Jack Combs (ice hockey)

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Jack Combs
Born (1988-01-26) January 26, 1988 (age 35)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Peoria Rivermen
Chicago Wolves
Worcester Sharks
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
San Antonio Rampage
Oklahoma City Barons
Toros Neftekamsk
IF Björklöven
Hartford Wolf Pack
Fischtown Pinguins
Iserlohn Roosters
EHC Kloten
SC Csíkszereda
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career

2009–2023

Coaching career
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
Team Lindenwood
Conference Independent
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2023–Present Lindenwood (asst.)

Jack Combs (born January 26, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey forward.

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Playing career

Prior to turning professional, Combs played for the California Wave Midget team for one season and for five seasons with the Kitchener Rangers and Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League. [1] [2] Combs attended the training camp of the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League in 2008 before he signed with the Alaska Aces for his first professional season in 2009–10. [3] [4] After 11 games with the Aces, Combs was traded to the Trenton Devils of the ECHL. [5] On April 5, 2010, Combs signed a Professional Try Out contract with the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League [5] For his second season, Combs signed with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League, an affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche. [6] [7] Establishing a formidable partnership alongside linemate Chad Costello, Costello and Combs ranked 9th and 10th, respectively, in total points (84 and 82) in the league in 2010-11. [6]

On August 18, 2011, Combs, alongside his Tulsa linemate Costello, signed with the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL. [6] After combining with Costello to lead the league in scoring after 23 games with 37 points in the 2011–12 season, Combs signed mid-season with the Worcester Sharks of the American Hockey League. [8] [ citation needed ]

Combs returned to the Eagles the following season and scored 42 points (19 goals and 23 assists) in 27 games. [9] His partnership with Costello was signified when they both were signed to Professional Try Out contract with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League on December 18, 2012. [9] On January 9, 2013, Combs and Costello were both signed by the Sound Tigers to Standard Player Contracts for the remainder of the 2012–13 season. [10] Combs played in 22 games with the Sound Tigers for 14 points (5 goals and 9 assists) before he was traded to the San Antonio Rampage in exchange for future considerations on March 14, 2013. [11]

After starting the 2013-14 season playing 19 games for the Rampage and 8 games for the Cincinnati Cyclones, the Rampage's ECHL affiliate, the Rampage traded Combs to the Oklahoma City Barons in exchange for Derek Nesbitt. [12]

For the 2014-15 season, Combs signed with the Russian club Toros Neftekamsk of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). [2] After only 11 games, Combs opted to leave Toros Neftekamsk and return to North America. [2] On October 21, 2014, Combs signed a contract with the Allen Americans of the ECHL to re-unite with Chad Costello. [13] Though he was leading the ECHL at the time in scoring for the 2014-15 season with 56 points, Combs signed with the Swedish club IF Björklöven of HockeyAllsvenskan in January 2015. [2] In light of Combs' departure, the Americans waived him on February 14, 2015. [14] Due to his desire for more ice time than the team could offer and to rejoin the Allen Americans, Combs was released by IF Björklöven on February 14, 2015 after playing only three games. [15] [16] Combs' attempt to rejoin the Americans was stifled when his ECHL rights were claimed off of waivers by the Stockton Thunder on February 15, 2015. [17]

Combs reported to the Thunder and played 11 games for the team, accumulating 5 goals and 8 assists. [16] With the Thunder out of playoff contention, Thunder Head Coach Rich Kromm fulfilled a promise made to Combs and placed him on waivers on March 17, 2015 to try to help Combs re-join the Americans. [16]

Combs' attempt to return to the Americans was again stifled when his ECHL rights were claimed off of waivers by the Missouri Mavericks. [18] Before playing a game for the Mavericks, Combs was released by the team on March 24, 2015, which again placed Combs' ECHL rights on waivers. [19] On March 25, 2015, Combs' ECHL rights were claimed off of waivers by the Cincinnati Cyclones, to which he did report, playing his first game for the team on March 27, 2015. [20] [21]

On September 16, 2015, Combs earned an AHL contract, agreeing to a one-year deal with the Hartford Wolf Pack. [22] After attending the Wolf Pack training camp, he was assigned to ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits to begin the 2015–16 season. In splitting the year between the two club, Combs appeared in 18 games for the Wolf Pack with 2 goals and 4 points.

On July 11, 2016, Combs embarked on another European contract, agreeing to a one-year deal with newly promoted DEL club, Fischtown Pinguins. [23] He scored 27 goals in 51 contests in the 2016-17 regular season, which made him the league's leading goal-scorer that year. [24] Combs left Bremerhaven after the 2016-17 season and signed with fellow DEL side Iserlohn Roosters in May 2017. [25]

On October 24, 2019, Combs returned to playing hockey in North America by signing with the Wichita Thunder of the ECHL. [26]

Following two further European seasons, on October 15, 2021, Combs opted to return to North American and join former club, the Allen Americans of the ECHL, on a one-year deal. [27]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2003–04 California Wave SCAHA 48584510349—————
2004–05 Kitchener Rangers OHL 591561230002
2005–06 Saginaw Spirit OHL591110218030110
2006–07 Saginaw SpiritOHL511023335663368
2007–08 Saginaw SpiritOHL6742581009340114
2008–09 Saginaw SpiritOHL62324375102894138
2009–10 Alaska Aces ECHL 111342—————
2009–10 Trenton Devils ECHL4923163963—————
2009–10 Peoria Rivermen AHL 30110—————
2010–11 Tulsa Oilers CHL 644042824210371012
2010–11 Chicago Wolves AHL30000—————
2011–12 Colorado Eagles ECHL2317203722—————
2011–12 Worcester Sharks AHL5016143024—————
2012–13 Colorado EaglesECHL2719234222—————
2012–13 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL22591414—————
2012–13 San Antonio Rampage AHL18127192—————
2013–14 San Antonio RampageAHL1902218—————
2013–14 Cincinnati Cyclones ECHL894134—————
2013–14 Oklahoma City Barons AHL295491630002
2014–15 Toros Neftekamsk VHL 110774—————
2014–15 Allen Americans ECHL3222345632—————
2014–15 IF Björklöven Allsv 31010—————
2014–15 Stockton Thunder ECHL10581311—————
2014–15Cincinnati CyclonesECHL54374—————
2015–16 Greenville Swamp Rabbits ECHL4027255216—————
2015–16 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL182242—————
2016–17 Fischtown Pinguins DEL 512718451263364
2017–18 Iserlohn Roosters DEL522212342421012
2018–19 EHC Kloten SL 251212243050004
2019–20 Wichita Thunder ECHL155101514—————
2019–20 EC Bad Nauheim DEL2 25713204211124
2020–21 SC Csíkszereda Erste 241618341217195244
2021–22 Rostocker EC Oberliga 40332—————
2021–22 Allen AmericansECHL602141622840000
2022–23 Allen AmericansECHL7036599532115382
AHL totals1624039797630002

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