Jared Gomes

Jared Gomes (born October 20, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Playing career Gomes attended the University of Prince Edward Island where he played in the Atlantic conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS). For his outstanding play during the 2009–10 season, Gomes was selected as the 2009–10 CIS Rookie of the Year and was awarded the Clare Drake Award. He was also named to the 2011–12 AUS First All-Star Team. Gomes spent the 2013–14 season with the American Hockey League's San Antonio Rampage.

On October 11, 2014, Gomes signed a professional tryout contract with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL. He was shortly released thereafter, securing his first European contract in signing a one-year deal with the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga on October 16, 2014. In the 2014–15 season, Gomes established a role as a depth forward and contributed with 14 points in 41 games.

On June 3, 2015, Gomes opted to return to the AHL, signing a one-year contract for the 2015–16 season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. In 2016–17 season, he played for Italian team Ritten Sport in the Continental Cup until he changed to German second-level league team SC Riessersee in November 2016.

After completing his fifth European season in Germany, Gomes opted to return to North America during the COVID-19 pandemic, signing a contract to return to his former club, the Brampton Beast of the ECHL, on September 24, 2020. With the Beast later suspending operations due to the pandemic for the season, Gomes was released as a free agent.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2004–05 Oakville Blades OPJHL 31 8 16 24 4 — — — — — 2005–06 Sarnia Sting OHL 66 15 17 32 32 — — — — — 2006–07 Sarnia Sting OHL 54 10 19 29 46 4 0 0 0 2 2007–08 Sarnia Sting OHL 68 19 10 29 47 9 3 1 4 0 2008–09 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors OHL 68 31 31 62 40 11 5 8 13 6 2009–10 U. of Prince Edward Island AUS 28 17 16 33 20 — — — — — 2010–11 U. of Prince Edward Island AUS 28 10 11 21 20 — — — — — 2011–12 U. of Prince Edward Island AUS 28 21 10 31 38 — — — — — 2012–13 San Antonio Rampage AHL 73 16 17 33 26 — — — — — 2013–14 San Antonio Rampage AHL 56 4 7 11 32 — — — — — 2014–15 Straubing Tigers DEL 41 4 10 14 20 — — — — — 2015–16 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 60 8 9 17 34 3 0 0 0 0 2016–17 SC Riessersee DEL2 15 6 10 16 8 — — — — — 2017–18 SC Riessersee DEL2 48 7 14 21 28 18 6 4 10 42018–19 EHC Winterthur SL 28 14 14 28 18 — — — — — 2019–20 Brampton Beast ECHL 5 3 4 7 4 — — — — — 2019–20 EC Bad Nauheim DEL2 12 4 10 14 2 — — — — — 2019–20 Ravensburg Towerstars DEL2 15 5 5 10 14 — — — — — AHL totals 189 28 33 61 92 3 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours Award Year Clare Drake Award - CIS Rookie of the Year 2009–10 AUS First Team All-Star 2011–12