Scott carlos gomez biography

Scott Gomez: —: Professional hockey player.

Scott Gomez, the first Hispanic in the National Hockey League (NHL), may well turn out to be one of the greatest success stories in professional hockey.

Certainly, he has proven himself to be a fast-rising star. A center and winger player on the New Jersey Devils, Gomez came out flying after his draft, with an impressive 70 points his first year. His second year on the team garnered him an additional 63 points.

Ready for challenge, he told Center Ice, the Devils' official magazine, at the start of his third season, "The only goal I have right now is that I've got to do better than last year.

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I want this to be my best year ever."

Gomez was born on December 23, , the son of Carlos, a Mexican construction worker who was himself born to migrant farm workers, and Dalia, a Columbian housewife. He and siblings Monica and Natalie grew up in Anchorage, Alaska.

Gomez, nicknamed "Gomer,"