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Race to Young Star of the month is on - Vote now

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The election as "Young Star of the 2021/22 season" is back. For the 17th time, this trophy will be awarded at the end of the season. As in previous years, monthly winners will be selected first, who will then compete against each other for the season's vote during the playoffs. In addition to fan voting and the votes of the PULS24 experts, this year again all journalists will also can submit their rankings.

Four talents born in 2001 and younger are now up for the first vote for the " Young Star of the Month" for their achievements in September and October. Fan voting closes 10 pm on Friday, November 11th.

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The following players are nominated for the September/October vote:

Clemens Krainz (2001) – Moser Medical Graz99ers

  • the forward, who was born in Zell am See, moved to Styria at an early age and played for Graz and later for the Eishockey Akademie Steiermark in the different junior classes
  • he celebrated his debut in the win2day ICE Hockey League on March 8th, 2019 (1:4 @AVS)
  • several times Krainz played for the Austrian U18 and U20 national team
  • in the current season, the 21-year-old secured a fixed place in the 99ers first team; he played all 17 games so far and scored two goals

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

  • the Belgian-born player joined the Red Bull Academy at the beginning of the 2016-17 season via Krefeld; after two seasons he moved to the USA and later to Canada
  • played there for three seasons - except for a short time in Rögle's junior program (20/21)
  • in the last three years Peeters was also always part of the Austrian U20 national team
  • with Innsbruck the 20-year-old made his ICE debut; in the 15 games so far this season Peeters scored three goals and four assists

Miha Bericic (2004) – HK SZ Olimpija

  • Miha Bericic, born in 2004, is the youngest player nominated in the first month's ballot at the age of 18
  • until this summer he played for HK Slavija Junior, but is now a permanent part of Ljubljana's first team
  • in the current IIHF break he strengthens the Slovenian U18 national team
  • Bericic recorded three goals in 15 games

Lucas Thaler (2002) – EC Red Bull Salzburg

  • Lucas Thaler was born in Villach and moved from the "Adler" to Sweden for the 2018-19 season; there he played for the junior team of Mora IK
  • in the 20/21 season the center moved back to Austria, joined 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 U20 international is part of Salzburg's first team and recorded three goals and two assists in 14 appearances this year

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 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.

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Miha Bericic
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Clemens Krainz
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