Pro // Saturday, 19.03.2016
"Only great memories"
Jared Ross has been five seasons with the Panthers. Now he moves on. “It’s not likely to play for the same time the whole career. There’s a time when you have got to leave and the time is now for me. I understand, it’s part of the business.” He adds with a laugh: “It’s only great memories – except of that back surgery.”
J like January 2014: I don’t think I was supposed to come back until a little bit later but I guess the rehab was great. Martin Gerneth (doctor; the Editor) and Alex Meierl (physio; t.E.) thought everything looked good and decided to get me back on the ice which was good. The team was struggling at the time, it was a crazy time at ERC, so I was helping to give them a spark. I was actually scared because with my back I didn’t know I was able to come back. I came out after for month that I haven’t played. I was excited and started to play well. Then playoffs started and the team started clicking. Everybody was scoring big goals, making big saves, guys were blocking shots – it was incredible to watch. Looking back, it shows how hard it is to win a Championship. It was my first professional one, I one a couple State Championships in High school. Those are fun, too, but this one is definitely the biggest one I have won. It was fun to be part of that team.
A like All-Star-Team in ERC years: That’s hard, we have had so many good players here. Normally, when they give all-star-teams, they give you six players, so I give six plus a goalie. We’ve got John Laliberte who is a pure goal scorer. I wished we would have played more together. I put him on the left wing and Derek Hahn on the right wing. He’s a guy that can make plays. Then I have Brandon Buck. Defensive is hard. I would pick Michel Périard who was always a good puck-mover (Update: I oversaw Patrick McNeill, I would probably pick him). And I put Thomas Greilinger back on the point. That would be an all-star-powerplay, if we were down by one in the last minute. (laughs) Obviously, the goalie is Timo Pielmeier. He’s one of the best goalies in the league. The way he played in the championship year, I have never seen a goalie in Germany play so well.
R like Repeat: We were Vizemeister (runner-up; t.E.). That was so close. We were 2:1 up on Mannheim but let that series slip away. Don’t get me wrong, Mannheim was a great team but we lost the momentum in game 4. That was tough. I had a pretty good year that year, scoring goals and my role was bigger. Repeating’s tough to do. Those two years were probably two of the best hockey-moments in my life. It was fun.
E like Evy: You can’t do anything with the support of your wife. I can’t really thank her enough. The sacrifice she made to come over here, away from the family she cares so much about… she had some hard times over here for sure. It was hard for her but we also enjoyed it with the travel and seeing different things and we’ve met interesting people. It’s tough on people, especially in times like right now when we’re moving out. She handles it pretty good. She has been really supportive.
D like Deutschland-Cup: That was cool! That is a big tournament here, people come to watch it. My dad played at the Olympics 1976. Obviously, that was a lot bigger than Deutschland-Cup but it’s cool to have a US-jersey now and take it to show my dad. I was proud and excited to represent my country. That was a good experience.
R like Rapid: I am obviously smaller than most players, so I had to be quicker. With hands and skating. Skills were always what my dad wanted me to learn. He and my uncle had pretty fast hands, watching them play I have learned. I can’t say I have super fast hands, but having smooth hands and being able to control the puck helps you to be a good player. I definitely have to keep on working on it. That’s the name of the game now.
O like Ovations: That’s really exciting. People here other than in NHL wear more jerseys. So when you are coming to the rink and see people with Ross-jerseys out there, that is a great feeling. I definitely get a lot of energy out of that. The fans here in Ingolstadt have been loyal to me, the way the treated me is astounding. That’s what I will always remember. People came to talk to me, so I had to learn a little more German. (laughs) It is amazing to the support here in Ingolstadt. This year we had the most fans we have ever head although we did not do as well as we wanted to. We need that. That gave the players a lot of motivation.
S like Speak German: I had a little bit of help from Inlingua but most part of my learning came from listening and talking to people and we’ve got a lot of German friends. I like speaking it. It’s a little bit bitter: I’ve learned to speak German and now I probably leave Germany. It sucks. (laughs) German is a tough language. It is interesting to see my kids learn German. Cameron has done a great job, he’s in kindergarten for 3 years and knows a lot of things I don’t know. So I’ve got to ask him sometimes. (laughs) And I hear Able now, he’s in kindergarten for three months, and it’s hilarious. He’s saying some stuff that Cameron was saying, like “Watch this” and “Come here”.
S like Southern States: One thing the fans should know here, they might not ever meet another player from Alabama. There has not been many. I think I was the first professional ice-hockey player born and raised in Alabama. Hockey was in my family blood. My dad went from Michigan to Alabama to get the coaching job before I was born. I don’t have the Southern accent, my wife’s got it, she is from Tennessee. It’s different to grow up in Alabama and play hockey, there was no High school hockey, it was all Football, basketball and baseball. Nobody knew about me. It is funny to see them years now down the road, they say “Jared, you made it to professional hockey, that’s amazing”. Most of the guys that played sports in my school did not play professionally at all.
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