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hitmenhockeycom All Aboard for the 2009 2010 Season! Hitmen Insider Enews Newsroom Roster Stats Owners Hockey Operations & Staff Scouting & Medical Staff Contact Info iCal for Outlook Game Schedule Game Calendar Season Tickets Single Game Ticket Specials My Hitmen Account Pengrowth Saddledome Getzlafs Gamers Big League Experience Pond Hockey by ENMAX Food For Thought Corporate Caring PetroCanada Teddy Bear Toss Game Promotions Podcasts WHL Web TV Kids Club 5050 Draw Hitmen Game Presentation Music at the Dome Junior Hockey Junkies Hitmen Booster Club Farley the Fox Wallpaper Photo Gallery Hitmen Alumni Club History Record Book NHL Picks Bantam Picks Hitmen in the NHL Memorable Moments Jonesing for a Junior spotMonday December 14 2009Andy Prest North Shore NewsNORTH Vancouver native Martin Jones is fighting for a dream this weekend trying out with 36 other young hockey stars for the chance to represent Canada at the 2010 IIHF World Junior ChampionshipsThe tryouts until December 16 in Regina Sask and at the end of the camp Jones and the rest of the hopefuls will know which of them will get to suit up for Team Canada as they go for an amazing sixth straight gold medal in that iconic holiday tournament this year running from Dec 26Jan 5 in Regina and SaskatoonJones a 19yearold goalie who currently backstops the Western Hockey Leagueleading Calgary Hitmen said that he like all young players in Canada has dreamed about pulling on the Maple Leaf sweaterThat would be unbelievable said Jones last week after helping the Hitmen earn a 54 victory over the Vancouver Giants at Pacific ColiseumWhile not exactly unbelievable Jones rise to elite junior status could certainly be called improbable A star with the North Shore Winter Club Jones was selected 75th overall by Calgary in the 2005 WHL bantam draft He joined the club for the 200607 season and then sat on the bench for much of the next two seasons playing effectively when he saw action but entrenched as the No 2 behind veteran Dan Spence In the summer of 2008 Jones watched the entire NHL entry draft unfold without his name being calledI wanted to get drafted and I was a little disappointed when I didnt said Jones But its good motivation to work hard in the summer and prove some people wrongAnd it didnt take long for Jones to do just that After an impressive training camp with the Los Angeles Kings that fall he signed a free agent contract with the club Sent back to Calgary for the season he proceeded to tear up the WHL supplanting Spence as the No 1 goalie and then going on to lead the league in wins and shutouts while finishing third in save percentage and goals against average Jones then reeled off 12 straight playoff wins to lead Calgary...