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Adam Jones (born July 31, 1989) is a professional Canadian lacrosse player who plays for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League.[1][2] Jones is also a member of Owen Sound Northstars in the Ontario Senior B lacrosse league[3] and the Langley Thunder in the Western Lacrosse Association (WLA).[4] In 2013 he was named the sixteenth best indoor lacrosse player in the world by Ilindoor magazine.[5]

Box Lacrosse career

Jones began his lacrosse career in Owen Sound. He starred for the Owen Sound Rams in Junior B where he led the league in scoring in 2006 with 94 points in 20 games.[6] He moved on to the Junior A Orangeville Northmen in 2010.[7][8] Jones helped the Northmen win two Minto Cups and was named Most Outstanding Player in the tournament in 2009.[9] He was selected in the first round, third overall,[10] by the Colorado Mammoth in the 2011 NLL draft. and in the first round, second overall, by the Brooklin Redmen in the 2012 MSL draft.[11] Jones won NLL rookie of the year honors in 2012[12] leading all rookies with 76 points on 29 goals and 47 assists. He is also a member of the Peterborough Lakers in the MSL. On September 19, 2016 Jones was traded from the Colorado Mammoth along with a second round draft pick in 2017 to the Saskatchewan Rush for Zach Greer and a 1st round pick in 2016 (9th overall pick). On July 25, 2017, he was traded to the Toronto Rock in exchange for a 1st round pick in each of the 2018 and 2019 NLL Drafts.[13]

Field Lacrosse career

Jones starred for Team Canada at the World U-19 Field Lacrosse Championships in 2008. He was named tournament MVP and top Midfielder.[14] He played for Canisius College Golden Griffins in the NCAA from 2008 until he graduated in 2011 and was named an All American in his freshman season.[15] He was drafted 38th overall in the 2011 MLL draft by the Rochester Rattlers.[16] Jones was a member of the Canadian National Team which won gold at the 2014 World Field Lacrosse Championships.[17]

Statistics

NLL

Reference:[18]

Adam Jones Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP GP G A Pts LB PIM Pts/GP LB/GP PIM/GP

2012 Colorado Mammoth 16 29 47 76 77 8 4.75 4.81 0.50 1 3 0 3 6 0 3.00 6.00 0.00
2013 Colorado Mammoth 16 33 39 72 87 19 4.50 5.44 1.19 1 4 1 5 2 0 5.00 2.00 0.00
2014 Colorado Mammoth 13 39 26 65 65 6 5.00 5.00 0.46 1 5 0 5 0 2 5.00 0.00 2.00
2015 Colorado Mammoth 16 51 42 93 73 16 5.81 4.56 1.00 1 0 0 0 6 2 0.00 6.00 2.00
2016 Colorado Mammoth 14 42 26 68 63 11 4.86 4.50 0.79 1 4 0 4 9 0 4.00 9.00 0.00
2017 Saskatchewan Rush 16 26 31 57 75 8 3.56 4.69 0.50 4 13 6 19 21 0 4.75 5.25 0.00
2018 Toronto Rock 18 37 52 89 109 9 4.94 6.06 0.50 –––––––––
2019 Toronto Rock 12 25 31 56 63 2 4.67 5.25 0.17 2 7 9 16 5 2 8.00 2.50 1.00
2020 Toronto Rock 1 1 0 1 4 2 1.00 4.00 2.00 –––––––––
122 283 294 577 616 81 4.73 5.05 0.66 11 36 16 52 49 6 4.73 4.45 0.55
Career Total: 133 319 310 629 665 87 4.73 5.00 0.65

GP–Games played; G–Goals; A–Assists; Pts–Points; LB–Loose balls; PIM–Penalty minutes; Pts/GP–Points per games played; LB/GP–Loose balls per games played; PIM/GP–Penalty minutes per games played.

References

  1. ^ Bob Chavez. "Jones Signs 5 Year Deal With Mammoth" Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ilindoor, 5 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Colorado Mammoth - 2013 Regular Season - Roster - #16 - Adam Jones". NLL.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
  3. ^ "Lacrosse Star Returns To Owen Sound", 29 June 2012
  4. ^ Gary Ahuja."Thunder Offense Getting Boost", The Langley Times, 27 June 2013.
  5. ^ Bob Chavez. "Indoor Top 50: Adam Jones #16" Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ilindoor, 4 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Adam Jones Biography", Canisius College Athletics.
  7. ^ Casey Vock. "Adam Jones Looking Forward to Return" Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ilindoor, 11 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League"
  9. ^ Paul Tutka. "Playoff Performer of the Year Orangeville Northmen's Adam Jones" Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, ilindoor, 31 August 2009.
  10. ^ Fred Wallace. "Jones Selected Third Overall in NLL Draft" Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre, 23 September 2011.
  11. ^ "2012 MSL Draft" Archived 2013-12-11 at the Wayback Machine,"Lacrosse - Inside The Game", 27 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Adam Jones wins Rookie of the Year Award", nll.com, 4 May 2012.
  13. ^ Rush Trade Jones for first round picks in 2018, 2019
  14. ^ "World Championships of Lacrosse 2008"
  15. ^ "Adam Jones"
  16. ^ "MLL Draft Results"
  17. ^ Bill Walker. "Lakers' Adam Jones Pumped Up World Title", The Peterborough Examiner, 29 July 2014.
  18. ^ "National Lacrosse League Pointstreak Stats". NLL.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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