Jared Ross
| Jared Ross | |||
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| Born |
September 18, 1982 Huntsville, AL, USA |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| team Former teams |
Free Agent Philadelphia Flyers ERC Ingolstadt |
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Jared Ross (born September 18, 1982) is an American professional ice hockey center who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). When he debuted with the Philadelphia Flyers at the beginning of the 2008–09 season, he became the first player born and trained in the state of Alabama to play in the NHL. Ross, Jeff Halpern, Patrick O'Sullivan, Jamie Fritsch, Blake Geoffrion, and Jarred Tinordi are the only NHL players to date to have been raised in the American South.
After spending four years playing collegiate hockey with the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers, Ross made his professional debut with the Motor City Mechanics of the United Hockey League in 2005. He spent most of the next two seasons with the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League until being traded to the Philadelphia Phantoms for the loan of Niko Dimitrakos on March 1, 2007. During the 2007–08 season, he led the Phantoms with 62 points and the Philadelphia Flyers, the Phantoms parent club, signed Ross to a two-way contract on April 8, 2008.
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