Jared Ross
Jared Ross ( born September 18, 1982 in Huntsville, Alabama ) is an American professional ice hockey player who is under contract with the ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga since April 2011.
Career
Jared Ross began his career as a hockey player at the University of Alabama Huntsville, for whom he played from 2001 to 2005 a total of four years in the College Hockey America. Towards the end of the season 2004/ 05 Ross scored eight points scorer, including three goals in twelve games for the Motor City Mechanics of the United Hockey League, where he made his debut in professional hockey. Ross then moved in summer 2005 to the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League, the farm team of the Atlanta Thrashers. There he was able to immediately develop a starting place, never received by the Thrashers, however, a contract offer, valid for the National Hockey League. In addition, Ross played a game of season 2005/ 06 for the farm team of the Wolves, the Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL.
In the middle of the 2006/07 season, Ross was from Chicago to the league rivals Philadelphia Phantoms, the farm team of the Philadelphia Flyers are submitted. After good performances in the previous year for the Phantoms Ross was appointed in October 2008 by the Flyers and made his debut in the National Hockey League. He is the first NHL player who was born in Alabama and trained.
In the following years he found himself, however, mainly in the Philadelphia Phantoms in the AHL again and only came to a few inserts for the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL. For his good performances in the farm team Ross was rewarded in 2009 with the nomination for the AHL All-Star Classic. In this game, he was named MVP after he had set up with seven points a new record. In July 2010 he was engaged by the Atlanta Thrashers, who sent him to the Chicago Wolves in the AHL.
On April 30, 2011, Ross was taken by the ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for two years under contract.
Awards and achievements
- 2009 AHL All- Star Classic
- 2009 AHL All- Star Classic MVP
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )