Schneider, Haudum, Holzer or Parks: The stars of the ice hockey league

Lukas Haudum

The shooting technique of the new Graz99ers-Star Lukas Haudum is just as good as Schneider’s. The team striker has already shown this against star goalkeepers at the A World Cup. The 27-year-old from Linz considers his family environment more important than the next step in his career. That is why the striker stayed in the league after leaving KAC.

Korbinian Holzer

The 36-year-old German was one of the dream players of Graz-Sports director Philipp Pinter. 1.90 meters tall, 99 kilograms heavy, a tough defender who likes to punish his opponents and also brings his power into the offense. At the 2021 World Cup, he reached the semifinals with Germany and was voted into the All-Star team. 107 league games for Mannheim in the past two years also testify to excellent fitness.

Tyler Parks

I married Vienna Capitals After missing the play-offs, they recognized early on which position was better filled. They signed a very tall goalie in Tyler Parks. The 33-year-old American is 1.98 meters tall and a powerful presence in front of the small ice hockey goal. His statistics are also impressive: 94 percent save rate at Slovan Bratislava in 2020/2021, 93 percent at Straubing in 2022. Why he did not extend his contract with any team will become clear at the Vienna Capitals.

Nikita Scherbak

The 28-year-old Russian with NHL experience will play for the Villacher SV on the hunt for goals. In Slovakia and the Czech Republic from 2021 to 2023, the striker proved that he is a scorer. In his very first NHL game with Montreal against Toronto, he scored a goal with his first shot. But things didn’t continue as they did in January 2017. In 2019, he moved to Omsk, where he got a contract worth one million dollars. His sporting decline recently took him to Angers, where he scored 47 points in the French league. If he submits himself in Villach, he can become a star in the league.

Thimo Nickl

Once announced as a future NHL professional from Klagenfurt, the 22-year-old defender returns to the GET UP back. Having now matured into a mainstay in the national team, Nickl is now looking forward to his first full season in the KAC professional team. With his height of 1.90 meters, Nickl usually finds the balance between defensive attentiveness and offensive drive.

Yushiroh Hirano

Innsbruck has landed one of the most interesting transfers. The 29-year-old is the first Japanese player in the league. The fact that he insisted on his right to rule in the test against Bozen showed early on his potential to become a crowd favorite. The 29-year-old winger has been a national player for ten years and was most recently a very reliable scorer in the East Coast Hockey League with Adirondack.

Shawn St-Amant

The Canadian with the flowing neck hair came to the United States two years ago as a two-time ECHL champion. Linz and in two seasons for the Black Wings he scored 94 points. The powerful winger and his playmaker Graham Knott, who turned down good offers from better leagues, will be extremely important for Linz in the fight for a place in the top 6.