André Faust

André Faust
Date of birth	7th October 1969
place of birth	Joliette , Quebec , Canada
size	181 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 9th lap, 173rd position New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1988-1992	Princeton University
1992-1994	Philadelphia Flyers
1994-1995	Hershey Bears
1995-1996	Springfield Falcons
1996-2000	Augsburg panther
2000-2002	Cologne Sharks
2002-2003	Färjestad BK
2003-2004	Odense Bulldogs

André Faust (born October 7, 1969 in Joliette , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League as well as the Augsburger Panther and Kölner Haie from 1988 to 2004 played in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

André Faust began his career as a hockey player in the Princeton University team , for which he was active in ECAC Hockey from 1988 to 1992 . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 1989 in the ninth round as a total of 173 players by the New Jersey Devils , for which he however never played because they did not sign him in the following two years. On October 5, 1992, the attacker signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Flyers , for whom he was on the ice in the National Hockey League for the following two seasons . But mainly he played for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Hershey Bears . On September 20, 1995 he was given in exchange for a seven-round vote in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft to the Winnipeg Jets , but was only used by their AHL farm team, the Springfield Falcons , in the 1995/96 season .

In the summer of 1996, Faust was signed by the Augsburg Panthers , for which he ran in the DEL for the following four years . He then moved to the Kölner Haien , with whom he was German champion in the 2001/02 season . The Canadian ended his career in Northern Europe, where he was on the ice between 2002 and 2004 in one season each for the reigning Swedish champions Färjestad BK in the Elitserien , and the Danish runner-up Odense Bulldogs in the AL-Bank Ligaen . Immediately after the end of his playing career, Faust worked in the 2004/05 season as an assistant coach for the university team at Princeton University , where he had started his career.

Achievements and Awards

• 1989 ECAC rookie of the year
• 1990 ECAC Second All-Star Team
• 1992 ECAC Second All-Star Team
• 2002 German champion with the Kölner Haien

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	2	47	10	7th	17th	14th
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
DEL main round	6th	292	87	113	200	415
DEL playoffs	5	26th	5	7th	12	54

Web links

• André Faust at hockeydb.com (English)
• André Faust at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• André Faust at eurohockey.com