Allen, TX (12/23/16) –Steelheads Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Neil Graham announced on Friday afternoon that defenseman Joe Faust has been returned to the Steelheads from the American Hockey League’s Texas Stars. Faust will be available for the Steelheads’ game Friday night against the Allen Americans.
Faust, 25, signed a professional tryout agreement with the Texas Stars on December 20th and played two games with the Stars this week. Faust collected two penalty minutes in the two contests.
Faust has played 27 games in his first season with the Steelheads. A former fourth-round draft pick of the New Jersey Devils in 2010, Faust’s seven goals this season are already a career-high and tied for the third in the ECHL among defensemen. His 17 points are tied for tenth among ECHL blue-liners. Faust had three points in his last three games for Idaho.