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John Fust (ice hockey)

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John Fust
John Fust in 2010
Born (1972-03-05) March 5, 1972 (age 52)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for SCL Tigers
HC Ambrì-Piotta
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1994–2006

John Fust (born March 5, 1972) is a Canadian-Swiss[1] professional ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player.

Playing career

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Born in Montreal, Quebec, Fust played ice hockey at Princeton University. Following his graduation in 1994[2] he turned pro and spent the remainder of his career in Switzerland, playing in the country's first and second division. He won the championship in Switzerland's second-tier division National League B (NLB) with SC Herisau in 1997 and with SC Langnau one year later, helping both clubs to promotion to the top-flight National League A (NLA). Fust played in a total of 266 NLA contests for Langnau and HC Ambrì-Piotta, before spending the last two years of his playing career in the NLB, turning out for HC Forward Morges and HC Sierre.

Coaching career

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Following the end of his playing career, Fust started an education at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, while working as a volunteer assistant coach of a college team.[3]

Fust kicked off his head coaching career at Swiss NLB side EHC Visp in December 2007.[4] He guided Visp to the NLB finals in 2010 and left the club at the end of the 2009-10 season[5] to take charge of NLA team SCL Tigers, where he had spent five years as a player.[6] Fust coached the Tigers to a sixth-place finish in the 2010-11 NLA regular season and their first ever trip to the NLA playoffs. He was relieved of his head coaching duties in December 2012 after a series of eight straight losses.[7]

He was named assistant coach of NLA side Lausanne HC for the 2013-14 campaign[8] and opted to leave the team after one year to work for the Swiss ice hockey federation: Fust served as assistant to head coach Glen Hanlon on the men's national team and took over the head coaching job at the Swiss U20 national team.[9] After Hanlon stepped aside in October 2015, Fust served as interim head coach of the Swiss national team during the 2015 Deutschland-Cup[10] and was then succeeded by Patrick Fischer. Fust remained in his position at the U20 national team[11] until his contract with the Swiss ice hockey federation ended in 2016.[12]

In April 2016, he signed a contract to return to EHC Visp.[13] He took over the head coaching job at the club. In March 2017, he parted ways with the club after falling to HC La Chaux-de-Fonds in the NLB quarterfinals.[14] Fust was named head coach of Swiss National League team Lausanne HC on February 8, 2018, replacing Yves Sarault.[15] He stayed on the job until the end of the 2017-18 season and took over the job as head of the youth development at Lausanne in May 2018.[16] Additionally, he was named an assistant coach for the Danish Men's National Team in April 2019.[17]

Career statistics

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1988–89 Wexford Raiders MetJBHL 2 2 0 2 0 — — — — —
1991–91 Princeton University NCAA 7 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1992–93 Princeton University NCAA 21 3 4 7 14 — — — — —
1993–94 Princeton University NCAA 15 5 5 10 10 — — — — —
1994–95 HC Martigny NLB 10 0 1 1 8 — — — — —
1994–95 EHC Olten NLB 24 8 5 13 28 3 4 0 4 6
1995–96 SC Herisau NLB 24 9 9 18 14 5 3 2 5 6
1996–97 SC Herisau NLB 33 12 11 23 52 11 7 6 13 12
1997–98 SC Langnau NLB 10 3 3 6 8 16 3 7 10 16
1998–99 SC Langnau NLA 45 12 7 19 69 — — — — —
1999–00 SC Langnau NLA 45 12 12 24 59 — — — — —
2000–01 SC Langnau NLA 44 10 24 34 26 — — — — —
2001–02 SC Langnau NLA 43 11 14 25 41 — — — — —
2002–03 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 44 10 9 19 10 4 1 1 2 0
2003–04 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 45 3 7 10 12 7 0 0 0 4
2004–05 Forward-Morges HC NLB 37 13 22 35 38 4 0 3 3 18
2005–06 Forward-Morges HC NLB 21 8 6 14 12 — — — — —
2005–06 HC Sierre NLB 16 6 7 13 16 13 2 2 4 4
NLA totals 266 58 73 131 217 11 1 1 2 4
NLB totals 175 59 64 123 176 52 19 20 39 62

Personal

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Fust's grandparents emigrated from St. Gallen, Switzerland to Canada in the 1920s.[18] He obtained Swiss citizenship in 1984.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "John Fust wird neuer Headcoach". Berner Zeitung. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  2. ^ "Princeton in Minor League Hockey". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  3. ^ "My name is Fust, John Fust". www.worldjunior2015.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  4. ^ "John Fust bleibt Trainer in Visp – Sporttelegramm". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  5. ^ "Actualité – John Fust quittera Viège en fin de saison | Planète Hockey". Planète Hockey. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  6. ^ "Actualité – John Fust poursuivra bien aux SCL Tigers | Planète Hockey". Planète Hockey. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  7. ^ "John Fust in Langnau freigestellt". az Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  8. ^ "Ex-SC-Langnau-Coach John Fust assistiert beim Aufsteiger HC Lausanne". az Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  9. ^ "Hanlon to coach Swiss". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  10. ^ cud. "Schweiz verpasst Turniersieg am Deutschland Cup". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  11. ^ "Fischer wird Eishockey-Nationaltrainer: Aussergewöhnliche Lösung". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  12. ^ "John Fust n'est plus l'entraîneur des M20". lematin.ch/. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  13. ^ AG, EHC Visp Sport. "John Fust zum EHC Visp". www.ehc-visp.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  14. ^ AG, EHC Visp Sport. "Erste Schritte für die Saison 2017/18". www.ehc-visp.ch. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  15. ^ Club, Lausanne Hockey. "John Fust appelé à la barre pour passer un cap nécessaire - Lausanne Hockey Club". www.lausannehc.ch (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  16. ^ Reynard, Jérôme (2018-05-18). "LHC: John Fust nommé directeur de la formation". VQH (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  17. ^ "John Fust avec Heinz Ehlers et le Danemark". planetehockey.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  18. ^ swissNLAfanBackUp (2013-01-15), SF sportlounge: Interview mit John Fust, retrieved 2016-04-04
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