a tale of two Brothers // Games for the NA throne

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(Marcel's stats/Daniel's stats)

 

The Wranglers played their final six games of the regular season and clinched the first seed (against all odds if the pundits are to be believed) in the NA conference. Please find without further ado our summary of said games.

 

4-0

In a very lopsided game, Calgary took the win against Helsinki in a 4-0 game. GoodBrandSun with his 20th of the season secured the win 2:30 minutes into the game. Sixteen seconds later, Kotkakoivu raised the lead by one. In the second period netminder Gaming picked up a puck dump and passed the biscuit to Tessier. The ad-hoc winger relayed the disc to Jokinen in the neutral zone. The veteran defender enters Helsinki's zone and dishes the puck to Daniel. The Swiss center fakes a toe drag and burns Nesbitt between the legs, in order to beat the 6'8'' defender's superior reach and nets the puck off the post, leaving Davis no chance to block the shot. Gonçalves then scores in the last frame to make it 4-0. The three stars went to Janser (1g/0a), Kotkakoivu (1g/0a) and Jokinen (0g/2a). Gaming with his shotout was clearly better than Davis (.909) but also had to face less than a third of the shots his opponent had to (12 vs 44). Calgary could not profit from the one power play they had, but obviously shut the door on the three penalty kill situations.

Daniel logged 1g, 0a, +2, 2 PIM (Hooking, no effect on the score), 6 hits and 64.52FO%

Marcel logged 0g, 0a, +2, 2 hits and 1sb

 

10-5

In a very entertaining match, the Wranglers beat the Reign in a 10-5 victory. Gonçalves opened the score in power play, 4:11 minutes into the game. Riga then equalized with a power play marker of their own. Then Kotkakoivu and Wolanin both make an attempt to score, but fail. However, Landon's shot was stopped at the expense of a rebound, which Marcel dutifully buried in the net and reinstated the one goal lead. Riga ties the game again, before GoodBrandSun puts the Wranglers ahead for the third time. In the second period, Tessier and Kotkakoivu score for Calgary but every time their marker was answered by one of Riga's. Wolanin (2x), Kotkakoivu and Gonçalves score for consecutive goals before Riga can react. However, their marker is immediately countered by Justice's fourth goal of the season for the final score. Kotkakoivu (2g/2a), Wolanin (2g/2a) and GoodBrandSun (1g/2a) were given the post game honours. Gaming (.828) was worse than both Reinhart (.848), who was relieved midway through the game and G1 (.875) but also face only 29 shots against a combined 73 for the Riga keepers. Calgary's power play was decent (2/7), the penalty killing was lack lustre (2/3).

Daniel was credited with 0g, 2a, +0, 2 hits and a 65.38% success rate from the hashmarks.

Marcel was credited with 1g, 2a, +4, 2 PIM (Hooking, penalty was converted) and 2sb.

 

5-3

After the previous defeat at the hands of the Albertan team, Riga was out for revenge. And revenge they got in a 5-3 win. Things started well for the Wranglers though, when Wolanin scored for his colours. However, Riga took advantage from two minor penalties against Calgary and went to the intermission with a 2-1 lead. The Reign scored two consecutive goals in the second frame, one of which was an other power play marker. Daniel cut the lead when he scored on the man advantage. He stood his ground in the slot and deflected Jokinen's shot from the point after the latter received the disc from Wolanin. But Riga would have none of it and reinstated the three goal lead still in the middle period. Kotkakoivu scored late in the third to gain momentum, alas it was too little, too late and Calgary had to concede the game. The three stars awards were given to Wolanin (1g/2a), Groves (1g/3a) and Kotkakoivu (1g/1a). Gaming (.833) had one of his weaker matches while Reinhart (.950) stood on their head to give his team a fighting chance. Calgary's power play (1/3) was decent, whereas their box play (3/6) was not.

Daniel had 1g, 0a, -2, 2 PIM (Hooking, penalty was killed off), 2 hits, 1sb and 69.57FO% to his name.

Marcel had 0g, 0a, +2, 2 PIM (Slashing, resulted in a goal against) and 3sb to his name.

 

3-4 (OT)

From the result one could not conclude that best placed team was facing off the worst placed team of the NA conference. Too tight was the 4-3 overtime win for the Wranglers. 'Ronto started hot with two consecutive goals, one of which was a power play marker. Tessier responded on Calgary's behalf with a converted penalty call of his own. In the second period, the table were turned when the Legion scored a single power play goal against the even strength goals by Justice and Tessier. The third period saw no further goals, so the teams went to sudden death. Wolanin delivered the dagger after twenty seconds. Tessier (2g/0a), Wolanin (1g/1a) and Janser (0g/1a) were nominated for the three stars. Despite G1's (.902) heroic efforts in net against his counter part Dahl (.885), he could not drag his team across the goal line. The Wranglers' power play was okay (1/5) the penalty kill had room for improvement (3/5).

Daniel was recorded with 0g, 1a, +1, 6 hits and 65.31FO%.

Marcel was recorded with 0g, 1a, +0 and 2 PIM (Tripping, lead to a goal against).

 

3-2

Toronto was giving Calgary a run for their money again in the direct rematch, which went to the Wranglers 3-2. The first period came and went with neither team finding success in the scoring department. In the second frame Tessier with a power play goal and Jokinen netted for the Albertan team, whereas Toronto only found the back of the net once. The Legion tied the game with a marker on the man advantage, but Kotkakoivu secured the win with his fortieth goal of the season, with less than three minutes to play. The distinction for the best players went to Tessier (1g/1a), Kotkakoivu (1g/0a) and Dahl (36 saves). The latter (.947) also won the netminder duel against G1 (.912) in a gloves off fight. Calgary's special teams were decent with 1/4 in power play and 4/5 in the penalty kill unit.

Daniel achieved 0g, 1a, +0, 2 PIM (Holding, lead to a goal against), 6 hits and 62.22% win rate at the draw.

Marcel achieved 0g, 0a, +1, 2 PIM (Tripping, no effect on the score board) and 1 hit.

 

1-2 (SO)

The final match of the season brought a 2-1 shoot out win for Calgary. Whoever missed the first ten minutes of this encounter was in for a Shakespeare play 'Much ado about nothing'. With Wolanin converting a minor against DC at the 8:21 minute mark, all the scoring was done and the crowd was sentenced to over time and shoot out to evaluate a winner. Calgary won the dice throw ultimately and ended the regular season on a high note. Utonium (55 saves), Dahl (26 saves) and Sova (0g/1a) were named the three stars of the match. Dahl (.962) lost one of the most epic battles in net against Utonium (.982) who dragged their team screaming and kicking into OT and SO. Calgary's power play was okay (1/5) and the box play immaculate (3/3).

Daniel was reported with 0g, 1a, -1, 1 hit, 1sb and 54.72FO%

Marcel was reported with 0g, 0a, +0, 1 hit and 2sb

 

The Jansers' final stats for the S85 regular season read as follows:

Marcel: 72gp, 8g, 16a, 24pts, +41, 30 PIM, 62 hits, 110 sb, 3gwg, 3ppg

Daniel: 72gp, 51g, 57a, 108pts, +28, 140 PIM, 243 hits, 36sb, 7gwg, 11ppg, 59.29FO%, 11 1st Star awards

 

We will revert with the playoffs in due course.

 

 

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