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The MVP è Calder Anderson

Calder Anderson è was elected "Most Valuable Player" (MVP) of the 2023/24 season by the Alps Hockey League media. The 21-year-old center played until the quarterfinals with HC Meran/o Pircher and is currently the AHL’s top scorer with 81 points (33G and 48A).

È it was Calder Anderson’s first season in the Alps Hockey League and the Canadian è was promptly voted MVP of the 2023/24 season by field hockey journalists, becoming the most valuable and important player. For the 21-year-old this is the first individual award of his young career. In 44 appearances with HC Meran/o Pircher, the center scored 81 points, in the season in which the HCL lineup è qualified for the Alps playoffs for the first time. This makes him (currently) the best player for points (goals and assists) in the 2023/24 season. Anderson è scored 33 times, once with four goals and two hat tricks. With 48 assists è he is also the player with the most assists. With a +/- of +23, è also among the leaders in this statistic. Overall, Anderson has not scored a single point in only eight of the 44 games he has played in an HCL jersey. His longest point streak è was between Dec. 2, 2023 and Feb. 24, 2024, when the center put up points in 18 consecutive games.

Anthony DeLuca of HC Gherdeina valgardena.it follows in second place. With 50 goals, the 29-year-old Canadian, in his first Alps experience, è the best goleador in the eighth season of the transnational tournament. Third place è for Colin Furlong, the goalkeeper of the Rittner Buam SkyAlps. The 31-year-old has the best save percentage of all goalies in the playoffs. Furlong was already; Alps MVP during the 2019/20 season when he was with Val Pusteria.

Final result MVP votes of the Alps Hockey League 2023/24:
1. Calder Anderson (HCM) 21 points
2. Anthony DeLuca (GHE) 15 points
3. Colin Furlong (RIT) 14 points

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