John Fust

John Fust (born March 5, 1972) is a Canadian-Swiss professional ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey player.
== Playing career ==
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Fust played ice hockey at Princeton University. Following graduating in 1994 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 ==
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.
Fust kicked off his head coaching career at Swiss NLB side EHC Visp in December 2007. He guided Visp to the NLB finals in 2010 and left the club at the end of the 2009-10 season to take charge of NLA team SCL Tigers, where he had spent five years as a player. 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.
He was named assistant coach of NLA side Lausanne HC for the 2013-14 campaign 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. After Hanlon stepped aside in October 2015, Fust served as interim head coach of the Swiss national team during the 2015 Deutschland-Cup and was then succeeded by Patrick Fischer. Fust remained in his position at the U20 national team until his contract with the Swiss ice hockey federation ended in 2016.
In April 2016, he signed a contract to return to EHC Visp. 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. Fust was named head coach of Swiss National League team Lausanne HC on February 8, 2018, replacing Yves Sarault. 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. Additionally, he was named an assistant coach for the Danish Men's National Team in April 2019.
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		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
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	NLA totals 	NLA totals		266 	58 	73 	131 	217 		11 	1 	1 	2 	4
NLB totals	NLB totals 	NLB totals		175 	59 	64 	123 	176 		52 	19 	20 	39 	62
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
== Personal ==
Fust's grandparents emigrated from St. Gallen, Switzerland to Canada in the 1920s.
== External links ==
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== References ==
Category:Denmark men's national ice hockey team coaches
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Category:HC Ambrì-Piotta players
Category:HC Forward-Morges players
Category:HC Martigny players
Category:HC Sierre players
Category:Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey players
Category:SC Herisau players
Category:SCL Tigers players
Category:Swiss ice hockey coaches
Category:Swiss ice hockey forwards