Mario Huber

Mario Huber
Date of birth	August 8, 1996
place of birth	Innsbruck , Austria
size	188 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	Center / wing
number	# 96
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2010-2015	HC Innsbruck
2015-2016	Tigres de Victoriaville
2016-2017	HC Innsbruck
since 2017	EC Red Bull Salzburg

Mario Huber (born August 8, 1996 in Innsbruck , Tyrol ) is an Austrian ice hockey striker who has been playing for EC Red Bull Salzburg in the multinational Erste Bank Ice Hockey League (EBEL) since 2017 .

Career

Mario Huber went through the youth stations of HC Innsbruck and played in the National League and Erste Bank Young Stars League , among other things , where he developed into one of the greatest young talents in local ice hockey. For Innsbruck's U20 he made 122 appearances with 73 goals and 113 assists, i.e. 186 points. In 2012/13 he was used in the combat team for the first time, before he was allowed to appear 77 times for the Haie in the EBEL in 2013/14 and 2014/15.

In the summer of 2015 Huber was selected in the first round of the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft in seventh place overall by the Victoriaville Tigres from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec (QMJHL). Until then, he was only the thirteenth Austrian and so far the earliest Austrian draft whose rights went to a North American junior team. In addition, Huber was invited by the NHL Club Canadiens de Montréal to a fifth youth camp in Brossard , Québec , in July 2015 .

In 2015/16 he reached the playoffs with the Victoriaville Tigres and scored 21 goals and 34 assists. He was involved in one of the most spectacular victories in league history when the Tigres turned a 4-0 deficit against Québec Remparts in the third third of the game into a 7-4 win and Huber scored a goal.

Due to the personal efforts of Innsbruck head coach Rob Pallin , Huber was brought back to the sharks in the EBEL for the 2016/17 season, where he scored his first goal in the second game of the season against the Dornbirner EC . For September he was elected EBEL YoungStar of the Month. In the choice of YoungStar of the season, he came second behind David Kickert , goalkeeper of the Vienna Capitals .

After Huber reached the playoff with Innsbruck and was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Vienna Capitals, he was presented as a newcomer to EC Red Bull Salzburg in March 2017 .

International

Huber won the bronze medal of the 2013 World Cup (Division I Group B) and the silver medal of the 2014 World Cup (Division I Group B) with the U18 national team, contributing six goals and two assists. He also played at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games .

For the U20 national team he played at the World Championships in 2014 , 2015 and 2016 (all of them Division I Group A), winning the silver medal in 2016. In 2015 Huber was the fourth best scorer in Group A and, together with his compatriot Marco Richter, also had the best plus / minus balance.

In February 2015, Huber made his debut for the men's national team during the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge after being called up by team principal Dan Ratushny in January .

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2010/11	HC Innsbruck U20	Austria U20		17th	6th	5	11	45		3	0	1	1	2
2010/11	HC Innsbruck II	Austria4		23	3	1	4th	6th		1	0	0	0	0
2010/11	HC Innsbruck	Austria2		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	HC Innsbruck U20	Austria U20		22nd	17th	31	48	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	HC Innsbruck II	Austria4		16	5	3	8th	8th		3	0	0	0	0
2011/12	HC Innsbruck	Austria2		3	1	0	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	HC Innsbruck U20	EBYSL		45	32	42	74	74		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	HC Innsbruck	EBEL		2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	HC Innsbruck U20	EBYSL		31	16	31	47	106		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	HC Innsbruck	EBEL		28	0	0	0	12		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	HC Innsbruck U20	EBYSL		2	2	3	5	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	HC Innsbruck	EBEL		49	3	2	5	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL		63	20th	31	51	40		5	1	3	4th	8th
2016/17	HC Innsbruck	EBEL		54	11	17th	28	10		4th	1	1	2	2
2017/18	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		54	12	14th	26th	25th		19th	1	2	3	6th
2018/19	EC Red Bull Salzburg	EBEL		54	14th	18th	32	12		13	1	1	2	2
EBEL total				241	40	51	91	81		36	3	4th	7th	10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Mario Huber at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ranking of the greatest young talents
2. ↑ Exports: Mario Huber, Christof Kromp and Dario Winkler drawn in the CHL Import Draft ( memento of the original from October 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Talent Huber in the Canadiens youth camp
4. ↑ Mario Huber meets in the sensational third of Victoriaville ( Memento of the original from October 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Mario Huber is playing for Innsbruck again
6. ↑ Shooting star Mario Huber is Young Star of the Month for September
7. ↑ The first title goes to Vienna
8. ↑ Mario Huber is moving from Innsbruck to Salzburg
9. ↑ Narrow defeat against Slovakia