CINCINNATI, Ohio – The 2010 Kelly Cup Champion Cincinnati Cyclones, proud affiliate of the NHL’s Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators, announced today that defenseman T.J. Fast has been reassigned to the club by the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

Fast, a 23-year old Calgary, Alberta native spent the past three weeks at the Triple-A level with Rochester.  During his latest call-up, he went pointless with a pair of penalty minutes in five contests.  In total, Fast has 73 career-games of AHL experience with one goal and five assists in that span.  

As a member of the 2010-11 Cyclones, the six-foot rear-guard leads team defensemen in scoring (9 goals, 18 assists = 27 points) and is tied for 11th among all ECHL blue-liners.  Prior to being summoned to Rochester, Fast had posted points in five of his previous nine games.

Fast will join the rest of the defending Kelly Cup Champions TONIGHT as they return to U.S. Bank Arena to host the Toledo Walleye at 7:30pm.  It will be the final Kids Eat Free Night of the season, as all fans ages 2-12 will receive a FREE meal courtesy of John Morrell, Sunkist, and Sun Drop.  2010-11 single game and discounted group tickets are available now.  2011-12 season tickets are on sale NOW!  For more information, call 513.421.PUCK (7825) or visit CyclonesHockey.com.

Click here to view T.J. Fast’s career statistics.