| Position | Goaltender |
|---|---|
| Played for | St. Paul Victorias Portage Lake-Houghton HC Michigan Soo Indians Cobalt Silver Kings Waterloo Colts |
| Catches | Right |
| Height | 6 ft |
| Height in | 0 |
| Weight lb | 205 |
| Birth date | December 18, 1879 |
| Birth place | Renfrew, Ontario, Canada |
| Death date | October 30, 1959 (aged 79) |
| Career start | 1902 |
| Career end | 1914 |
Joseph Henry "Chief" Jones (December 18, 1879 – October 30, 1959[1]) was a Canadian-American professional ice hockey goaltender who played in various professional and amateur leagues during the first decade of the 1900s, including the National Hockey Association (NHA) and International Professional Hockey League (IPHL). He was a "full blooded Indian" who hailed from Michigan.[2]
Career
Amongst the teams Jones played with during his career in professional hockey were the Cobalt Silver Kings of the NHA and TPHL, and the Waterloo Colts of the OPHL. Before he played with Cobalt and Waterloo, he had started out his career in Port Arthur, Ontario in 1901.[3] He also played with the St. Paul Victorias in St. Paul, Minnesota and in the International Professional Hockey League with a team in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the Michigan Soo Indians, from the league's inaugural year in 1904–05 to 1906–07, and then independently until the 1907–08 season, when he signed with the Cobalt Hockey Club. He played for Waterloo in the OPHL the following hockey season.[4] He retired after that season.[5]
After his playing career was finished, Jones took to coaching. In 1914–15, he was coaching a team in Detroit. At the onset of the season, Jones described for the Detroit Free Press that his own success as a goaltender had relied on him not waiting for the puck to come to him, but to instead go out to meet the object of play.[3]
Career statistics
Regular season
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OTL | MIN | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902–03 | Portage Lake-Houghton Hockey Club | US Pro | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 240 | 11 | 2.75 | — | 1 |
| 1903–04 | Michigan Sault Ste. Marie Indians | US Pro | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 31 | 7.75 | — | 0 |
| 1904–05 | Michigan Sault Ste. Marie Indians | IPHL | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1428 | 79 | 3.32 | — | 1 |
| 1905–06 | Michigan Sault Ste. Marie Indians | IPHL | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1340 | 57 | 2.55 | — | 2 |
| 1906–07 | Michigan Sault Ste. Marie Indians | IPHL | 23 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1358 | 88 | 3.80 | — | 0 |
| 1908–09 | Cobalt Silver Kings | TPHL | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 484 | 32 | 3.97 | — | 0 |
| 1909–10 | Cobalt Silver Kings | NHA | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 724 | 104 | 8.62 | — | 0 |
| 1910–11 | Waterloo Colts | OPHL | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1035 | 83 | 4.82 | — | 0 |
| NHA totals | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 724 | 104 | 8.62 | — | 0 | ||
Playoffs
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T/OTL | MIN | GA | GAA | SV% | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909–10 | Cobalt Silver Kings | NHA | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 6 | 3.00 | — | 0 |
| NHA totals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 120 | 6 | 3.00 | — | 0 | ||
Source: Society for International Hockey Research Database[6]
References
- ^ Hockey deaths - October 1959
- ^ Murphy, John Patrick (1977). Yankee takeover at Cobalt! - John Patrick Murphy - Google Books. ISBN 9780889541436. Retrieved 2013-02-19. – via Google Books
- ^ "Coaches the puck chasers" Detroit Free Press, December 10, 1914 (page 11). Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ Diamond, Dan (1998). Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League - Dan Diamond, James Duplacey - Google Books. ISBN 9780836271140. Retrieved 2013-02-19. – via Google Books
- ^ O'Coughlin, Seamus (11 October 2001). Squaw Valley Gold: American Hockey's Olympic Odyssey - Seamus O'Coughlin - Google Books. ISBN 9781469762616. Retrieved 2013-02-19. – via Google Books
- ^ "SIHR | Society for International Hockey Research"