Jason Bast

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Jason Bast

| image = 2023-01-04 Eisbären Berlin gegen Kölner Haie (Deutsche Eishockey-Liga 2022-23) by Sandro Halank–010.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|06|02}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 190

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| league = DEL

| team = Augsburger Panther

| prospect_league =

| prospect_team =

| former_teams = Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Charlotte Checkers
EHC Visp
HC ’05 Banská Bystrica
Fischtown Pinguins
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
Kölner Haie
Adler Mannheim

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2010

| career_end =

}}

Jason Bast (born June 2, 1989) is a Canadian-German professional ice hockey player currently under contract with Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

After a junior career with the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League, Bast played in the ECHL with the Victoria Salmon Kings during the 2009–10 ECHL season.{{Cite web| url = http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3984667 | title = Salmon Kings sign forward Jason Bast | work = oursportscentral.com | date = 2009-09-28 | accessdate = 2011-02-17}} He then opted to put his professional career on hold in accepting a scholarship to play with St. Francis Xavier University in the Canadian InterUniversity Sports League before returning to the ECHL with the Idaho Steelheads.{{cite news|last1=Brickman|first1=Katie|title=Bast signs with Steelheads|url=http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/Sports/2014-08-05/article-3824646/Bast-signs-with-Steelheads%0D%0A/1|accessdate=August 27, 2014|work=Moose Jaw Times Herald|date=August 5, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140827051327/http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/Sports/2014-08-05/article-3824646/Bast-signs-with-Steelheads%0D%0A/1#|archive-date=2014-08-27|url-status=dead}}

He made 54 appearances for the Steelheads during the 2014-15 season with 31 goals as well as 23 assists.{{Cite web|url=http://www.echl.com/stats/player.php?id=3130|title=The ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League {{!}} Player|website=www.echl.com|access-date=2016-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703133816/http://www.echl.com/stats/player.php?id=3130|archive-date=2016-07-03|url-status=dead}} He also had shorts stints with AHL's franchises Bridgeport Sound Tigers{{Cite web|url=http://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22700&ATCLID=209792513|title=SOUND TIGERS ANNOUNCE ROSTER MOVES|access-date=2016-07-02}} and Charlotte Checkers{{Cite web|url=http://gocheckers.com/articles/1076-checkers-release-jason-bast-from-pto|title=Checkers Release Jason Bast from PTO|website=gocheckers.com|access-date=2016-07-02}} that season, seeing the ice in a total of six AHL contests.{{Cite web|url=http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=5772|title=TheAHL.com {{!}} The American Hockey League|website=theahl.com|access-date=2016-07-02}}

Bast took up an offer from Switzerland prior to the 2015-16 campaign, signing with EHC Visp of the National League B (NLB).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ehc-visp.ch/web/de/news/news/visp-verjuengt-sein-kader|title=Visp verjüngt sein Kader|last=AG|first=EHC Visp Sport|website=www.ehc-visp.ch|access-date=2016-07-02}} He parted ways with the club in December 2015{{Cite web|url=https://www.ehc-visp.ch/web/de/news/news/engagement-von-jason-bast-beendet-|title=Engagement von Jason Bast beendet|last=AG|first=EHC Visp Sport|website=www.ehc-visp.ch|access-date=2016-07-02}} 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 of the German top-tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).{{Cite web|url=http://www.fischtown-pinguins.de/news/displaysingle/?tx_ttnews%255Btt_news%255D=2225&cHash=2043d58242efe99fbce29182f07512a0|title=Fischtown Pinguins : Doppelpack zum Wochenende|website=www.fischtown-pinguins.de|access-date=2016-07-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703130335/http://www.fischtown-pinguins.de/news/displaysingle/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2225&cHash=2043d58242efe99fbce29182f07512a0|archivedate=2016-07-03}}

After spending the 2018–19 season with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers. Bast left as a free agent and secured a one-year contract to remain in Germany, signing with Kölner Haie on May 8, 2019.{{cite web| work = Kölner Haie | url = http://www.haie.de/news/ein-verteidiger-ein-stuermer-haie-verpflichten-taylor-aronson-und-jason-bast | title = Haie sign Aronson, Bast | date = 2019-05-08 | accessdate = 2019-05-08}}

Bast continued his journeyman career in Germany, securing a two-year contract with his fourth DEL club, Adler Mannheim, on March 27, 2020.{{cite web| url = https://www.adler-mannheim.de/archiv/2020/neue-seite/adler-holen-jason-bast-aus-koeln/ | title = Alder sign Jason Bast from Cologne | publisher = Adler Mannheim | date = March 27, 2020 | accessdate = March 27, 2020 | language = German}}

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.{{cite web| publisher = Kölner Haie | url = https://www.haie.de/news/bast-kehrt-zurueck-proft-kommt-aus-duesseldorf/ | title = Bast returns | date = May 17, 2022 | accessdate = May 17, 2022 | language = German}}

Awards and honours

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

WHL Brad Hornung Trophy

| 2009–10

CHL Sportsman of the Year

| 2009–10

| {{cite web| url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/awards.php?award=CHL%20Sportsman%20of%20the%20Year | title = CHL Sportsman of the Year | work = eliteprospects.com | date = 2010-04-01 | accessdate = 2010-04-01}}

CIS Rookie of the Year (Clare Drake Award)

| 2010–11

| {{cite web | url = http://www.eliteprospects.com/awards.php?award=CIS%20Rookie%20of%20the%20Year%20%22Clare%20Drake%20Award%22 | title = CIS Rookie of the Year "Clare Drake Award" | work = eliteprospects.com | date = 2011-03-28 | accessdate = 2011-03-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121022152734/http://www.eliteprospects.com/awards.php?award=CIS%20Rookie%20of%20the%20Year%20%22Clare%20Drake%20Award%22# | archive-date = 2012-10-22 | url-status = dead }}{{cite web| url = http://www.rds.ca/sic/chroniques/317020.html | title = Bast earns CIS rookie award | work = rds.ca | language = French | date = 2011-03-28 | accessdate = 2011-03-28}}