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.[1] 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.[2] She competed in the 2017 Women's World Championships in Plymouth, Michigan, losing in overtime to the United States.[3] She competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal.[4]

Quick Facts Born, Height ...
Renata Fast
Renata Fast playing for Team Canada in 2017
Born (1994-10-06) October 6, 1994 (age 30)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
PWHL team
Former teams
Toronto Sceptres
National team  Canada
Playing career 2010present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Canada
Gold medal – first place2022 Denmark
Gold medal – first place2024 United States
Silver medal – second place2017 United States
Silver medal – second place2023 Canada
Bronze medal – third place2019 Finland
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On September 6, 2023, Fast signed a three-year deal with the PWHL Toronto of the newly formed new Professional Women's Hockey League.[5]

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.[6]

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)[7] 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).[8] She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team, which won a silver medal at the 2017 Nations Cup in Germany.[9]

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.[1] 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.[2]

She competed in the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan, losing in overtime to the United States.[3] 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.[4] 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.[10][11] 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.[12][13][14]

CWHL

She was selected second overall by the Toronto Furies in the 2016 CWHL Draft. [15] 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.[16]

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Fast with PWHL Toronto in 2024

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.[17] Her sister is Lindsey Fast, and her brothers are Christopher and Gregory Fast.[18] Her parents are Sharon and Douglas Fast.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

More information Regular season, Playoffs ...
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2010–11 Burlington Barracudas Prov. WHL 36281050 912318
2011–12 Burlington Barracudas Prov. WHL 330121272 611212
2012–13 Clarkson University ECAC Hockey 38281026
2013–14 Clarkson University ECAC Hockey 412101244
2014–15 Clarkson University ECAC Hockey 294141838
2015–16 Clarkson University ECAC Hockey 365121732
2016–17 Toronto Furies CWHL 2245938
2017–18 Canada AMHL 150118
2017–18 Toronto Furies CWHL 10000
2018–19 Toronto Furies CWHL 2626848 30006
2019–20 GTA West PWHPA
2020–21 Toronto PWHPA 40116
2023–24 PWHL Toronto PWHL 243101312 50334
CWHL totals 496111786 30006
PWHL totals 243101312 50334
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International

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Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2017 Canada WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 0 0 0
2018 Canada OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 0 0 0
2019 Canada WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 6 6 4
2021 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 2 3 5 8
2022 Canada OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1 4 5 8
2022 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 0 4 4 4
2023 Canada WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 1 4 5 4
2024 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 3 3 6 6
Senior totals 52 7 24 31 34
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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[19]

Burlington Sport Alliance

  • 2017 – Female Athlete of the Year[20]

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

References

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