Jason Bast (born June 2, 1989) is a

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-German professional

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player currently under contract with

Kölner Haie The Kölner Haie (English: ''Cologne Sharks'') are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany that plays in the professional Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The team was one of the founding members of the DEL. The ''Kölner Haie'' play their hom ...

in the

Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...

(DEL).

Playing career

After a junior career with the

Moose Jaw Warriors The Moose Jaw Warriors are a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League based in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The Warriors play in the East Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Moose Jaw Events Centr ...

in the

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, Bast played in the

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). Th ...

with the

Victoria Salmon Kings The Victoria Salmon Kings were a professional ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia, and members of the ECHL. The team debuted in the 2004–05 season and folded after the 2010–11 season. The Chilliwack Bruins of the major jun ...

during the

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. He then opted to put his professional career on hold in accepting a scholarship to play with

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in the Canadian InterUniversity Sports League before returning to the ECHL with the

Idaho Steelheads The Idaho Steelheads are an American professional minor league ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho, and a member of the ECHL. The Steelheads play in the Mountain Division of the ECHL's Western Conference since the 2016–17 season. In 1996, th ...

. He made 54 appearances for the Steelheads during the 2014-15 season with 31 goals as well as 23 assists. He also had shorts stints with AHL's franchises

Bridgeport Sound Tigers The Bridgeport Islanders (previously known as the Bridgeport Sound Tigers) are a professional ice hockey team playing in the American Hockey League (AHL). They are the AHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's New York Islanders, who own the f ...

and

Charlotte Checkers The Charlotte Checkers are a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the American Hockey League (AHL), and are the top minor league affi ...

that season, seeing the ice in a total of six AHL contests. Bast took up an offer from Switzerland prior to the 2015-16 campaign, signing with

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of the

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(NLB). He parted ways with the club in December 2015 and joined HC Banska Bystrica of Slovakia for the remainder of the season. On May 26, 2016, he put pen to paper on a deal with the

Fischtown Pinguins The Fischtown Pinguins, also known as REV Bremerhaven, are a professional ice hockey team based in Bremerhaven, Germany. From 2004 to 2016 the team played at the second level of ice hockey in Germany, until the 2012–13 season the 2nd Bundesliga ...

of the German top-tier

(DEL). After spending the 2018–19 season with the

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. Bast left as a free agent and secured a one-year contract to remain in Germany, signing with

on May 8, 2019. Bast continued his journeyman career in Germany, securing a two-year contract with his fourth DEL club,

Adler Mannheim The Adler Mannheim (English: ''Mannheim Eagles'', formerly Mannheimer ERC) is a professional ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest-level ice hockey league in Germany. The team is based in Mannheim, a city in the northern par ...

, on March 27, 2020. After two seasons in Mannheim, Bast returned to former club Kölner Haie as a free agent, signing a one-year deal on May 17, 2022.

Awards and honours

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bast, Jason 1989 births Living people Adler Mannheim players HC '05 Banská Bystrica players Bridgeport Sound Tigers players Charlotte Checkers (2010–) players Canadian ice hockey centres Fischtown Pinguins players Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players Kölner Haie players Moose Jaw Warriors players St. Francis Xavier X-Men ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Regina, Saskatchewan Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers players Victoria Salmon Kings players EHC Visp players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany