Release from 12.02.2024

Mathias Böhm is the Young Star of the Month January

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Mathias Böhm has won the voting for the “Young Star of the Month January” among fans and TV experts. The 20-year-old forward of the spusu Vienna Capitals is thus the fourth player to qualify for the season poll. With twelve points, the Vienna native narrowly won ahead of Ziga Mehle of HK SZ Olimpija and Pascal Brunner of HCB Südtirol Alperia.

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The 20-year-old Matthias Böhm is currently playing his second full season with the professionals of the spusu Vienna Capitals. The forward scored his first goal in the win2day ICE Hockey League last season. In the current campaign, Böhm has already scored three goals and made two assists in 31 appearances so far.

His personal best month was January, in which Böhm scored two of his three goals of the season and made both assists. To top it all, the Vienna native, who has played for the Capitals since his youth, was named "Young Star of the Month January". With twelve points, the 190cm tall forward won just ahead of Ziga Mehle of HK SZ Olimpija (11 points). The third place went to Pascal Brunner of HCB Südtirol Alperia (10 points).

Mathias Böhm: "I'm delighted to have won the voting for Young Star of the Month in January. Even though ice hockey is a team sport, it's nice to receive individual awards. The fact that I won this award also has to do with my teammates, because they helped me to achieve this. The biggest thank you goes to our fans, who voted for me so much. Thanks to our fan community, the club, my teammates and the staff. I hope it continues like this."

Final result of the voting Young Star of the month January:
1. Mathias Böhm (VIC) 12 points
2. Ziga Mehle (HKO) 11 points
3. Pascal Brunner (HKO) 10 points
4. Jakob Engelhart (G99) 7 points

Fan voting:
1. Mathias Böhm (VIC) 4 points
2. Pascal Brunner (HCB) 3 points
3. Ziga Mehle (HKO) 2 points
4. Jakob Engelhart (G99) 1 point

Voting PULS 24 experts:
1. Ziga Mehle (HKO) 4 points
2. Mathias Böhm (VIC) 3 points
3. Jakob Engelhart (G99) 2 points
4. Pascal Brunner (HCB) 1 point

Voting VB33 experts:
1. Pascal Brunner (HCB) 4 points
2. Jakob Engelhart (G99) 3 points
3. Mathias Böhm (VIC) 2 points
4. Ziga Mehle (HKO) 1 point

Voting Sport TV & SLO TV experts:
1. Ziga Mehle (HKO 4 points
2. Mathias Böhm (VIC) 3 points
3. Pascal Brunner (HCB) 2 points
4. Jakob Engelhart (G99) 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 2023, the first two months have been combined into one election. The five monthly winners will then compete for the title "Young Star of the 2023/24 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 23/24:
Senna Peeters (HCI) | September/October
Lucas Thaler (RBS) | November
Finn van Ee (KAC) | December
Mathias Böhm (VIC) | January