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Looking at Gabriel Gutzwiler's Scoring Through 35 Games


DaftRaincloud

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Gabriel Gutzwiler has now played 35 games in the VHLM for the Halifax 21st. Most of his playing time is spent on the second forward line being centered by his brother Leon Gutzwiler. At this point in the season he has recorded 12 goals and 16 assists for a total of 28 points. Gabriel is tied for the second highest plus/minus on Halifax with 30 and is shooting at a scorching 21.43%. The best game of Gabriel's season came against his brother's former team, the Las Vegas Aces. The Aces were up 2-0 within the opening 10 minutes of the first period and Halifax had to come up with a quick answer if they wanted to avoid the blowout. 

 

Gabriel raised to the occasion and scored two goals, the first off of a 2 on 1 created by his brother Leon when he intercepted the puck from Mike van Stronk. Leon slid the puck right across the crease and onto Gabriel's stick to cut the Halifax deficit in half. Two and a half minutes later and after a prolonged period in the offensive zone wherein Leon and Gabriel both got shots in on the Las Vegas goalie, Gabriel would retrieve the loose puck from Leon's rebound and slip it in behind Spot Mcgoo to equalize the game. 

 

The heroics of the Gutzwilers would spur on the team who scored one more goal before the close of the first period, and a fourth in less than thirty seconds into the second period. Las Vegas would answer with one more goal of their own during the final period of play, but an early power play goal took all of the wind out of Las Vegas' proverbial sails and Halifax secured the win with 19 minutes left to play in the game. 

 

For his efforts Gabriel Gutzwiler was awarded the first star of the game, the other two going to Benson Kramer, and Blacker Velvet. 

 

As a rookie, Gutzwiler's production is higher than some people were expecting it to be right out of the gate. He is the fourth highest scoring player on the Halifax team. Early scouting of Gabriel slated him as more of a goal scorer than a playmaker, but so far he has been more active with moving the puck than was expected, having more points coming from assists than from goals. In Switzerland his defense was what he hung his hat on, but he has had a hard time adapting to the faster paced game of the VHLM and as a result has had fewer blocked shots and hits than he and most people who follow the sport were expecting.

 

All in all Gabriel has had a strong start to the season. There are definitely areas where he can improve, and he is expecting his goal totals to come up as the season carries on. Gabriel Gutzwiler wants to become a true two hundred foot triple threat, and based on what he has shown us so far and his hard work in team practices and the training facility we can expect him to become exactly that.

Edited by DaftRaincloud
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