Cole Jarrett

Rodney Coleman Jarrett (born January 4, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman, who played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Islanders. As of 2021, he is an owner and the head coach of the Soo Thunderbirds in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Playing career As a youth, Jarrett played in the 1997 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Jarrett played major junior hockey with the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League before he was drafted 141st overall in the 2001 NHL entry draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets. He was later signed to a three-year entry-level contract and played one National Hockey League game with the New York Islanders during the 2005–06 NHL season.

After a year with the Eisbären Berlin in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, Jarrett signed with HPK in the Finnish SM-liiga. He completed his tryout contract with HPK and subsequently signed another with Jokerit. He was released by Jokerit in January, and signed for Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish second-tier Allsvenskan.

Jarrett continued his journeyman European career in Austria with the Graz 99ers of the EBEL before experiencing a year in Japanese hockey with the Tohoku Free Blades of the Asian League.

Jarrett returned to Austria to establish roots and captain the Graz 99ers for the next two seasons, before signing a two-year contract with EBEL rivals Villacher SV on March 15, 2013.

After two seasons in Villacher, Jarrett returned to Japan as a free agent for a second stint with the Tohoku Free Blades on July 22, 2015. On 26 July 2017, Jarrett moved to the UK to sign for EIHL side Belfast Giants, ending his 15 year professional career with the club.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1998–99 Waterloo Siskins MWJHL 48 8 12 20 38 — — — — — 1999–2000 Plymouth Whalers OHL 57 3 7 10 47 23 3 7 10 19 2000–01 Plymouth Whalers OHL 60 12 36 48 98 19 6 12 18 29 2001–02 Plymouth Whalers OHL 51 14 24 38 92 6 1 1 2 18 2002–03 Plymouth Whalers OHL 58 14 41 55 138 14 5 6 11 29 2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 59 2 14 16 38 — — — — — 2004–05 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 61 7 13 20 65 — — — — — 2005–06 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 78 3 20 23 88 7 0 0 0 13 2005–06 New York Islanders NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2006–07 Eisbären Berlin DEL 50 7 17 24 99 3 1 0 1 8 2007–08 HPK SM-liiga 18 1 0 1 53 — — — — — 2007–08 Jokerit SM-liiga 15 1 4 5 45 — — — — — 2007–08 Malmö Redhawks Allsv 9 3 3 6 36 9 0 0 0 8 2008–09 Sinupret Ice Tigers DEL 47 1 9 10 76 5 0 0 0 4 2009–10 Graz 99ers AUT 37 7 17 24 71 6 0 2 2 12 2010–11 Tohoku Free Blades ALH 34 18 33 51 89 4 0 4 4 20 2011–12 Graz 99ers AUT 48 7 25 32 98 — — — — — 2012–13 Graz 99ers AUT 49 7 27 34 101 5 0 0 0 4 2013–14 EC VSV AUT 50 14 29 43 52 9 2 4 6 20 2014–15 EC VSV AUT 39 3 14 17 33 5 0 1 1 9 2015–16 Tohoku Free Blades ALH 38 13 27 40 139 5 0 2 2 2 2016–17 Tohoku Free Blades ALH 45 11 35 46 142 5 2 4 6 4 2017–18 Belfast Giants EIHL 47 3 11 14 48 — — — — — AHL totals 198 12 47 59 191 7 0 0 0 13 NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — AUT totals 223 38 112 150 355 25 2 7 9 45

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2000 Canada Ontario WHC17 5 1 3 4 6 Junior totals 5 1 3 4 6