Jess Jones

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Jess Jones
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Jones playing for the Buffalo Beauts in 2017
Born (1990-08-30) August 30, 1990 (age 33)
Picton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL Toronto
PWHPA
Markham Thunder
Buffalo Beauts
HK Pantera Minsk
Mercyhurst Lakers
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
World U18 Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Canada

Jessica Jones (born August 30, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for PWHL Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Jones was a member of the Canadian national under-18 team that competed at the inaugural IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2008. [1] She was selected to compete in the 2017 CWHL All-Star Game, the third All-Star Game in her Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) career. [2]

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Playing career

Hockey Canada

Jones was a member of the Team Ontario Red squad that captured its fourth consecutive gold medal at the 2007 Canadian U18 national women's ice hockey championships. [3] With the national under-18 team, Jones would gain three points in a 17–0 win against Finland on January 9, 2008. [4] Two of her teammates from Team Canada's U18 roster in 2008 would one day be teammates on the Brampton Thunder; Laura McIntosh and Laura Fortino.

NCAA

Jones played with the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program in the College Hockey America (CHA) conference of the NCAA Division I from 2008 to 2012. She appeared in 138 games and amassed 154 points. In her senior season, she logged a career-best 48 points, complemented by six power play goals.

Europe

After graduating from Mercyhurst, Jones opted to play in the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL), signing with the league’s lone Belarusian team, HK Pantera Minsk. She was the only Canadian on a roster dominated by Belarusian and Russian players but which also included expatriates Galina Larionova of Kazakhstan, Martina Veličková of Slovakia, Tatyana Chizhova and Nataliya Kozachuk of Ukraine, and Kelly Buchta and Kathryn Walker of the United States. Jones finished the season as the team's leading scorer, logging 28 goals and 25 assists for 53 points in just 19 games played and posting an excellent +43 plus-minus which tied for team best with Pantera’s second leading scorer, Lidiya Malyavko. That season, Jones and her teammates would compete in the EWHL Super Cup, where she logged eight points as Pantera won the Super Cup for the first time.

CWHL

Jones was selected in the first round, third overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2013 CWHL Draft. [5] She made her CWHL debut with the Thunder on November 2, 2013, against the Boston Blades. The following day, Jones scored her first CWHL goal in a rematch with the Blades against Brittany Ott, assisted by Lindsey Vine and Sarah Moe. [6] Her first multi-point game was logged on February 8, 2014, against the Montreal Stars. [7] [8] Jones logged nine points in 23 games played during her rookie CWHL season in 2013–14.

During the 2014–15 season, Jones scored the first game-winning goal of her CWHL career on November 15, 2014, against the Montreal Stars; a power play goal scored on Stars' goaltender Charline Labonté in the second period, with assists from Jennifer Kirk and Dania Simmonds. [9] [10] In addition, she was among the competitors at the 1st Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game, contested at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. At the conclusion of the 2014–15 campaign, Jones was the leading scorer for the Thunder with 16 points, finishing one point ahead of Laura Fortino for the lead. [11] [12]

At the 3rd CWHL All-Star Game, Jones and Jillian Saulnier both scored a hat-trick, becoming the first competitors in CWHL All-Star Game history to achieve the feat. [13]

Jones tied for first in the league scoring race with 37 points in the 2016–17 CWHL season and co-won the Angela James Bowl with Marie-Philip Poulin. Statistically, her finest single-game performance was a five-point effort in a January 21, 2017 road game against the Boston Blades, which saw the Thunder prevail by an 8-0 margin. Jones scored a goal in each period and logged assists on a first period goal by Rebecca Vint and on Laura Fortino's fourth goal of the season, scored in the second period. [14]

NWHL

On August 31, 2017, Jones signed with the Buffalo Beauts as a free agent, joining former Thunder teammates Sarah Edney and Rebecca Vint who also signed with the Beauts. [15]

PWHL

In 2023, Jones signed a contract with PWHL Toronto following a training camp invitation. [16] In order to sign with the team, she took a leave of absence from her role as a police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police. [17]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2005–06Whitby Wolves PWHL 3020113135321312
2006–07Whitby WolvesPWHL32218295464264
2007–08Whitby WolvesPWHL271612283040000
2008–09 Mercyhurst Lakers NCAA 3716183424—————
2009–10 Mercyhurst LakersNCAA3620264628—————
2010–11 Mercyhurst LakersNCAA2912142620—————
2011–12 Mercyhurst LakersNCAA3413354822—————
2012–13 HK Pantera Minsk EWHL 1928255318—————
2013–14 Brampton Thunder CWHL 2354926—————
2014–15 Brampton ThunderCWHL24791612—————
2015–16 Brampton ThunderCWHL241410243620000
2016–17 Brampton ThunderCWHL2417203728—————
2017–18 Buffalo Beauts NWHL 144591120000
2018–19 Markham Thunder CWHL2596152020000
2021–22 Toronto PWHPA 71124—————
2022–23 Team AdidasPWHPA80110—————
NCAA totals136619315494—————
CWHL totals120524910112240000
PWHPA totals80110—————

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2008 U18 U18 Silver medal icon.svg52464
Junior totals52464

Awards and honours

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