John Fust (ice hockey)
John Fust | |||
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Born |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada | March 5, 1972||
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Fust's grandparents emigrated from St. Gallen, Switzerland to Canada in the 1920s.[18] He obtained Swiss citizenship in 1984.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "John Fust wird neuer Headcoach". Berner Zeitung. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Princeton in Minor League Hockey". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "My name is Fust, John Fust". www.worldjunior2015.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "John Fust bleibt Trainer in Visp – Sporttelegramm". 20 Minuten. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Actualité – John Fust quittera Viège en fin de saison | Planète Hockey". Planète Hockey. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Actualité – John Fust poursuivra bien aux SCL Tigers | Planète Hockey". Planète Hockey. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "John Fust in Langnau freigestellt". az Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Ex-SC-Langnau-Coach John Fust assistiert beim Aufsteiger HC Lausanne". az Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Hanlon to coach Swiss". www.iihf.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ cud. "Schweiz verpasst Turniersieg am Deutschland Cup". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "Fischer wird Eishockey-Nationaltrainer: Aussergewöhnliche Lösung". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ "John Fust n'est plus l'entraîneur des M20". lematin.ch/. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
- ^ AG, EHC Visp Sport. "John Fust zum EHC Visp". www.ehc-visp.ch. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ AG, EHC Visp Sport. "Erste Schritte für die Saison 2017/18". www.ehc-visp.ch. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Reynard, Jérôme (2018-05-18). "LHC: John Fust nommé directeur de la formation". VQH (in French). ISSN 1424-4039. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ "John Fust avec Heinz Ehlers et le Danemark". planetehockey.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ swissNLAfanBackUp (2013-01-15), SF sportlounge: Interview mit John Fust, retrieved 2016-04-04
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Denmark men's national ice hockey team coaches
- EHC Olten players
- HC Ambrì-Piotta players
- HC Forward-Morges players
- HC Martigny players
- HC Sierre players
- Princeton University alumni
- Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey players
- SC Herisau players
- SCL Tigers players
- Swiss ice hockey coaches
- Ice hockey people from Montreal