Release from 12.03.2025

Tommy Purdeller is Young Star of the 2024/25 season | “Award is a great motivation”

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Tommy Purdeller of HC Pustertal was voted Young Star of the 2024/25 season. The 20-year-old forward won the vote, which was taken by fans and TV experts from Austria, Italy and Slovenia, with almost the maximum number of points ahead of Marcel Mahkovec of Olimpija Ljubljana. Tobias Sablattnig of EC-KAC finished in third place.

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Tommy Purdeller, who was nominated after winning the monthly poll in September/October, is playing his first season in the win2day ICE Hockey League with his home club HC Pustertal and is impressing from the beginning. In 55 games so far, the 20-year-old has collected a total of 37 points (17 goals, 20 assists) and recorded a plus/minus balance of +18. In the postseason, in the pre-playoffs against Ljubljana and in the quarterfinals against EC-KAC, Purdeller has made four assists so far. Overall, he is his team's fourth-best scorer. Before joining the HC Pustertal pros, Purdeller played two seasons with the Peterborough Petes in the Canadian OHL. The forward initially spent his youth with Pustertal before moving to the Red Bull Academy in Salzburg.

In the voting for the Young Star of the 2024/25 season, Purdeller won clearly ahead of Marcel Mahkovec (Olimpija Ljubljana - 15 points) and Tobias Sablattnig (EC-KAC - 12 points) with 19 out of 20 possible points. This is the first time in HC Pustertal's history that a player of the South Tyrolean´s has been crowned Young Star.

Tommy Purdeller: “I'm very happy about being named Young Star 2024/25 and would like to thank all the fans who made this title possible for me with their vote. A big thank you also goes to my teammates, our coaching staff, the entire HCP management and my family, who always support me. It's been a great season in which I've been able to learn a lot and continue to do so. Being able to play in front of the home fans, my friends and my family here in Bruneck is of course something very special for me. Right from the start, I felt comfortable, developed my game and trained hard to help the team in the best possible way. This award is a great motivation for me to continue on my chosen path and to keep working hard on myself. Thanks to everyone for the great support!”

Final result of the vote for Young Star of the 2024/25 season:
1. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 19 points
2. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 15 points
3. Tobias Sablattnig (KAC) 12 points
4. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 10 points
5. Leon Kolarik (RBS) 4 points

Fan voting:
1. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 5 points
2. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 4 points
3. Tobias Sablattnig (KAC) 3 points
4. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 2 points
5. Leon Kolarik (RBS) 1 point

Voting PULS-24 and ORF Sport+ experts:
1. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 5 points
2. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 4 points
3. Tobias Sablattnig (KAC) 3 points
4. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 2 points
5. Leon Kolarik (RBS) 1 point

Voting VB33 and DAZN Italia experts:
1. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 5 points
2. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 4 points
3. Tobias Sablattnig (KAC) 3 points
4. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 2 points
5. Leon Kolarik (RBS) 1 point

Voting Sport TV experts:
1. Marcel Mahkovec (OLL) 5 points
2. Tommy Purdeller (HCP) 4 points
3. Tobias Sablattnig (KAC) 3 points
4. Patrick Söllinger (BWL) 2 points
5. Leon Kolarik (RBS) 1 point

All Young Stars of the season:
2024/25: Tommy Purdeller (HC Pustertal)
2023/24: Marcel Mahkovec (HK SZ Olimpija)
2022/23: Fabian Hochegger (EC-KAC)
2021/22: Benjamin Lanzinger (EC GRAND Immo VSV)
2020/21: Lukas Piff (spusu Vienna Capitals)
2019/20: Daniel Obersteiner (EC-KAC)
2018/19: Benjamin Nissner (spusu Vienna Capitals)
2017/18: Erik Kirchschläger (EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz)
2016/17: David Kickert (Vienna Capitals)
2015/16: Libor Sulak (HC Orli Znojmo)
2014/15: Radek Cip (HC Orli Znojmo)
2013/14: Daniel Pastl (EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz)
2012/13: Patrick Peter (UPC Vienna Capitals)
2011/12: Mario Seidl (UPC Vienna Capitals)
2010/11: John Hughes (HDD TILIA Olimpija Ljubljana)
2009/10: Markus Pirmann (EC-KAC)
2008/09: Thomas Hundertpfund (EC-KAC)
2007/08: Johannes Kirisits (EC-KAC)
2006/07: Philipp Pinter (EC Red Bull Salzburg)

Voting procedure
First, five monthly winners were determined. Four players per month were nominated to take part in the voting. Due to only a few match days in September 2024, the first two months were combined into one election. The five monthly winners now competed for the title "Young Star of the 2024/25 season".

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