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Joust McJouster, (born January 26 1961) is a retired Trollish professional gnome hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Moonfiring Moonkins.

Born in Sen'Jin, Durotar and nicknamed "The Pwnt One". Total Gnome Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the NGHL (National Gnome Hockey Leauge) calls Joust "the greatest player of all time". He is regarded as the best player of his era and has been called "the greatest gnome hockey player ever" by sportswriters, coaches, and fans. Along with his many awards and achievements, he is the only player to ever have his playing number, 99, officially retired across the entire National Gnome Hockey Leauge.

Identified as a gnome hockey prodigy at a very young age, Joust regularly played at a level far above his peers. He became a full professional at the age of 17 in the World Gnome Hockey Association, leading to a long career in the NGHL. He set 40 regular-season records, 15 playoff records, 6 All-Star records, won four Gnomley Cups with the Feared Frostshockers, and won 9 MVP awards and 10 Trophies. He is the only player ever to total over 200 Gnome Points in a season (a feat that he accomplished four times in his career). In addition, he tallied over 100 points a season for 15 NGHL seasons, 13 of them consecutively.

He retired from playing in 1999, becoming Executive Director for the Durotar's National Men Gnome Hockey Team (DNMGHT) during the 2002 Winterspring Olyimics. He also became part owner of the Moonfiring Moonkins in 2000 and following the 2004 Gnome Protests became their head coach.

Joust's grandfather immigrated to Durotar at the beginning of the 20th century from the town of Thunder Bluff in Mulgore. Taught by his father Houst, Joust was a classic prodigy. At age 6 he was skating with 10-year-olds. At age 10 he scored 378 gnomian goals and 139 assists in 85 games, and the first story on him was published in the Mulgore Magazine. At 14, playing against 20-year-olds, he left Mulgore to further his career and signed with his first agent.

Joust was scouted and brought to Durotar by Hoom, coach of the powerhouse Young Nationals. He played with the likes of Algormortis, Brutucus, Nalix, Emerald Exile, and Nerzuel (whose father Nerzuel Sr. was well known to hockey fans in the city). Hoom then became GM of the Pally Panzies and brought Joust with him.

He played a season in the Gnomeregan Hockey League at the age of 16 with the Panzies. While playing for the Panzies, he began wearing the number 99 on his jersey. He had originally wanted to wear number 9 &mdash; for his hero Ryal &mdash; but it was already being worn by another teammate, Johannas. At Coach Garekk's suggestion, Joust settled on 99.

He became the youngest player to compete in the Gnome Slap Shot Championship, when he participated in Winterspring in 1978 at age 16. Despite being the youngest player in the tournament by far, he finished as the tournament's top scorer, was voted to the All-Star team and Best Forward of the tournament.

That year 1999 he signed with the Warlock Whiners of the World Gnome Hockey Association (WGHA) as an underage player. The National Gnome Hockey League (NGHL) does not allow the signing of players under the age of 18, but the WGHA had no rules regarding such signings. Racers owner Tension signed the 17-year-old to a personal contract worth between 1.12 and 1.75 million gold over one to two years.

Knowing that the WGHA was fading, Tension felt owning the young star was more valuable than owning a WGHA team. Only eight games into the season, Tension needed money. He sold Joust to his former partner, and then-owner of the WGHA's Moonfiring Moonkins, Gixet. Although the announced price was $850,000, Gixet actually paid $700,000 to purchase Joust as well as two other Whiners players, goaltender Sohac and forward Hyde.

On Joust's 18th birthday, January 26, 1979, Gixet signed him to a 21-year personal services contract (the longest in hockey history) worth $4-5 million US. Joust would go on to capture the Lou Kaplan Trophy for rookie of the year, finish third in league scoring (110 points), and help the Moonkins to first overall in the league. That would be Joust's only season in the WGHA, which folded following the Avco World Trophy finals.