Mitchell Jones
Introduction
Mitchell Jones (born December 12, 1991 in Delta, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian professional box lacrosse player for the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League.
Junior and Major
Jones began his amateur career with the Jr. A Delta Islanders of the BC Junior A Lacrosse League in 2007.Jones played for the Brampton Excelsiors Jr. A of the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League for the 2010 and 2011 season. In 2012, Jones played for the Orangeville Northmen Jr. A and was a key player in the clubs Minto Cup championship run. Jones amassed 67 points in 11 regular season games and went on to finish third in the Minto Cup tournament scoring, finishing with 37 points over 13 games. In 2013, Jones signed with the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) and won the Mann Cup in 2015. The following season Jones was traded to the New Westminster Salmonbellies for several draft picks.
NLL
Jones was drafted in the third round (21st overall) of the 2012 NLL Entry Draft by the Washington Stealth, and played three games in his rookie year. In 2013, Jones was dealt to the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for several draft picks. Jones had his first breakout season in the National Lacrosse League in 2016, tallying 33 points over 17 games. The following season, Jones had his best season yet as he accumulated 69 points.
Statistics
NLL
Reference:
| Mitchell Jones | Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| 2013 | Washington Stealth | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.33 | 0.33 | 0.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014 | Buffalo Bandits | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 1.25 | 5.50 | 1.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015 | Buffalo Bandits | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 3.67 | 5.33 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 |
| 2016 | Buffalo Bandits | 17 | 11 | 22 | 33 | 119 | 4 | 1.94 | 7.00 | 0.24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1.75 | 6.25 | 0.00 |
| 2017 | Buffalo Bandits | 18 | 31 | 38 | 69 | 93 | 2 | 3.83 | 5.17 | 0.11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | 53 | 69 | 122 | 251 | 10 | 2.71 | 5.58 | 0.22 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 1.80 | 5.60 | 0.00 | ||
| Career Total: | 50 | 58 | 73 | 131 | 279 | 10 | 2.62 | 5.58 | 0.20 | ||||||||||
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