# Chief Jones

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**Joseph Henry "Chief" Jones** (December 18, 1879 – October 30, 1959[1]) was a Canadian-American professional [ice hockey](/source/Ice_hockey) [goaltender](/source/Goaltender_(ice_hockey)) who played in various [professional](/source/Professional) and [amateur](/source/Amateur_sports) leagues during the first decade of the 1900s, including the [National Hockey Association](/source/National_Hockey_Association) (NHA) and [International Professional Hockey League](/source/International_Professional_Hockey_League) (IPHL). He was a "full blooded Indian" who hailed from [Michigan](/source/Michigan).[2]

## Career

Amongst the teams Jones played with during his career in professional hockey were the [Cobalt Silver Kings](/source/Cobalt_Silver_Kings) of the NHA and [TPHL](/source/Timiskaming_Professional_Hockey_League), and the Waterloo Colts of the [OPHL](/source/Ontario_Professional_Hockey_League). Before he played with Cobalt and Waterloo, he had started out his career in [Port Arthur, Ontario](/source/Port_Arthur,_Ontario) in 1901.[3] He also played with the St. Paul Victorias in [St. Paul, Minnesota](/source/St._Paul,_Minnesota) and in the [International Professional Hockey League](/source/International_Professional_Hockey_League) with a team in [Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan](/source/Sault_Ste._Marie,_Michigan), the [Michigan Soo Indians](/source/Michigan_Soo_Indians), from the league's inaugural year in [1904–05](/source/1904%E2%80%9305_IPHL_season) to [1906–07](/source/1906%E2%80%9307_IPHL_season), 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](/source/Detroit). At the onset of the season, Jones described for the [Detroit Free Press](/source/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](/source/Society_for_International_Hockey_Research) Database[6]

## References

1. [Hockey deaths - October 1959](http://losthockey.com/__a/members/deaths_by_year.cfm?year=1959&month=10)

1. Murphy, John Patrick (1977). [*Yankee takeover at Cobalt! - John Patrick Murphy - Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHMnAQAAMAAJ&q=chief+jones+cobalt+hockey). ISBN 9780889541436. Retrieved 2013-02-19. – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)

1. ["Coaches the puck chasers"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-coaches-the-puck-chas/175068761/) *Detroit Free Press*, December 10, 1914 (page 11). Retrieved 2025-06-22.

1. Diamond, Dan (1998). [*Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League - Dan Diamond, James Duplacey - Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=jrdZAAAAYAAJ&q=%22******He+then+signed+with+Cobalt+of+the+mining-rich+Temiskaming+Professional+Hockey+League+in+1908-09.%22). ISBN 9780836271140. Retrieved 2013-02-19. – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)

1. O'Coughlin, Seamus (11 October 2001). [*Squaw Valley Gold: American Hockey's Olympic Odyssey - Seamus O'Coughlin - Google Books*](https://books.google.com/books?id=XDKGdIA0exsC&q=Chief+Jones+goalie&pg=PA39). ISBN 9781469762616. Retrieved 2013-02-19. – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)

1. ["SIHR | Society for International Hockey Research"](http://www.sihrhockey.org/member_search.cfm)

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