a tale of two Brothers // first round of Playoffs

[Daniel Janser 2,185]

Swiss Central Gazzette (Marcel's stats/Daniel's stats)

 

The two young Swiss have both reached the playoffs with their respective teams. Marcel's Hounds struggle against San Diego and trail 2-0 in the series, Daniel's Red Wolves are 1-1 with one OT loss against Rome.

 

Mississauga's first playoff game in S81 was lost 7-5. It all started good, though, with Teekirque @Mongoose87 (Lamb, Arpa) opening the score with a power play goal, only 36 seconds into the playoffs. Unfortunately, the Marlins answered with three straight goals, before Janser @Morcar80 (Lamb, Bushtit) with a slap shot from the blue line during a man advantage and Lamb @dlamb (Bridgers, Teekirque) equalized the score for the first intermission. The second period went to the Californian team with 2-1. Cobberson @David Cobberson(TenIQIsGod, Marino) scored the only goal for his colours. The third period was a copy/paste of the second and Janser (McMuffin) was responsible for Mississauga's sole marker in that period, with a deflection in front of the net. The three stars went to Eklund @Ekky (1g/3a), Lamb (1g/2a) and Young @Laflamme (1g/2a). The goaltending was nothing to write home about with the edge with Utonium @fishy (.898) having the edge over Arpa (.851). The Hounds had an abysmal penalty kill (6/9) but a decent power play (2/6). It appears both teams neglected their defensive duties when at a man disadvantage.

Marcel was recorded with 2g, 0a and -1

 

The second game was lost 5-3. This time, the SoCal team was first on the board with a power play goal, but before the first intermission Lamb (Bridgers, Janser) scored during DeGroot's @rory tripping penalty to even the score one each. In the second, Teekirque (Nine, Bridgers) scored the only goal of the period and short handed to boot. Unfortunately, the Marlins came into the third hot as hell and scored four consecutive goals, three of them on a man advantage. With 2:11 minutes on the clock McMuffin @Ente2997 (Bob, Nine) with his power play goal saved some of the Hounds' dignity that was left, by ending the game on a positive note. Matthias @Underclass_Hero (1g/2a), Great @Jake Sumner(1g/1a) (one of the brothers' fellow Calgary prospect) and Xavier @Johnny_HX (1g/2a) were named three stars of the night. Again, the goaltending face off was held on a rather mediocre level, with Arpa (.881) only marginally inferior to Utonium (.893). Even more than in the previous match, the defence of either team neglected their defensive chores and let their goaltenders do the heavy lifting. The Hounds sported a 4/8 in box play which is just not good enough for a team with ambitions for the second round of the playoffs (despite their SHG). Their power play was more impressive (2/5). Or should we say the Marlins' box play was similarly inefficient as the Hounds'.

Marcel had 0g, 1a, +0 and 3sb to his name.

 

an all too common sight in this series sofar: Arpa beaten once again.

 

Daniel's Red Wolves celebrated a 5-3 win over Rome in the first match up of the series. The first period saw a brace for each team. Bonaparte @CptSquall (Zabastovka, Waffles) on a power play and Hogan @FonziGG (Power, Heavems) on even strength found the twine for Istanbul. In the second period, both teams slowed down and focussed on their defensive play. Therefore, only Tsarov @PadStack (Bonaparte, Zabastovka) was able to score and bring the Wolves in front. In the third period, Heavems @RstortonYT (Li, Hogan) extended the lead to two goals, before Rome closed the gap again. In the dying minute and in an act of desperation, Rome pulled their netminder to play 6 vs 5, but Tsarov (Zabastovka, Wilson) had different plans and crushed what little hope the Italian team may have had with an empty netter. The three stars were Tsarov (2g/0a), Zabastovka @DarkSpyro (0g/3a) and Hogan (1g/1a). In an epic goaltending battle, Menace (.927) had Olson's (.907) number. Istanbul's power play was okay (1/4) the box play has room for improvement (2/7).

Daniel was noted with 0g, 0a, +0, 2 PIM (Tripping, lead to a goal against) and 1 hit

 

The second game was lost 7-6 in sudden death. The first period was a rollercoaster with three goals for each team. Tsarov (Waffles, Zabastovka), Li @Ryan Li (Heavems, Kman) and Hogan (Heavems, Li) found the back of the net for the Red Wolves. In the second period, Istanbul had the upper hand in shots and on the score board, with three of their goals against Rome's two. Li (Heavems, Hogan), Heavems (Hogan, Kman) and Wilson @LeBron Jamezz (Waffles, Zabastovka) succeeded for the Turks. Rome was able to equalize though with the only goal in the third, which meant the teams had to go into over time, which the Italians took for them. Heavems (1g/3a), Li (2g/1a) and Hogan (1g/2a) were awarded the three stars. Menace (.881) was again the better man in net than Olson (.857), but Rome's five!!! power play goals, meant that this game was unwinnable for him. As already indicated, Istanbul's box play was nothing short of catastrophic (5/11) and the power play (0/1) was not able to offset this huge disadvantage. The even strength score was 6-1, but was thrown away by too many unnecessary penalties on which the Wolves rolled out the red carpet for the Gladiators.

Daniel had 0g, 0a, +0, 4 PIM (Hooking and Roughing, with the former leading to a goal against), 1 hit and 1sb

 

The Jansers' stats in the playoffs sofar:

Marcel: 2gp, 2g, 1a, 3pts, -1, 0 PIM, 0 hits, 3sb, 1ppg

Daniel: 2gp, 0g, 0a,  0pts, +0, 6 PIM, 2 hits, 1sb, 0ppg

 

We will update our valued readers on the progress of the playoffs in due course.

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/113629-a-tale-of-two-brothers-goodbyes/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/113687-a-tale-of-two-brothers-a-good-start/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/113721-a-tale-of-two-brothers-final-quarter/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/113795-a-tale-of-two-brothers-inconsistent-performances/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/113906-a-tale-of-two-brothers-on-the-final-stretch/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/114044-a-tale-of-two-brothers-it-is-playoff-time/

GM 2: San Diego Marlins vs. Mississauga Hounds (vhlportal.com)

GM 6: San Diego Marlins vs. Mississauga Hounds (vhlportal.com)

GM 2: Rome Gladiators vs. Istanbul Red Wolves (vhlportal.com)

GM 4: Rome Gladiators vs. Istanbul Red Wolves (vhlportal.com)

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by Daniel Janser

[Bobo 514]

hey so i like the content written on in this but i recommend that you put the tags at the bottom of the page due to them making sentences feel clunky. also, you don’t need to put who got points for every goal since you’ve included the game logs in the bottom of the post. final comment; more spacing between citations at bottom and content above would be better on the eyes. plus more headlines to break up article. great piece otherwise.

 

8.6/10

[mediocrepony 1,216]

I like these articles a lot but i do agree with @Bobo that the mentions should be at the bottom of the page in a spoiler or something. Great work!

Edited January 5, 2022 by GrittyIsKing

[atw2592 286]

reviewing: The playoffs are unpredictable, anything can happen at this stage and your article sums that up perfectly. What a crazy game 2, your article gave a lot of insight into how crazy it actually was, with an even-strength score of 6-1 but losing 7-6. I am excited to see what happens in the rest of this series. 10/10