Introduction
Ashton Rome (born December 31, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger, currently playing for the Manchester Monarchs of the ECHL.
Playing career
Rome played his junior hockey in the Western Hockey League with the Moose Jaw Warriors, Red Deer Rebels and Kamloops Blazers. He was selected twice in the National Hockey League Entry Draft, initially by the Boston Bruins in 2004, and then by the San Jose Sharks in 2006. Rome captured the Calder Cup as the American Hockey League champions with the Hershey Bears for the 2009–10 season.
After his first two seasons in the German DEL with Duesseldorfer EG, Rome signed a one-year contract with fellow DEL club, Schwenninger Wild Wings on March 1, 2014. After spending a second year with the Schwenningen outfit, he signed with the Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL in April 2016. Rome parted company with the Roosters in the course of the 2016–17 season and signed in the ECHL with the Manchester Monarchs in December 2016.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 61 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 103 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2003–04 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 72 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 139 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | ||
| 2004–05 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 41 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 31 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 2005–06 | Red Deer Rebels | WHL | 14 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 51 | 19 | 28 | 47 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 65 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 60 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Worcester Sharks | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Phoenix RoadRunners | ECHL | 52 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Idaho Steelheads | ECHL | 39 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Toronto Marlies | AHL | 21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2010–11 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 63 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2011–12 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 66 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Greenville Road Warriors | ECHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 33 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Düsseldorfer EG | DEL | 33 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | DEL | 45 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | DEL | 38 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 326 | 45 | 43 | 88 | 264 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||||