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Race to Young Star February is on – Vote Now

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For the fifth and last time this season win2day ICE Hockey League is looking for Young Star of the month, with four young players being up for election again, the voting closes Tuesday night.

The seasonal voting will then be launched in mid-March, with all five monthly winners are qualified for.

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The following players are nominated for the February vote:

Jacob Pfeffer (2001) – Moser Medical Graz99ers

  • Jacob Pfeffer is the only defender nominated in February
  • the 22-year-old played in the organization of EC Red Bull Salzburg, before the Austrian junior team player moved to the youth department of Örebro HK in the summer of 2016; in Sweden he played for four seasons
  • in 2020, he moved to Graz and made 36 appearances for the Styrians in his debut season
  • in the meantime Pfeffer is part of the 99ers first team, played 43 games this season; with one goal and one assist he played a big part in the successful Regular Season finish and the first win in the pre-playoffs

Senna Peeters (2002) – HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie

  • the Belgian-born player is now nominated for the third time for the monthly election due to his consistently good performances
  • he joined the Red Bull Academy at the beginning of the 16-17 season via Krefeld; after two seasons he moved to the U.S. and later to Canada, where he played for three campaigns, except for a short stint in Rögle's junior program (20-21)
  • in the last three years Peeters was always part of the Austrian U20 national team, he made his ICE debut in Innsbruck
  • the 20-year-old developed into the third-best domestic scorer at the "Haie" with eight goals and nine assists
  • in February Peeters scored three goals and one assist in five games

Lucas Thaler (2002) – EC Red Bull Salzburg

  • Lucas Thaler – also up for election for the third time this year – was born in Villach and moved from the "Adler" to Sweden for the 18-19 season; there he played for the junior team of Mora IK
  • in the 20-21 campaign, the center moved back to Austria, joining the Red Bull Salzburg organization
  • in his ICE debut on February 5th, 2021, Thaler also scored his first goal (3:2 @IBC)
  • in the meantime the Austrian international is part of Salzburg's first team and recorded ten goals and five assists in the Regular Season
  • in February he collected one goal and three assists in six games

Mathias Böhm (2003) – spusu Vienna Capitals

  • 19-year-old Mathias Böhm is the youngest player among the nominees
  • he went through all the junior stages at the spusu Vienna Capitals
  • with good performances at the Silver Caps and in the Caps youth team he made the jump to the first team in the past
  • this year the forward has already played 34 games; he scored his premiere goal on February 17th in a 4-1 road win in Asiago

>> 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 2022, the first two months have been combined into one election. The five monthly winners will then compete in the 2023 playoffs for the title of "Young Star of the 2022/23 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 | Miha Bericic (HK SZ Olimpija)
Winner November | Patrick Söllinger (Steinbach Black Wings Linz)
Winner December | Dominik Horvath (Hydro Fehérvár AV19)
Winner January | Fabian Hochegger (EC-KAC)

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