Hello Europe, welcome Desjardins

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After a big season in the VHLM where he won the Cup, Alphonse Desjardins got drafted in the VHLE by the Vasteras Iron Eagles with the 9th selection.

As an Europeans, it's not really a problem for him to play in this region, even if he didn't visited Vasteras before. He knew they got a nice history in the league, so maybe it's his chance to win in this league? After already a Cup the season before, why not 2 in 2? After getting picked in the top 10, some pressure was on him to perform and help his team to get to the next level. He did it in the VHLM with 79 points in 85 games (as a defenseman), so he knows he can put points on the board and be good defensively.

 

On defense, the team is really good. They had two returnee players (S93) with Billy Joel and Check E Cheese as veterans to help the two rookies. The Iron Eagles added Alphonse Desjardins and Einar Mathiesen to have a solid top 4 to get a deep run in the playoffs. They also got Ondrej Vencko as their goalie, another S93 player that is back with the team. As we know, defense will championship so the team really understand that and builded their team from the back end to be competitive. As we will know later, so far it goes well.

 

The season is not over yet, but with 66 games played and only 6 games left, we can already tell if Desjardins had a good season or not. We can say that he had a great one!

In those 66 games, he scored 20 goals while 11 of them were on the powerplay and one game winning goal and he got that with shooting 227 times the puck on the other team goalies. With that he added 45 assists for a total of 65 points, so almost a point per game player. The other teams have to watch him as he's like another forward on the ice. When he have the puck, he can skate, pass or shoot so with those options it's hard to defend against him.

On the defensive side, he was not afraid to lay the body and crush his opponents. A big total of 90 penalty minutes, 195 hits and 135 block shots. 

 

With that we can say that he can play on both side of the ice and not look like a fool. Look at him in the VHL with Davos, they will have a great team in the future and that's great news for Desjardins.