Release from 25.08.2020

Five young cracks extend at KAC

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Five cracks who are standing at the threshold from farm team to first team have renewed their contracts with the EC-KAC. The goalkeepers Jakob Holzer and Florian Vorauer, the defenders Kele Steffler and Michael Kernberger as well as striker Dennis Sticha have signed for the 2020/21 season.

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Jakob Holzer (21) went through all stations in the KAC junior system, in the past four years he has earned a significant share in the Alps Hockey League: A total of 85 league appearances in the second-highest league have been booked for him so far.

Like his goalkeeper colleague, Florian Vorauer (20) has been in the training of the first team since the beginning of August. The goalkeeper has also represented only the EC-KAC in his career so far, he has stood between the posts 69 times in the AHL and made a promising debut in the first team in January in the away game in Linz.

Defender Kele Steffler (21) is entering his fourth season with the KAC: The dual national (Austria/USA) has established himself as a key player in the Alps Hockey League squad (96 league games, 32 points) and has already been in the lineup of the first team seven times.

Michael Kernberger (23) has the greatest experience in senior ice hockey from the quintet. The defender has been a fixed member of the Farmteam since its foundation in 2016 (105 stakes, 42 points) and last season he made the jump into the first team, for which he has already competed in a total of 89 games in the highest division.

Also still to be seen in red and white will be striker Dennis Sticha (22), who was initially on loan at the end of 2017 and later signed on as a permanent member. He has played in 76 Alps Hockey League matches for the EC-KAC (29 points) and has also been in the squad of the first team twelve times.