HC Innsbruck gets ice hockey star Patrick Kudla for a strong defensive!

HC Innsbruck gets ice hockey star Patrick Kudla for a strong defensive!

The HC Innsbruck has committed a significant new addition to the coming season: Patrick Kudla will strengthen the team's defensive. The 29-year-old Canadian moves from Idaho Steelheads, a team in Echl, to Austria. Kudla is well -known for his offensive strength, which he demonstrated in the past season.

Kudla, who was selected by the Arizona Coyotes in the sixth round of the NHL draft in 2016, brings an impressive balance. In the 2023/24 season, he scored ten goals in 60 games for the Steelheads and provided 50 assists, which made him defender of the year. He was also elected to the first all-star team of the league.

successful career in Echl

In his previous career, Kudla 201 has completed 201 Echl games, in which he scored a total of 30 goals and 135 assists. His achievements last season led him to take fourth place among the defenders among the defenders and was the third best player in assists. Particularly noteworthy are his 17 multi-point games, with which he cited all defenders of Idaho Steelheads.

In addition, Kudla was very successful in the Kelly Cup Playoffs, where he collected 12 points in ten games. This statistics underline its ability to shine at crucial moments. Before his engagement in Echl, he gained experience in the Czech Extraliga and the Slovak Extraliga, where he also performed impressive performance in a total of four seasons.

previous stations and development

Before moving to the Idaho Steelheads, Kudla played for HK Dukla Trencin in Slovakia in the 2021-22 season, where he scored 22 points in 50 games. He also played a season at the University of Guelph and showed his ability to score as a defender.

The move to a European team like HC Innsbruck could be an important phase of his career for Kudla, in which he can further develop his skills and gain valuable experience in a new league. HC Innsbruck hopes that Kudla will take a key role in the defensive in the coming season, while he can continue to build on his impressive performance in ECHL.

Patrick Kudla is ready to assert his influence in the ICE Hockey League and to lead his new team to success. His previous successes suggest that it will be a valuable addition to HC Innsbruck. Laola1 reports that the responsible persons of the club put high hopes in the new defender.