Keith Jones (ice hockey player)

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Keith Jones (ice hockey player)
Date of birth November 8, 1968
place of birth Brantford , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1988 , 7th lap, 141st position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
1985-1987 Paris Mounties
1987-1988 Niagara Falls Canucks
1988-1992 Western Michigan University
1992-1996 Washington Capitals
1996-1998 Colorado Avalanche
1998-2000 Philadelphia Flyers

Keith Linden Jones (born November 8, 1968 in Brantford , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current sports reporter who played 454 games for the Washington Capitals , Colorado Avalanche and Philadelphia Flyers in the National during his playing career between 1988 and 2000 Hockey League on the position of the right winger . Since 2005 he has worked as an NHL expert for the television stations Versus , TSN and Comcast SportsNet .

Career

Jones played during his junior years in the lower leagues of the province of Ontario with the Paris Mounties and Niagara Falls Canucks . Nevertheless, he was selected in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft in the seventh round in 141st place by the Washington Capitals . Despite his age of almost 20 years, the attacker did not switch to the professional field in the fall of 1988, but pursued a degree at Western Michigan University . During his four years there until 1992 he played parallel for the ice hockey team of the university in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Jones played there with Mike Eastwood for the first three years . In his final season, Jones was the team's top scorer and was named to the CCHA's First All-Star team.

Before the end of the 1991/92 season, the now 23-year-old switched to the professional field and played for the Baltimore Skipjacks . The Skipjacks were the Washington Capitals farm team in the American Hockey League at the time . It was there that Jones began the 1992/93 season , but was soon appointed to the Capitals NHL squad due to his performance. Until shortly after the start of the 1996/97 season , the power forward stayed in the capital, but injuries kept throwing it back, so that the hopes of the Capitals were not fulfilled. On November 2, 1996 Jones was given together with a first-round and four-round suffrage in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in exchange for Chris Simon and Curtis Leschyshyn to the Colorado Avalanche . A protracted knee injury caused Jones to miss the games from the second round of the Stanley Cup - 1997 play-offs and large parts of the 1997/98 game year . He only returned to the Avalanche squad fully recovered in the 1998/99 season , but they were no longer used for the striker. On November 12, 1998, they exchanged Jones for Shjon Podein of the Philadelphia Flyers .

In the Flyers, the winger found his way back to his old strength and completed his most successful year with 53 points from all games of the season. Shortly after the start of the 2000/01 season , Jones had to end his career. On November 21, 2000, he announced his official retirement from active sports.

Since 2005 he has been working as an NHL expert, including for the television stations Versus , TSN and Comcast SportsNet .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1992 CCHA First All-Star-Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Western Michigan University CCHA 37 9 12 21st 65
1989/90 Western Michigan University CCHA 40 19th 18th 37 82
1990/91 Western Michigan University CCHA 41 30th 19th 49 106
1991/92 Western Michigan University CCHA 35 25th 31 56 77
1991/92 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 6th 2 4th 6th 0 - - - - -
1992/93 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 8th 7th 3 10 4th - - - - -
1992/93 Washington Capitals NHL 71 12 14th 26th 124 6th 0 0 0 10
1993/94 Portland Pirates AHL 6th 5 7th 12 4th - - - - -
1993/94 Washington Capitals NHL 68 16 19th 35 149 11 0 1 1 36
1994/95 Washington Capitals NHL 40 14th 6th 20th 65 7th 4th 4th 8th 22nd
1995/96 Washington Capitals NHL 68 18th 23 41 103 2 0 0 0 7th
1996/97 Washington Capitals NHL 11 2 3 5 13 - - - - -
1996/97 Colorado Avalanche NHL 67 23 20th 43 105 6th 3 3 6th 4th
1997/98 Hershey Bears AHL 4th 2 1 3 2 - - - - -
1997/98 Colorado Avalanche NHL 23 3 7th 10 22nd 7th 0 0 0 13
1998/99 Colorado Avalanche NHL 12 2 2 4th 20th - - - - -
1998/99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 66 18th 31 49 78 6th 2 1 3 14th
1999/00 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 57 9 16 25th 82 18th 3 3 6th 14th
2000/01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 8th 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
CCHA total 153 83 80 163 330
AHL total 24 16 15th 31 10 - - - - -
NHL overall 491 117 141 258 765 63 12 12 24 120

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Jones, Keith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Keith Linden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and television commentator
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Brantford , Ontario