Overview

• Fast announced his retirement on June 2, 2025, ending a career that began when the Rangers drafted him 157th overall in 2010.
• A neck injury sustained during the Hurricanes’ 2024 playoff run required surgery and sidelined him for the entire 2024-25 season.
• Across 703 regular-season games with the Rangers and Hurricanes, Fast tallied 91 goals and 248 points.
• He earned votes for the Lady Byng Trophy and Frank J. Selke Trophy and won the Rangers’ Players’ Player Award five straight seasons.
• In his retirement statement, Fast thanked his teammates, coaches, staff and fans as well as Swedish clubs Nässjö HC and HV71 for supporting his development.