Nick Jones (born June 26, 1990) is an

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professional

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defenseman who is an

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. He most recently played for

Grizzlys Wolfsburg Grizzlys Wolfsburg are a professional ice hockey club of the German professional ice hockey league Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play their games at Eisarena in Wolfsburg. History Wolfsburg earned their first promotion to the DEL in 2004. Howe ...

of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Career

Jones played collegiate hockey for the

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in the NCAA Men's Division I

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conference. In his

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year, Jones was named to the 2012–13 All-AHA First Team. On August 27, 2014, Jones signed his first professional contract, a one-year deal, with the

Worcester Sharks The Worcester Sharks were a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) that played from 2006 to 2015. Affiliated with the National Hockey League's San Jose Sharks and located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Sharks played t ...

of the AHL. Prior to the 2014–15 season, he was assigned to ECHL club, the

Indy Fuel The Indy Fuel are a minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL that began play in the 2014–15 season. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, the Fuel play their home games at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum on the Indiana State Fairgrounds. They are af ...

. On September 3, 2015, Jones signed a one-year contract with ECHL's reigning champions, the

South Carolina Stingrays The South Carolina Stingrays are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The Stingrays play in the South Division of the ECHL's Eastern Conference. They play their home games at the North Charleston Co ...

. In the 2015–16 season, Jones registered 19 points in 52 games from the blueline. On June 26, 2016, Jones agreed to a one-year deal with Norwegian club,

Stjernen Hockey Stjernen Hockey is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Fredrikstad, Norway. They currently play in the GET-ligaen. They play their home games in Stjernehallen. Their team colours are red and white. History Stjernen was founded in 1960 when th ...

, of the

GET-ligaen Eliteserien, known as Fjordkraftligaen due to sponsorship, is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the t ...

. On May 1, 2017, Jones signed an initial one-year contract with the HC Plzeň of the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga ( cs, Extraliga ledního hokeje, ELH) is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created by the 1993 split of the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League following the breakup of Czechoslovakia. The le ...

. Following his second season with Plzeň in 2018–19, Jones left the Czech Republic to sign a one-year contract as a free agent with German club, Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the DEL on June 4, 2019.

Awards and honors

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* 1990 births American men's ice hockey defensemen Grizzlys Wolfsburg players Ice hockey players from Pennsylvania Indy Fuel players Living people Mercyhurst Lakers men's ice hockey players Ontario Reign (ECHL) players HC Plzeň players South Carolina Stingrays players Stjernen Hockey players Worcester Sharks players Sportspeople from Butler County, Pennsylvania American expatriate ice hockey players in the Czech Republic American expatriate ice hockey players in Germany American expatriate ice hockey players in Norway {{US-icehockey-defenseman-stub