a tale of two Brothers // Second round achieved

[Daniel Janser 2,179]

Graphic courtesy of Leandrofg

(Marcel's stats/Daniel's stats)

 

Calgary and London alike dominated their series with a 4-1 lead each. The Wranglers will suit up against Seattle, who eliminated the Vancouver Wolves 4-2. London's opponent is yet unknown at the time of writing this article as Davos and Moscow go over the full distance.

 

It is safe to say, that for the Wranglers' front row, sophomore winger Larry Abbass Jr is the man of the hour. While Gonçalves has more points and Janser is tied in goals, everyone of Larry's three goals was the game winner. Impressive as this is for a young player in the VHL playoffs, Lindbergh tops that. The retiring Swede had a single shut out during the 64 starts he had in the regular season. In the playoffs, he denied Chicago a goal twice already. The veteran shows a save rate of mind boggling .970 in this post season. In his twenty playoff appearances in a Calgary jersey, he has a mindboggling saving rate of .946, allowing less than two goals per game.

 

Janser is not as dominant as in years past, but still contributing to the tally. The changing of the guard is palpable and this is fine for the Swiss center. He does not get tired to praise the S83 draft class as well as the up and coming prospects in VLG, Abbas, Dilson and Lattimer. The latter was Istanbul's top scorer with well over a point per game and 6th league wide when it came to scoring goals.

 

In London, the heroes are Molly as the top scorer and Yasilievich (#blamecole) who has 13 points to his name, none of which is a goal. Netminder Jesse Teno has even three shutouts to her name and shows a very respectable save rate of .955 in the post season. With these numbers, the young American netminder leads London's all-time postseason by a country mile. 

 

Marcel plays his known, low key game. Having said that, he sports more than .5 points per game, no mean feat if we consider that he only scored at a .333 point per game pace in the regular season. 

 

At this point in time a clash of Jansers in the final is still a possibility and it would make for hell of a story. Not only because of the Rotkreuz natives involved in the teams, but also because London got their monkey off their shoulders, by finally winning a playoff series and now play for the Terence Fong Trophy, awarded to the European Continental Cup finalist.

 

Alas, the Wranglers face a difficult task with Seattle in the Conference final. The Bears have shown time and again that they are a force to be reckoned with. It is not by chance that this years' NA title fight is a reprisal of last year's fight for the NA crown. It is to be seen whether Lindbergh can repeat his performance and whether the Holy Offensive Trinity in Calgary with Wolanin, Gonçalves and Janser can over come Seattle's defence.

 

The Janser's playoff stats so far:

Marcel: 9gp, 2g, 3a, 5pts, +1, 12 PIM, 11 hits, 14sb, 2 ppg

Daniel: 5gp, 3g, 1a, 4pts, +4, 8 PIM, 11 hits, 4sb, 1gwg, 56.22FO%

 

Until we release our next article, why not read one of the related publications linked below?

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/135762-a-tale-of-two-brothers-the-7-year-glitch/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/135822-a-tale-of-two-brothers-londons-calling/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/135957-vsn-presents-s88-vhl-playoff-preview/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/135979-a-tale-of-two-brothers-season-summary/

 

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