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A Flame From the Past: David Jones
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Ryley Delaney
May 9, 2026, 12:00 EDTUpdated: May 8, 2026, 22:07 EDT
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Do you remember David Jones?
Every once in a while, we take a look at a player who once played for the Calgary Flames in a series called “A Flame From the Past.” This player has to have played a significant number of games for the Flames. I’ll put every Flames’ season into a Wheel of Names, and this time, it landed on the 2013-14 season. In this article, we’ll look at David Jones.
Despite being born in Guelph, Ontario, Jones played his junior hockey on the Pacific Coast. In 2001-02, he joined the British Columbia Hockey League’s Coquitlam Express, scoring 19 goals and 51 points in 59 games. The following season, his draft year, the right winger scored just nine goals and 28 points in 35 games.
Still, the Colorado Avalanche called his name in the ninth round of the 2003 draft, one of just a few players to ever be picked that late in the draft. Jones returned to the Express for a third season in 2003-04, scoring a career-best 33 goals and 93 points in 53 games, with three goals and nine points in seven playoff games.
Back in the day, the BCHL and other Junior A teams were the only pathway for prospects willing to play collegiate hockey in the United States. Jones joined Dartmouth for the 2004-05 season, scoring nine goals and 14 points in 34 games. He blossomed in his sophomore and junior seasons, scoring 17 goals and 34 points in 33 games in 2005-06 and 18 goals and 44 points in 33 games in 2006-07.
Before signing his entry-level contract with the Avalanche, Jones was a finalist for the 2007 Hobey Baker Award, but Ryan Duncan was named the winner. Most of Jones’ 2007-08 was spent with the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League, where he scored 14 goals and 30 points in 45 games.
However, Jones made his debut that season, scoring two goals and six points in 27 games. He also played 10 post-season games for the Avalanche that year, picking up an assist. In 2008-09, Jones played just 40 games, scoring eight goals and 13 points. 
Jones’ best season on a point-per-game basis was in 2009-10, where he scored 10 goals and 16 points in just 23 games. Unfortunately, his season ended early, suffering an ACL tear and missing the rest of the season.
The Guelph native showed promise in 2009-10, but his best season was in 2010. Over 77 games, he scored 27 goals and 45 points in 77 games, a career high in all three categories. His scoring dipped in 2011-12, potting just 20 goals and 37 points in 72 games, but it was his second-most productive season.
Those two seasons were the healthiest he stayed during his career. During the lockout shortened 2012-13 season, Jones scored just three goals and nine points in 33 games. Shortly after the season ended, Jones was traded to the Flames with Shane O’Brein for Cory Sarich and Alex Tanguay.
Again, Jones’ 2013-14 season was shortened due to injury, scoring nine goals and 17 points in nine games, solid bottom six production. That was the case throughout his career, when healthy, Jones was a productive bottom six winger. 
In 2014-15, Jones scored 14 goals and 30 points in 67 games, helping the rebuilding Flames reach the post-season. He scored the Flames’ first playoff goal since 2009, then scored the game-opener in Game 5, a 2-1 loss. Over the Flames’ 11 games, Jones had those two goals and also picked up three assists.
Jones began the 2015-16 season with the Flames, scoring nine goals and 15 points in 59 games. Before the 2016 trade deadline, the Flames sent him to the Minnesota Wild for netminder Niklas Bäckström and a sixth-rounder. The sixth rounder was used to select Matthew Phillips, who played three games with the Flames and had a productive season with the AHL’s San Diego Gulls in 2025-26.
As for Jones, he played just 16 games with the Wild in 2015-16, potting two goals and an assist. Then in six playoff games, Jones picked up an assist, his final National Hockey League point of his career. He signed a professional tryout with the Anaheim Ducks before the 2016-17 season, but was cut before the season began.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for FlamesNation, Oilersnation, and Blue Jays Nation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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