Márton Vas is a Hungarian international ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 right wing

Winger (ice hockey)

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, who is currently under contract with EBEL

Austrian Hockey League

The Austrian Hockey League , called the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Austria.-History:...

 side Alba Volán Székesfehérvár

Alba Volán Székesfehérvár

SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár is a Hungarian ice hockey team that currently plays in OB I bajnokság, in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and in MOL Liga...

. As of 30 April 2011, he has been capped 127 times for the Hungarian national team. His brother, János Vas

János Vas

János Vas is a professional Hungarian ice hockey left wing currently playing in Tingsryds AIF of the Swedish Division 1 .Vas was drafted by the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League...

 is also a professional ice hockey player and member of the Hungarian national selection.

Career

Vas, who is Jewish, made his senior debut at the age of 15 for his hometown club Dunaferr SE

Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák

DAB-Docler, also known as Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák , is a Hungarian ice hockey team that currently plays in the OB I bajnokság and in the MOL Liga...

 and a year later already celebrated his first Hungarian championship success. The forward got a chance to try himself in the overseas in 1997. First he moved to the United States

United States

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 to play for Flagstaff Mountaineers in the Western States Hockey League

Western States Hockey League

The Western States Hockey League is a Amateur Athletic Union-sanctioned Junior 'A' ice hockey league that has teams located in the Southwest and Western United States.-History:...

, where he won the title right in his first year. Vas started the next season by Canadian club Hawkesbury Hawks

Hawkesbury Hawks

The Hawkesbury Hawks are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Central Junior A Hockey League.-History:...

, with them he again went triumphant, winning the Central Canada Hockey League, however, failed to progress to the national final after finishing only second in the Fred Page Cup

Fred Page Cup

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Vas spent another year in Canada before moved back to his native Hungary to play for his former club Dunaferr. He spent six years in Hungary, interrupted by two short spells in Swedish lower league clubs Vänersborgs HC and Grums IK. In 2006 he moved abroad again and joined previous year's French Cup

Coupe de France (ice hockey)

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 winners Diables Rouges de Briançon, where he played together with fellow Hungarians Balázs Ladányi

Balázs Ladányi

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 and Viktor Szélig

Viktor Szélig

Viktor Szelig is a Hungarian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing in France with Diables Rouges de Briançon.-Career:...

. While in France, Vas did not manage to win any trophy, however, he finished runner-up two times in the Ligue Magnus

Ligue Magnus

-Former Teams:*Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne*Orques d'Anglet*Sangliers Arvernes*Corsaires de Dunkerque*Albatros de Brest*Jets de Viry-Essonne-Defunct Teams:*Diables Noirs de Tours*Hockey Club de Mulhouse*Séquanes de Besançon*Flammes Bleues de Reims...

 and the Coupe de la Ligue

Coupe de la Ligue (ice hockey)

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. Briancon, to cut their expenditures, let the forward go in the summer of 2009, and Vas joined Alba Volán Székesfehérvár

Alba Volán Székesfehérvár

SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár is a Hungarian ice hockey team that currently plays in OB I bajnokság, in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League and in MOL Liga...

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Austrian Hockey League

	Seasons	GP	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM
Regular season	2	107	39	49	88	52
Playoffs	1	5	3	1	4	4

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