Yassine Fahas
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Yassine Fahas
Yassine Fahas (born April 19, 1987 in France
) is a professional
ice hockey
player.
in the French Ligue Magnus
. He is also one of the original members of the Algeria national ice hockey team
.
Fahas recovered from a coma
sustained in a car crash while on the way to a Ligue Magnus game in 2007, and is now in his 4th season with Ducs de Dijon.
Yassine Fahas (born April 19, 1987 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player.
Career
Fahas currently plays for Ducs de DijonDucs de Dijon
The Dijon Hockey Club is a French ice hockey team based in Dijon playing in the Ligue Magnus. The team currently use the name of "Ducs de Dijon" The team was founded in 1969 and plays home games at the Patinoire municipale Trimolet....
in the French Ligue Magnus
Ligue Magnus
-Former Teams:*Bisons de Neuilly-sur-Marne*Orques d'Anglet*Sangliers Arvernes*Corsaires de Dunkerque*Albatros de Brest*Jets de Viry-Essonne-Defunct Teams:*Diables Noirs de Tours*Hockey Club de Mulhouse*Séquanes de Besançon*Flammes Bleues de Reims...
. He is also one of the original members of the Algeria national ice hockey team
Algeria national ice hockey team
The Algerian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Algeria.-History:Formed in 2006, Algeria is currently applying to become a member of the IIHF. The national team was formed with the increasing number of Algerians who are playing ice hockey around the world...
.
Fahas recovered from a coma
Coma
In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
sustained in a car crash while on the way to a Ligue Magnus game in 2007, and is now in his 4th season with Ducs de Dijon.