ðˌoʊ hiː hæd nˈoʊ bˈækɡɹaʊnd ɪn hˈɑːki, fˈiːstɚ pɹɪfˈɜːd wˈɜːkɪŋ wɪððə hˈɑːki tˈiːm, ænd kwˈɪkli dʒˈɔɪnd ðɪ ˌɔːɹɡɐnᵻzˈeɪʃən æz ðɪ ɐsˈɪstənt tə ðə tˈiːmz pɹˈɛzɪdənt bᵻfˌoːɹ tˈeɪkɪŋ ˌoʊvɚ ðə tˈiːm ænd stˈeɪdiəmz ˌɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃənz æz dʒˈɛnɚɹəl mˈænɪdʒɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti.hiː sˈɜːvd ɪnðə pˈoʊst fɔːɹ ˈeɪt jˈɪɹz dˈʊɹɹɪŋ wˌɪtʃ hiː wʌz nˈeɪmd ðɪ ˌeɪˌeɪtʃˈɛlz ɛɡzˈɛkjuːtˌɪv ʌvðə jˈɪɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən ˈæftɚ ðə bˈɛɹz wˈʌn ðə kˈɔldɚ kˈʌp.
Though he had no background in hockey, Feaster preferred working with the hockey team, and quickly joined the organization as the assistant to the team's president before taking over the team and stadium's operations as general manager in 1990.He served in the post for eight years during which he was named the AHL's Executive of the Year in 1997 after the Bears won the Calder Cup.