Release from 12.01.2022

Paul Huber is named Opel & Beyschlag Young Star of December

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EC Red Bull Salzburg forward Paul Huber has won the election for the Opel & Beyschlag Young Star of the Month December conducted among fans, journalists and PULS24-TV experts. The 21-year-old prevailed over Kristof Retfalvi (AVS) due to more votes by TV experts and journalists and is the third player to qualify for the season award.

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This is Paul Huber's third Young Star of the Month award, as in the 19-20 season, he decided the January voting in his favor, in the past season he won the November ranking. The forward, who has also been considered for the senior national team since this season, moved from Graz to the Red Bull organization at an early age. There he passed through all the junior teams and made his debut in the first team on December 26th, 2019. In the current campaign, Huber played 30 games (4G|5A) for the leader, in total he has played 93 games (10G|11A) in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League. In his eight December games, Huber recorded two goals and one assist to help Salzburg winning all eight.

Paul Huber: "I'm delighted. It's always nice to be awarded for good performances. A big thank you especially to the fans - but also to everyone else who gave me their vote. The fact that I was able to win this award for the third time is a great achievement and makes me proud. And I'm pleased that my development and my game are getting attention."

Final result of the Opel & Beyschlag Young Star of the month December voting:
1. Paul Huber (RBS) 11 points
2. Kristof Retfalvi (AVS) 10 points
3. Armin Preiser (VIC) 6 points
4. Fabian Hochegger (KAC) 3 points

Vote by Fans:
1. Kristof Retfalvi (AVS) 4 points
2. Paul Huber (RBS) 3 points
3. Armin Preiser (VIC) 2 points
4. Fabian Hochegger (KAC) 1 point

Vote by TV experts:
1. Paul Huber (RBS) 4 points
2. Kristof Retfalvi (AVS) 3 points
3. Armin Preiser (VIC) 2 points
4. Fabian Hochegger (KAC) 1 point

Vote by journalists:
1. Paul Huber (RBS) 4 points
2. Kristof Retfalvi (AVS) 3 points
3. Armin Preiser (VIC) 2 points
4. Fabian Hochegger (KAC) 1 point

Procedure of the election
First, five monthly winners will be determined. For this purpose, four players per month are nominated to take part in the voting. Due to less gamedays in September 2021, the first two months have been combined into one election. The five monthly winners will then compete in April 2022 for the title of "Opel & Beyschlag Young Star of the 2021/22 season".

The election consists of three components: in addition to the fan voting on the league homepage, the Puls24 experts, as well as journalists will also cast their votes. If two or more players receive the same number of votes, they will be ranked according to the result of the fan vote.

Winner September/October | Benjamin Lanzinger (EC GRAND Immo VSV)
Winner November | Michal Kvasnica (HC TESLA Orli Znojmo)
Winner December | Paul Huber (EC Red Bull Salzburg)

In Salzburgs 6:3 home win against Innsbruck Huber opened the scoring in the third minute. Catch the full highlights here.

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