Written Option 2: Aside from the on ice play, the hero on any particular team is the player who can rally the troops when all hope seems lost. The team's hero is the one who does whatever needs to be done to keep everyone focused on the game, and allows the rest of the team to push out all of the negativity and feelings of helplessness to comeback from insurmountable odds. The hero is the person the team can rally around, the person that everyone can look to in times of need, and who always knows the right things to say and do to keep that morale sky high. Hans is not the hero of the Whalers, as that was never the role he was interested in taking on. Hans is a high level role player, focused on ensuring that the team's defensive play is elite when he is on the ice. Hans knows what his job is every time he sets foot on the ice, and he never waivers from that role.