Release from 25.05.2022

Steffler and Kraus stay with the KAC | Rebernig extended in Villach

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The EC-KAC squad for the upcoming season already includes 18 players. Recently, defender Kele Steffler and forward Niki Kraus have extended their contracts with the KAC. In addition, Maximilian Rebernig will remain with the EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV for at least two more years.

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Kele Steffler joined the EC-KAC in November 2017 as a then U20 national team player, subsequently playing first in EC-KAC's Alps Hockey League team before becoming a permanent part of the first team for the 2020/21 season.

Niki Kraus has already been part of the KAC since 2015. The forward played from the beginning both in the first team of Klagenfurt as well as in the youth and the AHL team. In 184 competitive games for the EC-KAC professionals so far, he recorded 24 points (9G / 15A).

Rebernig extended in Villach
Maximilian Rebernig moved from the EC Red Bull Salzburg to the EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV last year. In his first season in Villach, the 21-year-old forward brought it to 13 points (6G / 7A) in 43 games. Now the contract with the left-shooter has been extended by two more years.

"I feel incredibly comfortable in Villach. I'm really looking forward to the upcoming season, we will have a top team. For me, after the past already very good season, there is only one thing: I want to get to the final and become champion with VSV - I will give everything for that," said Maximilian Rebernig.