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Race to Opel & Beyschlag Young Star of February is on - Vote now

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For the fifth and last time this season win2day ICE Hockey League is looking for Opel & Beyschlag Young Star of the month. Four young players are up for election again, the voting closes Saturday noon.

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The following players are nominated for the February vote:

Danjo Leonhardt (2002) – EC Red Bull Salzburg

  • Danjo Leonhardt is with only 19 years the youngest of the four participants, after he was already nominated for the first monthly election
  • since the 18/19 season the forward is part of the Red Bull organization
  • he made his first team debut in the past season on December 18th in the 3:1 road win in Villach
  • the German junior international recorded a total of eight assists in his ten February games

Maximilian Rebernig (2000) – EC GRAND Immo VSV

  • the 21-year-old native of Salzburg is on loan from the Red Bulls and Villach this season
  • the former U18 and U20 national team player completes his first season outside the Red Bull organization; already for Salzburg he made 16 ICE appearances (1G|1A) in two seasons; in his second professional game on January 12th in Linz he scored the game-winner in a 2:1 win
  • Rebernig was already nominated for the monthly election in January; he topped his individual performance a month later with four goals and three assists in eleven games for the second-place team

Patrick Antal (2000) – spusu Vienna Capitals

  • Patrick Antal, a native of Vienna and Caps homegrown player, has had a permanent place in the squad of the two-time champions since the past season
  • in the current season he has recorded eight goals and six assists; he is also the second best domestic scorer of the Viennese team
  • the 21-year-old won the January 2021 monthly vote and was already nominated in the first monthly vote this season

David Maier (2000) – EC-KAC

  • at the beginning of the 2015/16 season he moved to the youth department of the Swedish club Södertälje, for whom he played three seasons - and at the same time was considered for the first time in the youth national team
  • immediately following his time in Sweden, the defender moved to the OHL (North Bay Battalion; Peterborough Peters) for two seasons before returning to the "Rotjacken" in 20/21
  • in total, Maier, who was also loaned to Linz this season, played 50 ICE games; recently he made an outstanding development in Klagenfurt, especially as a forward
  • in February, Maier scored his first two professional goals and also handed out an assist

>> VOTING <<

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 vote. 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)
Winner January | Milan Horvath (Hydro Fehérvár AV19)

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