Release from 28.02.2025

Patrick Söllinger is the Young Star of the Month February

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Defenseman Patrick Söllinger has won the voting for Young Star of the Month February among fans and TV experts. The 20-year-old player of Steinbach Black Wings Linz is thus the fifth and last player to qualify for the season poll. In an close vote, the Upper Austrian won just ahead of Balázs Varga of Hydro Fehérvár AV19. Finn van Eee of EC-KAC finished in third place.

Finally, the big season poll will take place in March. This will determine the “Young Star of the 2024/25 season” from among all the monthly winners. In addition to Söllinger, Tommy Purdeller (HCP), Marcel Mahkovec (OLL), Tobias Sablattnig (KAC) and Leon Kolarik (RBS) are qualified for the season poll.

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The 20-year-old Patrick Söllinger was the youngest player nominated for the Young Star of the Month February. The Steinbach Black Wings Linz defenseman is currently playing his first full season in the win2day ICE Hockey League. In 48 appearances so far this season, the Upper Austrian has scored nine points. In February, Söllinger contributed one goal and two assists in five games and had a plus/minus of +3. Now his extremely successful month of February has been crowned with the “Young Star of the Month” award.

Patrick Söllinger: “I'm very happy about the award - it shows that the hard work is paying off. I'm very happy with my form at the moment. Now, in the playoffs, it's particularly important to maintain this form and be on top of my game both physically and mentally.” 

Final result of the vote for Young Star of the Month February:
1. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 13 points
2. Balázs Varga (AVS) 11 points
3. Finn van Ee (KAC) 10 points
4. Phillip Sinn (RBS) 6 points

Fan voting:
1. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 4 points
2. Finn van Ee (KAC) 3 points
3. Phillip Sinn (RBS) 2 points
4. Balázs Varga (AVS) 1 point

Voting PULS-24 and ORF Sport+ experts:
1. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 4 points
2. Balázs Varga (AVS) 3 points
3. Finn van Ee (KAC) 2 points
4. Phillip Sinn (RBS) 1 point

Voting VB33 and DAZN Italia experts:
1. Balázs Varga (AVS) 4 points
2. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 3 points
3. Phillip Sinn (RBS) 2 points
4. Finn van Ee (KAC) 1 point

Voting Sport TV experts:
1. Finn van Ee (KAC) 4 points
2. Balázs Varga (AVS) 3 points
3. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 2 points
4. Phillip Sinn (RBS) 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
Tobias Sablattnig (KAC) | December
Leon Kolarik (RBS) | January
Patrick Söllinger (BWL) | February