Release from 10.12.2024

Marcel Mahkovec is the Young Star of the Month November

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Marcel Mahkovec of Olimpija Ljubljana has won the voting for the Young Star of the Month November among fans and TV experts. The 20-year-old Slovenian is thus the second player to qualify for the season poll. Patrick Söllinger of the Steinbach Black Wings Linz follows in second place. Stefan Klassek of HC TIWAG Innsbruck finished in third place.

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Marcel Mahkovec was already crowned Young Star of the Season last campaign. By winning the Young Star of the Month award in November, the 20-year-old has once again qualified for the season award. In November, Mahkovec impressed with three goals, two assists and a +/- of +1 in eight games. It is particularly noteworthy that the left-shooter scored all of his goals in the first three games of the month, achieving a three-game goal-scoring streak for the first time in the Olimpija jersey.

Marcel Mahkovec: "I am very happy and honored to have been voted the Young Star of the Month. I’d like to sincerely thank everyone who voted for me. My focus remains on contributing to the team’s efforts, and as a group, we are determined to turn things around and achieve the best possible results by the end of the regular season."

Final result of the voting Young Star of the month November:
1. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 15 points
2. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 11 points
3. Stefan Klassek (HCI) 7 points
4. Vadim Schreiner (RBS) 7 points

Fan voting:
1. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 4 points
2. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 3 points
3. Stefan Klassek (HCI) 2 points
4. Vadim Schreiner (RBS) 1 point

Voting PULS-24 and ORF Sport+ experts:
1. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 4 points
2. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 3 points
3. Vadim Schreiner (RBS) 2 points
4. Stefan Klassek (HCI) 1 point

Voting VB33 and DAZN Italia experts:
1. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 4 points
2. Stefan Klassek (HCI) 3 points
3. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 2 points
4. Vadim Schreiner (RBS) 1 point

Voting Sport TV experts:
1. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 4 points
2. Vadim Schreiner (RBS) 3 points
3. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 2 points
4. Stefan Klassek (HCI) 1 point

Voting procedure
First, five monthly winners are determined. Four players per month are nominated to take part in the voting. Due to only a few match days in September 2024, the first two months have been combined into one election. The five monthly winners will then compete for the title "Young Star of the 2024/25 season" at the start of the playoffs.

The election consists of two components: in addition to the fan voting on the league website, the TV experts from Austria, Italy and Slovenia also vote. If two or more players receive the same number of votes, they will be ranked according to the result of the fan vote.

Monthly winner Young Star election 2024/25:
Tommy Purdeller (HCP) | September/October
Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) | November