Release from 12.11.2024

Tommy Purdeller is the Young Star of the Month September/October

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Tommy Purdeller of the HC Pustertal has won the voting for the Young Star of the Month September/October among fans and TV experts. The 20-year-old South Tyrolean is thus the first player to qualify for the season poll. Second place went to Marcel Mahkovec from Olimpija Ljubljana. Luca Erne from the Pioneers Vorarlberg finished in third place.

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Tommy Purdeller from Bruneck was the youngest player nominated in the September/October Young Star voting. The 20-year-old returned to his home club in the summer and made an immediate impact. With five goals and seven assists in September and October, Purdeller was his team's third-best scorer. He managed to score in half of his 14 appearances and had a plus-minus record of +3. The forward spent the two previous seasons in the Canadian OHL, before that he spent many of his youth years in Salzburg.

Tommy Purdeller: “A big thank you to all the fans who voted for me. I'm very happy to be Young Star of the Month September/October. It was a good first two months in the championship, in which we were able to consistently improve and the team played great. I'm looking forward to the rest of the season and picking up where we left off before the break.”

Final result of the voting Young Star of the month September/October:
1. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 15 points
2. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 12 points
3. Luca Erne (PIV) 7 points
4. Maximilian Preiml (KAC) 6 points

Fan voting:
1. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 4 points
2. Maximilan Preiml (KAC) 3 points
3. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 2 points
4. Luca Erne (PIV) 1 point

Voting PULS-24 and ORF Sport+ experts:
1. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 4 points
2. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 3 points
3. Luca Erne (PIV) 2 points
4. Maximilian Preiml (KAC) 1 point

Voting VB33 and DAZN Italia experts:
1. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 4 points
2. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 3 points
3. Luca Erne (PIV) 2 points
4. Maximilian Preiml (KAC) 1 point

Voting Sport TV experts:
1. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 4 points
2. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 3 points
3. Luca Erne (PIV) 2 points
4. Maximilian Preiml (KAC) 1 points

Voting procedure
First, five monthly winners are determined. Four players per month are nominated to take part in the voting. Due to only a few match days in September 2024, the first two months have been combined into one election. The five monthly winners will then compete for the title "Young Star of the 2024/25 season" at the start of the playoffs.

The election consists of two components: in addition to the fan voting on the league website, the TV experts from Austria, Italy and Slovenia also vote. If two or more players receive the same number of votes, they will be ranked according to the result of the fan vote.

Monthly winner Young Star election 2024/25:
Tommy Purdeller (HCP) | September/October