RAHL3 Superfanúšik Player of Round 9: Karol Vida

The fan vote for the player of RAHL3 Round 9 has closed. Karol Vida of HC Bratislava Black Wings is the Superfanúšik Player of the Round with 26 of 31 votes. Daniel Mrva of AHC Pezinok Grapes was second with four votes, and his teammate Tomáš Škoda received one vote.

The vote ran from Sunday, 1 November, when Round 9 ended with HC Bratislava Black Wings vs Admirals (3:4), until Saturday, 7 November at 13:30, when Round 10 began with Beers vs HC Bratislava Black Wings. The first vote came in on 1 November at 16:03, the last on the morning of Friday, 6 November. No votes arrived after the deadline.

Two goals against the unbeaten Admirals

In Round 9 Black Wings lost 3:4 to the until-then unbeaten Admirals, and Vida scored two of his team's three goals. Trailing 1:2, he equalised on the power play in the 34th minute, but Admirals were back in front 22 seconds later. After Michal Andel made it 2:4 in the 37th minute, Vida pulled one back just 16 seconds later for the final 3:4, assisted by Michal Mihál and Christián Bihary.

Daniel Mrva, second in the vote, had 2+1 in the Grapes' 4:2 win over Hockey for all, and his teammate Tomáš Škoda had three assists. The best points total of RAHL3 Round 9 belonged to Matej Murcko of Rockets (2+2).

HC Bratislava Black Wings in the game against Knights (Round 4, 4:1). Photo: RAHL

RAHL3's top scorer

Vida has 12 goals this season, the most in the whole of RAHL3. He has scored in eight of Black Wings' ten games and netted two goals in each of the last two rounds – in Round 10, when Black Wings beat Beers 6:4, he also added two assists. With 18 points (12+6) he is joint second in the RAHL3 scoring after Round 10 together with Peter Demeter, one point behind Matej Murcko.

He is the fourth Superfanúšik Player of the Round in RAHL3, after Peter Demeter (Round 6), Luboš Dubovec (Round 7) and Martin Bartek (Round 8). The fan vote for Round 5 was won by Lubo Maxián.

The numbers

Round 9 of RAHL3 drew 31 votes from 31 fans, four fewer than Round 8 (35). Vida received 84 % of the votes, the highest share of any fan-vote winner so far across all three leagues. Votes went to players from only two teams – 26 for Black Wings and five for Grapes. As many as 25 of the 31 votes came in on the first two days, 1 and 2 November. 214 players took part in the round.

Voting for Round 10 runs until Saturday, 14 November

Round 10 of RAHL3 was played on Saturday, 7 and Sunday, 8 November: Beers vs HC Bratislava Black Wings 4:6, TJ Družstevník Petržalka vs AHC Pezinok Grapes 3:0, Márna Snaha vs Ľadoborci 3:1, Hockey for all vs HC Lev Senec 0:4, Rockets vs Ice Punkers 5:0, Admirals vs Royals 3:3, HC Vikings Petržalka vs Knights 0:2 and Pressburg Reapers vs Alpha Hockey Team 1:3. With the draw against Royals, Admirals dropped points for the first time this season. The vote on Round 10 is open until Saturday, 14 November at 13:30, when Round 11 begins with Knights vs Rockets.

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How to vote. Voting takes place on the Player of the Round page. Every fan has one vote per round in each league. The Superfanúšik Player of the Round is the player who gets more votes than anyone else; if there is a tie at the top, the title is not awarded.