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

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For the fourth time this season bet-at-home ICE Hockey League is looking for Opel & Beyschlag Young Star of the month. Four young players are up for election again, the voting closes Monday night.

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The following players are nominated for the January vote:

Aljaz Predan (2000) – EC Red Bull Salzburg

  • the 21-year-old Slovenian forward joined the Red Bull organization already at the beginning of the 2015-16 season, after he played for HK Maribor
  • after strong performances in the U18 and U20 teams and the AHL farm team, he made his league debut including one assist in the 1-2 shootout loss at home against Villach on January 26th, 2020
  • in 32 games so far, he has two goals and six assists collected; in January, his stats in seven games were (1G|1A)

Maximilian Rebernig (2000) – EC GRAND Immo VSV

  • the 21-year-old native of Salzburg is loan to 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 loss
  • for Villach he scored one goal and one assist in five January games

Milan Horvath (2001) – Hydro Fehérvár AV19

  • the 20-year-old grew up in Székesfehérvár and is still loyal to his hometown club; there he passed through all youth teams - played in the ICE Young Stars League and ICE Juniors League - and also played with the AVS farm team in the Hungarian first division
  • the Hungarian international made his ICE debut on September 25th in a 6-4 loss in Graz; he scored his first goal in the same season (5-4 OT win over DEC)
  • in his four January games Horvath recorded one assist; he is set in Fehérvár’s defensive squad

David Maier (2000) – EC-KAC

  • Maier grew up at 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 was also considered for the national team for the first time
  • 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, senior Maier, who was also loaned to Linz this season, played 40 ICE games; most recently, he excelled as a forward in Klagenfurt, making two assists in seven January games

>> 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)

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