# Renata Fast

Renata Fast (born October 6, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of Canada women's national ice hockey team. She played college ice hockey at Clarkson and won the 2014 National Collegiate women's ice hockey championship title. She made her debut with team Canada at the 2015 4 Nations Cup, held from November 4–8 in Sundsvall, Sweden. She went on to represent the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2016 4 Nations Cup in Vierumäki, Finland, November 1–5. She competed in the 2017 Women's World Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, losing in overtime to the United States. She competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal.
On September 6, 2023, Fast signed a three-year deal with the PWHL Toronto of the newly formed new Professional Women's Hockey League.

## Playing career
### NCAA

In her second year (2013–2014), the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey team made history by winning their school's first NCAA Championship. In the process, the team also became the first team from outside the WCHA to win the women's National Collegiate national championship. In her senior year, she lived up to her surname by scoring the quickest goal in NCAA Tournament history, just 10 seconds in for the game-winner against Quinnipiac in the NCAA quarterfinal game. Renata Fast served as an assistant captain in her Junior and Senior years.

### Hockey Canada

Selected for Hockey Canada's National Women's Development Team 2014 and 2015 for the three-game series vs. the United States Women's Under-22 National Team, played during August in Calgary (2014) and Lake Placid (2015) She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup). She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team, which won a silver medal at the 2017 Nations Cup in Germany.
She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup, held from November 4–8 in Sundsvall, Sweden. Where they placed silver. She represented the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the same tournament in 2016, the 4 Nations Cup in Vierumäki, Finland, Nov. 1–5.
She competed in the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan, losing in overtime to the United States. She was selected for the 2017/2018 centralization roster in preparation for the 2018 Olympic Games to take place from February 9 to 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. She was named to the 2018 Olympic Games Canada women's national ice hockey team competing in Pyeongchang County, South Korea where she wore No. 14. The Canada women's national ice hockey team earned a silver medal at the 2018 Olympic Games in a shootout.
On January 11, 2022, Fast was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

### CWHL

She was selected second overall by the Toronto Furies in the 2016 CWHL Draft. Fast's first season of play saw her appear in 22 of the Furies 24 games. She would put forth four goals and five assists in those games and finished the regular season as a plus five for plus/minus. Fast was a finalist for the CWHL's Rookie of the Year and was named a 2016–17 all star.

### PWHL

Following the launch of the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), Fast was one of three players (alongside fellow Canadian Olympians Blayre Turnbull and Sarah Nurse) signed within a pre-draft period to PWHL Toronto.

## Personal life

She was born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised in Burlington, Ontario. Renata is the youngest of four siblings. Her sister is Lindsey Fast, and her brothers are Christopher and Gregory Fast. Her parents are Sharon and Douglas Fast.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2010–11 | Burlington Barracudas | Prov. WHL | 36 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 2011–12 | Burlington Barracudas | Prov. WHL | 33 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 2012–13 | Clarkson University | ECAC Hockey | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013–14 | Clarkson University | ECAC Hockey | 41 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15 | Clarkson University | ECAC Hockey | 29 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16 | Clarkson University | ECAC Hockey | 36 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17 | Toronto Furies | CWHL | 22 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | Canada | AMHL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017–18 | Toronto Furies | CWHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | Toronto Furies | CWHL | 26 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019–20 | GTA West | PWHPA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | Toronto | PWHPA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | PWHL Toronto | PWHL | 24 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| CWHL totals | CWHL totals | CWHL totals | 49 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| PWHL totals | PWHL totals | PWHL totals | 24 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2017 | Canada | WC | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Canada | OG | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Canada | WC | | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | Canada | WC | | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | Canada | OG | | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | Canada | WC | | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | Canada | WC | | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | Canada | WC | | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 52 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 34 |

## Awards and honours
### NCAA

* 2012–2016 – ECAC Hockey All-Academic team
* 2012–13 – Named twice to ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll
* 2013–14 – Frozen Four All-Tournament team
* 2014–15 – First-Team ECAC Hockey All-Star
* 2015–16 – ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll
* 2015–16 – Clarkson's Booster Club's Unsung Hero Award
* 2015–16 – Third-Team ECAC Hockey All-Star
* 2015–16 – Nominee for ECAC Hockey's Student-Athlete of the Year

### CWHL

* 2016–17 – Finalist for CWHL Rookie of the Year
* 2016–17 – CWHL All-Star Game
* 2018–19 – CWHL All-Star Game

### PWHL

* 2023–24 – PWHL Second Team All-Star

### Burlington Sport Alliance

* 2017 – Female Athlete of the Year

### IIHF

* 2015 – Gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup in FÜSSEN, Germany
* 2015 – Silver medal at the 2015 4 Nations Cup in Sundsvall, Sweden
* 2016 – Silver medal at the 2016 4 Nations Cup in Vierumäki, Finland
* 2017 – Silver medal at the 2017 Nations Cup in FÜSSEN, Germany
* 2017 – Silver medal at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championships in Plymouth, Michigan

### Olympics

* 2018 – Silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea
* 2022 - Gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China