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Race to Young Star of November is on - Vote now

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For the second 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 Monday night.

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The following players are nominated for the November vote:

Luka Gomboc (2003) – EC-KAC

  • Slovenian Luka Gomboc grew up hockey wise at HK Bled; for the 18-19 season, the forward moved to the EC-KAC organization
  • in Klagenfurt he first played two seasons in the U18 team, then he got his first appearances in the Alps Hockey League with the farm team
  • he spent the 21-22 season with Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL); the forward is also a member of the Slovenian U20 team
  • the current season he started with the farm team (6G|7A), in the meantime Gomboc has a huge spot in the KAC fighting team; played eight games in November (1G|2A); he scored his first goal against Vienna

Nikolaus Heigl (2003) – EC Red Bull Salzburg

  • the German Nikolaus Heigl grew up in Bad Tölz, moved to the Red Bull organization in the summer of 2020
  • there he started playing in the Alps Hockey League in addition to appearances in the U18 and U20
  • Heigl went through all youth national teams in Germany since 2018
  • after an excellent season start in the AHL (9G|17A), he made his debut in the win2day ICE Hockey League on November 25th and scored a goal right away in his second game (2:6 loss vs. BWL)

Johannes Tschurnig (2004) – EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV

  • except for a few games - also in the current season - for partner club EC Die Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel, Tschurnig has played exclusively for VSV
  • at the beginning of November he was loaned to Kitzbühel again, since his return he showed very strong performances; he dished one assist so far this season
  • Tschurnig was also considered by Kirk Fury in Austria's provisional squad for the U20 World Championship

Patrick Söllinger (2004) – Steinbach Black Wings Linz

  • he is the youngest player and only defenseman among the nominees
  • Söllinger received his entire hockey education in Linz, working his way up through the Academy Upper Austria and the farm team
  • he already made two ICE appearances in the past season; this year he stands at a 14-game win2day ICE Hockey League record with two assists
  • Söllinger is also in the provisional squad for the U20 World Championship in Canada

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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)

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