a tale of two Brothers // Half-Done

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Graphic courtesy of Leandrofg

(Marcel's stats/Daniel's stats)

 

The conference finals are played and only one Janser made it to the Continental Cup finals. To our mild surprise it is not long-standing Calgary captain Daniel, but his younger brother Marcel, who will have a chance for a repeat cup and basically pull a Claude Lemieux move. The Swiss defender is scoring at a .5 point per game pace, as he has done in every VHL Playoffs so far and even achieved a new personal goal record. However, this is not what he is paid for. He was hired for his defensive reliability, no-risk-play and his uncanny ability to attract shots. He brings continental cup winning experience to a team that is sorely lacking in this department (apart from retiring defender Nalwa). He patrols the blue line of United, hell bent to not allow a goal on his watch.

 

Calgary succumbed to the Bears in six games and it is not easy to point a finger at what was the issue. Lindbergh could not repeat his stellar performance from the previous round, while Booberry was able to improve his performance. Both netminders are playing/have played their last campaign in the VHL. But it would be too easy and onesided to pin the out on the netminder. The forwards, chief amongst them Janser, did not produce on their usual level. As a result, Calgary lost tight games because they could not find the back of the net. Seattle is certainly a deserved winner of this conference final and worthy to represent NA in the Cup finals. However, we cannot support them as long as a Janser has a shot at the cup and we will root for the unlikely Bri'ish contender.

 

London has not won a single playoff series prior this post-season campaign and now stands in the finals for the cup, after a hard fought, seven games series against Davos.

 

It is almost a Hollywood plot: Here one of the Original Eight Franchises, number one with 13 Cup banners under the roof and on the other side a relatively young franchise, founded in S73 and only made the playoffs (or WC games) seven times in their short history. London is the clear underdog in this match up, regardless of the individual accolades of Molly the Cat and Co.

 

What was also worthy of a movie is the standing ovations that Lindy received from the Calgary crowd when the final whistle blew and the Wranglers supporters shouted 'Oscar, Oscar'. Big banners were held to celebrate the netminder who brought back the cup to Calgary and was a pilar in this season again. It appears that some players and officials on the Albertan team had a sudden fit of hayfever as surely tough-as-nails professional hockey players do not cry like babies?

 

Be it as it may, we are looking forward to the clash of European novelty against North American routine in the S88 Continental Cup finals and will keep our readers updated.

 

Here the stats of our intrepid heroes, who journeyed out to conquer the VHL:

Marcel: 16gp, 3g, 5a, 8pts, +0, 18 PIM, 24 hits, 25sb, 3ppg

Daniel: 11gp, 4g, 7a, 11pts, +4, 14 PIM, 24 hits, 7sb, 57.78FO%

 

 

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

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

https://vhlforum.com/topic/136120-a-tale-of-two-brothers-second-round-achieved/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/136133-a-tale-of-two-brothers-london-goes-davos/

 

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Edited May 27, 2023 by Daniel Janser

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Article Review:  The saga of the Janser brothers is always a great read.  It is always well put together and provides a small amount of additional detail about the players lives that make it more than just a review of stats.  It is nice to see thee story focus a little more on Marcel and his recent accomplishments.  London is happy to have Marcel on the team, his leadership, experience and dedication are inspiring.

 

Kep up the great work, 9/10 on this article.