Brad Fast

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size=180px
played_for = AHL
Lowell Lock Monsters
Manchester Monarchs
NHL
Carolina Hurricanes
ECHL
Florida Everblades
NLA
Langnau
DEL
Ingolstadt ERC
Aust
EC Red Bull Salzburg
AL
Anyang Halla
position = Defenceman
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 195
nickname = "Fasty"
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1980|2|21|mf=y
birth_place = Fort St. John, BC, CAN
draft = 3round 84th overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = Carolina Hurricanes
career_start = 2003

Brad Fast (born February 21, 1980, in Fort St. John, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey defenceman. He spent his amateur career in the British Columbia Hockey League, and was selected in the third round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, 84th overall, by the Carolina Hurricanes. He played for ERC Ingolstadt in the German Eishockey League last season. In May 2008, Fast signed with Anyang Halla (Asia League) for a one year deal.

Amateur career

Fast played for his hometown Fort St. John Flyers in a men's senior league as a 14 year old before moving on to the Prince George Spruce Kings in the BCJHL. At the end of his third season in the BCJHL, Fast was drafted by the Hurricanes. After being drafted, Fast enrolled at Michigan State University, where he spent four seasons playing for the Michigan State Spartans. He was the captain for one season and was a collegiate standout at MU, and above-average offensive defenseman. Near the end of the 2002–03 season, Fast signed a professional contract with the Hurricanes and joined their American Hockey League affiliate, the Lowell Lock Monsters

Professional career

Fast played seven games with the Lock Monsters to finish off the 2002–03 season, and started with that team full-time for the 2003–04 season. He was called up and played one game with the parent Hurricanes, becoming one of only three players (Roland Huard and Dean Morton are the others) to score a goal in his only NHL game. The 2004–05 lockout season was mostly spent with the Lock Monsters, but Fast was demoted to the ECHL and spent the end of the season (and the playoffs) with the Florida Everblades.Fast was signed by the Los Angeles Kings and played the 2005–06 season with their AHL club, the Manchester Monarchs. Fast signed with the Swiss club Langnau for the 2006–07 season. He Previously played for Red Bull Salzburg EC in the Austrian League.

In May 2008, Fast signed with Anyang Halla for a one year deal. The Anyang Halla (Korean: 안양 한라, Chinese: 安養 漢拏) are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Anyang City in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. On September 2, Fast was named assistant captain for Halla. He became the first import player ever to be named assistant captain in franchise and any Korean hockey club's history.

Former teammate Brock Radunske also signed with Anyang Halla for a one year deal in 2008.

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External links

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* [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=379187 "New-look Anyang Halla adds western flavor"] nhl.com, July 31, 2008