Kent Fearns

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Kent Fearns
Born (1972-09-13) September 13, 1972 (age 51)
Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Cape Breton Oilers
Knoxville Cherokees
Flint Generals
Las Vegas Thunder
Manitoba Moose
Munich Barons
ERC Ingolstadt
Hamburg Freezers
EC KAC
NHL Draft 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft
Hartford Whalers
Playing career 19912005

Kent Fearns (born September 13, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who was an All-American for Colorado College [1]

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Career

Fearns joined the ice hockey program at Colorado College in 1991 after helping the Chilliwack Chiefs win a regular season title. He was nearly a point per game player for the Tigers and named to the WCHA all-Rookie team. Fearns helped CC post its first non-losing season since 1980 and its first postseason game in five years. The team's success couldn't be sustained, however, and the Tigers finished last in the conference in 1993. Don Lucia was brought in as head coach for Fearns' junior season and the change in leadership brought about an incredible turnaround. CC won its first regular season title in 37 years and posted the best record since winning the national championship in 1957. [2] The renaissance for the program continued the following year and Fearns helped CC win back-to-back conference titles for the first time in program history. He was named an All-American as CC won 30 games for the first time and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1978.

With his college career over, Fearns signed a professional contract the following year and slowly worked his way up to the top level of the minor leagues. After more than two years with the Manitoba Moose and no callups to the NHL on the horizon, Fearns headed to Europe. His first year with the Munich Barons saw the team with the DEL championship. After finishing as runner-ups the following year, the team's finances became problematic. Fearns remained with the club until 2002 and then spent a season with ERC Ingolstadt. In 2003 he returned to his previous franchise, which had now relocated to Hamburg and then ended his playing career with EC KAC.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular Season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1988–89 Richmond Sockeyes BCJHL 50110
1989–90 Richmond Sockeyes BCJHL 536131941
1990–91 Chilliwack Chiefs BCJHL 57102636101
1991–92 Colorado College WCHA 4110273748
1992–93 Colorado College WCHA 337152276
1993–94 Colorado College WCHA 3911193062
1994–95 Colorado College WCHA 407233039
1995–96 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 60004
1995–96 Flint Generals CoHL 24561123
1995–96 Knoxville Cherokees ECHL 211892481566
1996–97 Knoxville Cherokees ECHL 3711213237
1996–97 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 2138116
1996–97 Manitoba Moose IHL 101456
1997–98 Manitoba Moose IHL 651023333230002
1998–99 Manitoba Moose IHL 661427416651568
1999–00 Munich Barons DEL 4810162646125388
2000–01 Munich Barons DEL 5352126531123522
2001–02 Munich Barons DEL 1938111491458
2002–03 ERC Ingolstadt DEL 494101490
2003–04 Hamburg Freezers DEL 514162050111348
2004–05 EC KAC Austria 46101727721221322
BCJHL totals115164056142
NCAA totals1533584119225
ECHL totals581229416181566
IHL totals162286290110815610
DEL totals220267197253439132246

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-WCHA Rookie Team 1991–92 [3]
All-WCHA Second Team 1993–94 [4]
All-WCHA Second Team 1994–95 [4]
AHCA West Second-Team All-American 1994–95 [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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