As Vancouver Roller Hockey continued to develop through the second half of the '00 decade, it experienced growing pains. One of those pains was finding a second regular goaltender that could stand up to the high standard of Bron Mach. Joern Hornhardt and Lorne Bilinski traded off in goal usually, but they were skaters first and foremost. Even as VRH boomed in the spring and summer of 2009, finding that second dedicated goalie remained an issue. Enter Dominik Voser.
Entering VRH as so many do through the VIHL Masterbladers, the Swiss netminder carried much hype on his shoulders entering the Ambleside Park rink for the first time. Naturally, his opponent in goal was fellow first-generation Canadian Bron. What ensued was one of the great goaltendeing sessions ever seen in West Vancouver. In three games, both goaltenders finished at .889. Dom averaged nearly 30 saves per game en route to what was the second-best rookie session ever at the time. Right from the get-go, Dom was established as a force to be reckoned with.
Since that session, Dom, first with Bron, then with Alex Elischer, and now with Sam Lam, has been part of a twin axis of high-level VRH netminding. His rookie season has featured sessions of 153 and 147 saves. With 69 games played and 936 saves in just one half-season, Dom has shown that he is up to task of facing high shot volumes. His goaltending style features excellent positional play, a great glove hand, and he is extremely hard to beat on the first shot as a result. Dominik loves to play and has tremendous dedication to the art of goaltending and to fighting for every save. Dominik already had the respect of the VRH faithful before he entered Burton Hockey; his tenacity, skill, soft-spoken demeanour and dedication to the game have validated that respect. He's one of the bright lights of VRH with years of excellent play surely ahead of him. His amazing level of dedication to Burton has meant that he began smashing all-time goaltending volume records barely a year into his career, and now he is sending the all-time records for saves and games goaltended into the stratoshpere to the point where he many never be caught. By the way, he's pretty good when he steps out on skates, too. The MVP of both 2010 championship superpsessions as well as the one in 2013, Dom finished the 2010, 2011, and 2013 campaigns with the ultimate honour of VRH Most Valuable Player, and was runner-up in 2012. And no one has played more games of Burton Hockey in the 2010s.
Awards:
Most Valuable Player - 2010 (VRH); 2011 (VRH), 2013 (VRH);
Most Outstanding Goaltender - 2011 (VRH, tie), 2012 (VRH, tie);
Dual Threat of the Year - 2011 (VRH), 2012 (VRH, tie), 2013 (VRH);
Most Sportsmanlike Player - 2013 (VRH);
Ironman of the Year - 2011, 2013;
1st All-Star Team - 2012g (VRH);
2nd All-Star Team - 2010g (VRH), 2011g, 2013 (VRH), 2013g (VRH);
Most Dedicated Team - 2010, 2011, 2012;
Burton Championship Weekend Most Valuable Player - 2010 Spring, 2010 Autumn, 2013;
Burton Championship Weekend All-Star - 2013.
Year |
GP |
GS |
G |
A |
PTS |
GPG |
APG |
PPG |
SPG |
SOG |
SPCT |
2009 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
2010 |
265 |
11 |
5 |
44 |
49 |
0.45 |
0.64 |
1.09 |
2.73 |
30 |
16.67 |
2011 |
201 |
46 |
43 |
66 |
109 |
0.93 |
0.98 |
1.91 |
4.35 |
200 |
21.50 |
2012 |
80 |
15 |
8 |
20 |
28 |
0.53 |
0.93 |
1.47 |
3.80 |
57 |
14.04 |
2013 |
77 |
12 |
16 |
33 |
49 |
1.33 |
0.83 |
2.17 |
5.75 |
69 |
23.19 |
2014 |
44 |
9 |
4 |
28 |
32 |
0.44 |
1.67 |
2.11 |
5.56 |
50 |
8.00 |
2015 |
48 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
13 |
1.00 |
0.67 |
1.67 |
6.00 |
18 |
16.67 |
2017 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
2020 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
Totals |
802 |
96 |
79 |
209 |
288 |
0.82 |
0.97 |
1.79 |
4.42 |
424 |
18.63 |
Year |
GG |
SA |
SV |
GA |
SVPG |
SPCT |
SO |
G |
A |
S |
2009 |
69 |
1191 |
936 |
255 |
13.57 |
0.786 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2010 |
254 |
4514 |
3585 |
929 |
14.11 |
0.794 |
10 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
2011 |
155 |
3186 |
2616 |
570 |
16.88 |
0.821 |
8 |
0 |
21 |
1 |
2012 |
65 |
1325 |
1092 |
233 |
16.80 |
0.824 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
2013 |
65 |
1256 |
1045 |
211 |
16.08 |
0.832 |
4 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
2014 |
35 |
750 |
620 |
130 |
17.71 |
0.827 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
2015 |
45 |
999 |
822 |
177 |
18.27 |
0.823 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
2017 |
9 |
172 |
143 |
29 |
15.89 |
0.831 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2020 |
9 |
216 |
179 |
37 |
19.89 |
0.829 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Totals |
706 |
13609 |
11038 |
2571 |
15.63 |
0.811 |
31 |
0 |
116 |
2 |
Year |
Total |
1st (15) |
2nd (10) |
3rd (5) |
2011 |
15 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
Totals |
15 |
0 |
10 |
5 |