8,5/10