Kent Fearns (born September 13, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey

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who was an All-American for

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Career

Fearns joined the ice hockey program at

in 1991 after helping the

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win a regular season title. He was nearly a point per game player for the Tigers and named to the

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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.

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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

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. 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

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and no callups to the

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on the horizon, Fearns headed to

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. His first year with the

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saw the team with the

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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

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. In 2003 he returned to his previous franchise, which had now relocated to

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and then ended his playing career with EC KAC.

Statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Awards and honors

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fearns, Kent 1972 births Living people Ice hockey people from British Columbia People from Langley, British Columbia (district municipality) Canadian ice hockey defencemen Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey players AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans Cape Breton Oilers players Knoxville Cherokees players Flint Generals players Las Vegas Thunder players Manitoba Moose players ERC Ingolstadt players Hamburg Freezers players EC KAC players Hartford Whalers draft picks National Hockey League supplemental draft picks