Brad Fast

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Brad Fast
Date of birth February 21, 1980
place of birth Fort St. John , British Columbia , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 3rd round, 84th position
Carolina Hurricanes
Career stations
1994-1996 Fort St. John Flyers
1996-1999 Prince George Spruce Kings
1999-2003 Michigan State University
2003-2005 Lowell Lock Monsters
2005 Florida Everblades
2005-2006 Manchester monarchs
2006-2007 SCL Tigers
2007-2008 ERC Ingolstadt
EC Red Bull Salzburg
2008-2011 Anyang Halla

Brad Fast (born February 21, 1980 in Fort St. John , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey .

Career

Brad Fast began his career in 1994 in his hometown with the Fort St. John Flyers in a lower class junior league in British Columbia . Two years later he was signed by the Prince George Spruce Kings from the British Columbia Hockey League . For this, the defensive player completed three good seasons before he decided to study and graduated from Michigan State University in 1999 . Over the next four years, Fast continued his ice hockey career alongside his studies and went on the ice for the MSU university team , the Michigan State Spartans , in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association . In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the third round in 84th position by the Carolina Hurricanes . During this time, the Canadian won the championship of the CCHA several times and received several individual honors for his achievements. In 2003, Fast was elected to the League's First All-Star Team and was named the league's best defensive defender. During the 2002/03 season he played his first professional games for the Lowell Lock Monsters , the Hurricanes' farm team at the time, in the American Hockey League and had seven appearances in the AHL at the end of the season.

In the following season, too, Almost was mainly part of the farm team, where he came to 79 missions as a regular and scored 35 points . During the 2003/04 season he was used on April 4, 2004 for the first time in a game of the National Hockey League . In the game against the Florida Panthers he scored the goal to 6-6 just before the end of the game when he defeated Roberto Luongo in the Panthers goal. This was the last game in NHL history to end in a draw. Almost one in four players (along with Rolly Huard , Dean Morton and Raymie Skilton ) in league history to score a goal in his only appearance in the NHL. Also in the following season, the defender was mainly for the Lowell Lock Monsters in action, he also strengthened the Florida Everblades in the ECHL towards the end of the season and in the playoffs .

In August 2005 he signed a contract as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings , for whom he never played and instead spent the entire season with their farm team, the Manchester Monarchs , in the American Hockey League. Afterwards, almost decided to move to Europe and accepted an offer of SCL Tigers at, for the Canadians in the National League A played. After a year he was involved in the German Ice Hockey League at ERC Ingolstadt .

There, too, it didn't last longer than a season and Fast signed a contract for the 2008/09 season with the South Korean club Anyang Halla in the Asia League Ice Hockey , with which he won the 2010 and 2011 championship of the Asia League Ice Hockey. In July 2011 he decided to end his playing career.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1999 Best defender of the BCHL
  • 1999 fairest player at BCHL
  • 2000 Master of the CCHA with Michigan State University
  • 2001 Master of the CCHA with Michigan State University
  • 2003 CCHA best defensive defender
  • 2003 CCHA First All-Star Team
  • 2003 NCAA West Second All-American Team
  • 2010 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with Anyang Halla
  • 2011 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with Anyang Halla

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994-95 Fort St. John Flyers Minor BC 40 9 26th 35 40
1995-96 Fort St. John Flyers Minor BC 60 53 52 105 70
1996-97 Prince George Spruce Kings BCHL 49 3 7th 10 19th
1997-98 Prince George Spruce Kings BCJHL 59 10 33 43 22nd
1998-99 Prince George Spruce Kings BCHL 59 27 46 73
1999-00 Michigan State University CCHA 42 5 9 14th 20th
2000-01 Michigan State University CCHA 42 4th 24 28 16
2001-02 Michigan State University CCHA 41 10 16 26th 26th
2002-03 Michigan State University CCHA 39 11 35 46 28
2002-03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 7th 0 1 1 12 - - - - -
2003-04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2003-04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 79 10 25th 35 35 - - - - -
2004-05 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 32 1 5 6th 23 - - - - -
2004-05 Florida Everblades ECHL 14th 2 5 7th 0 18th 1 3 4th 6th
2005-06 Manchester monarchs AHL 62 5 13 18th 38 7th 0 2 2 8th
2006-07 SCL Tigers NLA 30th 3 8th 11 22nd - - - - -
2007-08 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 15th 1 3 4th 2 3 0 1 1 0
2007-08 EC Red Bull Salzburg EBEL 26th 2 5 7th 14th - - - - -
2008-09 Anyang Halla ALIH 33 7th 27 34 32 7th 0 3 3 6th
2009-10 Anyang Halla ALIH 18th 7th 16 23 16 - - - - -
2010-11 Anyang Halla ALIH 22nd 3 10 13 16 - - - - -
Minor BC total 100 62 78 140 110
BCHL total 108 30th 53 83
CCHA total 164 30th 84 114 90
ALIH total 73 17th 53 70 64 7th 0 3 3 6th
AHL total 180 16 44 60 108 7th 0 2 2 8th

( 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 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nhl.com, Weekes, Fast look back on the NHL's last tie

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Almost, Brad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort St. John , British Columbia