Before the start of the postseason tomorrow, Wednesday, we’ll take a look at the regular season team. It includes six players from five different teams as well as a head coach. Here is the complete selection.
David Kickert | Goalie | EC Red Bull Salzburg
The 31-year-old is having a really strong season. In 20 appearances so far, David Kickert has been able to save 94.12% of all shots on goal and thus has the best save percentage of all goalkeepers in the win2day ICE Hockey League. With five shutouts, he is also at the top in this statistic along with three other goalies. In his entire career, Kickert has never had such a high save percentage in the regular season.
TJ Brennan | Defense | Olimpija Ljubljana
Of course, regular season MVP TJ Brennan should not be missing from the regular season team. The 36-year-old is currently the third-best scorer in the league with 53 points and also the highest-scoring defender. The American was able to score points in 30 of his 46 appearances, and he even managed a four-point game three times.
Nick Bailen | Defense | Moser Medical Graz99ers
In addition to Brennan, Nick Bailen is also part of the regular season team as a defender. The also 36-year-old has 50 scorer points so far. In his first full season in Graz, the American also has a plus/minus of +17.
Mathias From | Offense | EC-KAC
With 55 points, the Dane is the second best scorer of the season. For comparison: In his first season with EC-KAC he had 41 points at the same time. The 28-year-old once managed a four-point game, and From was able to record three points in a game five times. With a plus/minus of +20, he is also one of the top players in this statistic.
Nicolai Meyer | Offense | Olimpija Ljubljana
With Nicolai Meyer, a second player from Olimpija Ljubljana made it into the team for the basic round. The Dane is currently the top scorer in the win2day ICE Hockey League with 59 points. He scored four points in one game twice and had three points on the scoreboard five times. Only twice in his career has the 32-year-old played a better round in terms of points.
Brad McClure | Offense | HCB South Tyrol Alperia
The current top scorer also made it into the selection. With 31 goals, Brad McClure is currently four goals ahead of his closest rival Mathias From. The 32-year-old Canadian scored a hat trick in the regular season and scored a brace seven more times. In his fourth season at HCB Südtirol Alperia, it is by far his season with the best points. His previous best was 18 goals and 14 assists from the premiere season of 2022/23 – this time he had 31 goals and 17 assists.
Kirk Furey | Head Coach | EC-KAC
The head coach for the regular season is Kirk Furey. Although the EC-KAC lost first place to Graz on the last match day, the Red Jackets still had a very strong regular season with 33 wins. With 172 goals scored, the Klagenfurt team had the second-best offense and, with only 115 goals conceded, the third-best defense in the league. This is Furey’s third season as head coach at the KAC: in the last two seasons he led his team to victory in the regular season, now in second place for the first time.
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