Doug Ast

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CanadaCanada  Doug Ast Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 17th 1973
place of birth Chilliwack , British Columbia , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 80 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1991-1994 Chilliwack Chiefs
1994-1996 University of British Columbia
1996-1997 Syracuse crunch
1997-2000 Long Beach Ice Dogs
2000-2001 Manitoba mosses
2001-2003 Iserlohn Roosters
2003-2009 ERC Ingolstadt

Douglas Ast (born April 17, 1973 in Chilliwack , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who spent six seasons for ERC Ingolstadt and two for Iserlohn Roosters in the German Ice Hockey League . In the 1990s he was also active as a professional inline hockey player in the North American Roller Hockey International .

Career

His career began in the Center in his home town at the Chilliwack Chiefs , where he played from 1991 to 1994. In his second and third years, Ast was the captain of his team. With 242 scorer points in 161 games, he was ranked twelfth among the most successful scorers in league history. In the next two years Ast ran for the selection of the University of British Columbia in the game operations of the CIAU .

For the 1996/97 season he made his professional debut and played in the ECHL with the Wheeling Nailers , and in the American Hockey League with the Syracuse Crunch . Then Ast moved to the International Hockey League to the Long Beach Ice Dogs . There he came with his team to the semi-finals of the playoffs , where they lost to the eventual champions Chicago Wolves . He completed two more seasons for the Ice Dogs and moved to the Manitoba Moose for the 2000/01 season . With the Moose he again lost to the Chicago Wolves in the semifinals. He then signed with the Iserlohn Roosters from the German Ice Hockey League . There he just missed the play-offs in his second year . During his time in the Sauerland , he was one of the team's top performers and one of the most successful face-off players in the league. He then signed a contract with the league competitor ERC Ingolstadt for the 2003/04 season . In six years he became the best DEL goalscorer in Ingolstadt and was two top scorer of his team. This was able to reach the play-offs five times in a row and made it to the semi-finals in 2004 and 2005. On August 8, 2009, the ERC Ingolstadt announced that Ast had to end his active career for health reasons. His jersey number 18 was banned from ERC Ingolstadt because Ast was the first player to score 100 DEL goals for the Panthers.

Inline hockey

From 1995 to 1997 Doug Ast played professional inline hockey in addition to ice hockey in the summer . First two years with Vancouver Voodoo , then in 1997 with Los Angeles Blades . In 1998, the center forward was also inline world champion with Team Canada IIHF in Anaheim , California .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1991/92 Chilliwack Chiefs BCJHL 54 11 21st 32 52
1992/93 Chilliwack Chiefs BCJHL 56 35 45 80 44
1993/94 Chilliwack Chiefs BCJHL 51 55 75 130 36
1994/95 University of British Columbia CWUAA
1995/96 University of British Columbia CWUAA 26th 23 29 52 0
1996/97 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 4th 1 2 3 2 - - - - - -
1996/97 Syracuse crunch AHL 61 6th 14th 20th 19th –7 - - - - - -
1997/98 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 82 22nd 41 63 75 42 17th 2 4th 6th 14th 5
1998/99 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 50 16 22nd 38 54 4th 8th 4th 2 6th 6th 0
1999/00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 79 22nd 26th 48 84 9 6th 1 1 2 4th -4
2000/01 Manitoba mosses IHL 82 15th 23 38 77 –6 13 2 0 2 14th –6
2001/02 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 59 12 24 36 85 -5 - - - - - -
2002/03 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 50 15th 22nd 37 79 –7 - - - - - -
2003/04 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 51 22nd 21st 43 52 3 9 2 3 5 10 0
2004/05 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 26th 9 8th 17th 30th 1 11 4th 3 7th 10 0
2005/06 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 51 24 28 52 75 23 7th 1 3 4th 6th -1
2006/07 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 51 19th 25th 44 68 0 4th 1 3 4th 6th -1
2007/08 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 20th 8th 13 21st 28 -3 3 1 2 3 2 4th
2008/09 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 27 9 8th 17th 18th -1 - - - - - -
IHL total 293 75 112 187 290 49 44 9 7th 16 38 -5
DEL total 335 118 149 267 435 11 34 9 14th 23 34 2

Inline hockey

Regular season
season team league Sp T A. Pt SM
1995 Vancouver Voodoo RHI 23 34 27 61 12
1996 Vancouver Voodoo RHI 28 50 41 91 32
1997 Los Angeles Blades RHI 21st 32 27 59 7th
RHI as a whole 72 116 95 211 51

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Branch, Doug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Branch, Douglas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 17th 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Chilliwack , British Columbia , Canada