User:Hunter Kahn/Jesper Fast



NEWSBANK: "Jesper Fast," "12/1/2014 - 6/15/2015", last did "Rookie making Fast impression"

Early life

 * He is the only child born to father Niklas and mother Eva, both of whom were athletic.
 * His father played at the lower levels of Swedish professional hockey and coached in Nässjö. Jesper often accompanied him to the ice and practiced skating.
 * He idolized ice hockey players Peter Forsberg and Mats Sundin growing up.
 * At age 16, he attended school and learned hockey in the city of Jönköping.

2015–16 season
Jesper Fast was a restricted free agent in 2015, and the Rangers announced on July 15 that they had signed him to a two-year contract worth $1.9 million.

Personal life
He was described by New York Daily News writer Pat Leonard as "shy but hard-working, skilled and respectful".