Star and Tribune Photo It will be interesting to see if Ryan Jones can find a place in the Wild line up, they could use some scoring touch. There are not a lot of former college hockey players playing for the Minnesota Wild. It would seem that Wild Coach Jacques Lemaire traditionally seems to favor Canadian major junior players over the college hockey players, this year there have been more ex-college hockey players than I can ever remember playing with the Minnesota Wild. Right now Carney, Hill, Parish Voros and Rolston are ex-college hockey currently playing with the Wild line up. As a Wild fan I hope he Jones finds a home in St. Paul.
Senior left wing Ryan Jones took his team's 4-3 overtime loss to Boston College on Sunday night in the title game of Northeast Regional hockey pretty hard.
Jones came to the postgame press conference in Worcester, Mass., red-eyed, still wearing his Miami (Ohio) jersey and breezers. Even his skates were still on. The two-year RedHawks captain said he was unsure if he could put on another uniform this season.
But Wednesday, the Wild announced they had signed Jones to a one-year contract that included a $293,000 signing bonus. His salary will be $625,000 if he plays a full season in the NHL, or $70,000 if he plays in the minors.
Minnesota selected him in the fourth round of the 2004 NHL draft. He was the 111th pick overall.
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