a tale of two Brothers // The VHL Janser Award Show

[Daniel Janser 2,159]

Graphic courtesy of Leandrofg

(Marcel's stats/Daniel's stats)

 

It has been a while since we last reported from our local hockey export. While Marcel is discretly doing his job, mainly patrolling Calgary's own end of the ice, Daniel is leaving his mark in the league.

 

Dan also joined the Babylon Wonders in the ProAm Tournament and got the second place with his team.

 

Here are his stats for the Round Robin:

40gp, 38g, 40a, 78pts, +33, 64 PIM, 113 hits, 19sb, 7gwg, 7ppg, 68.13FO% and 14 First Star distinctions

 

In the playoffs his record was as follows:

12gp, 10g, 10a, 20pts, +6, 26 PIM, 32 hits, 10sb, 1gwg, 2ppg, 67.47FO% and 2 First Star awards

 

Impressive as this numbers may be, the highlight of the season is the annual VHL Awards Gala, where Bonnie and Dan had their first public appearance after their engagement. The Swiss Center already knew of course that he bagged the Kevin Brooks and the Mike Szatkowsi Awards for the highest goal/point scorer respectively. He was also nominated by his peers for the Brett Slobodzian as the most outstanding player together with a very tough competition in the Swedish Uber-Defender Bo-Ingvar Johansson, Cole Pearce and Dusty Wilson, both of which carried their team with their performance between the pipes. The fifth nominee was Baby Bob who tallied also 54 goals like Galvins and Janser.

 

For once, the players could make small talk rather than trash talk. It was a nice change of pace for the players to show mutual respect and to exchange pep talk without been considered to fraternize with the 'enemy' by their supporters. A lot of the players present congratulated the couple to their engagement and wished them health and happiness. There was also the occasional good natured joke aimed at their new status. After the initial drinks and the ensuing dinner, the players and their spouses were asked to get to the auditorium for the actual awards ceremony. Once the nominees, press and guests were seated, the awards hosts, Alex Johnston, Euron Leonidas and singer Jimmy Spyro, opened up the show. 

 

Daniel ended up getting the Brooks, Szatkowski and Slobodzian for the second time in a row. He also won the Scott Boulet Award for the best two-way forward as well as the Scotty Campbell Award for the league's MVP. It goes without saying that he was also a First Team All-Star alongside Baby Bob, Girts Galvins, Bo Johansson, AirRig GoodBrandSun and Dusty Wilson.

 

The trophy he was most pleased to receive was the Scott Boulet, as this is the one he was chasing since the start of his career (and the elusive Continental Cup, but we do not talk about that). The haul of trophies received in the last two seasons makes Dan the arguably best Swiss born player, since HOF netminder Sandro Clegane graced the ice of the VHL. 

 

The gritty forward could not stick around for too long, as he had to catch the plane to Europe, where he is playing in the World Cup dressing for the Western Europe team. At the time of writing this article, his team is at the top of the table and Dan shows the following stats:

 

8gp, 5g, 6a, 11pts, +0, 6 PIM, 26 hits, 4sb, 2gwg, 1ppg, 57.70FO% and 1 MotM award

 

We will follow up on the Jansers in due course.

 

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/131337-a-tale-of-two-brothers-another-early-exit/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/131798-21st-annual-unofficial-vhl-regular-season-awards-–-s86/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/131718-western-europes-s86-world-cup-announcement/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/131833-a-tale-of-two-brothers-outlook-on-s86-off-season/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/131956-a-tale-of-two-brothers-a-call-to-istanbul/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/132298-on-time-s86-calgary-wrangler-awards/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/132368-vsn-presents-s86-vhl-awards/

 

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Edited January 21, 2023 by Daniel Janser

[JCarson 722]

Article Review:  Another great media spot for the Janser's.  They are always well written, well organized and well thought out.  It would be nice to see more articles like this, the running progression of a player career.  It happens with Daniel that we are getting the commentary related to one of the elite players in the league.  Now if we could get a similar output from a player that isn't shooting the lights out I think it would make for a very comedic story.

 

Great Work, very fun read.  10/10.  Keep it up.