Martin Jones Martin Jones ( born January 10 , 1990 ) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League . Originally drafted by the Los Angeles Kings , he played for the Kings and all their farm teams before leaving to Northern California . Jones was named the Western Hockey League ' s goaltender of the year in 2009 – 10 and won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships . Personal . Jones was born in North Vancouver , British Columbia . His father , Harvey , is the Vice President of Arena Operations with the Vancouver Canucks . He has a brother , Jordan and a sister , Jocelyn . Jones felt that his father ' s position with the Canucks gave him some opportunites within the game that most other kids would not get . He played midget with the Vancouver Northwest Giants of the BC Hockey Major Midget League . Playing career . The Calgary Hitmen selected Jones in the fourth round of the 2005 WHL Bantam Draft . He joined the Hitmen in 2006 – 07 and served as the backup to Dan Spence for two seasons . He was eligible for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft but went undrafted . Offered a try - out with the Los Angeles Kings , Jones impressed team scouts at Los Angeles ' rookie camp , and following a strong showing at their main camp , the team signed him to a three - year contract before reassigning him back to the Hitmen . He emerged as Calgary ' s starting goaltender in 2008 – 09 ; his 45 wins for the Hitmen broke the team record of 39 . He led the league in wins , tied for the lead in shutouts ( 7 ) and finished third in goals against average ( 2 . 08 ) . He backstopped the Hitmen to 12 consecutive wins in the playoffs , tying a league record , before the Hitmen lost the WHL championship series in six games to the Kelowna Rockets . Jones was invited to participate in the Canadian junior team ' s summer camp , and earned a spot on the team as the backup to Jake Allen for the 2010 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships . He started one preliminary round game against Slovakia , winning 8 – 2 , and relieved Allen in the gold medal game against the Americans , though Canada lost the game in overtime and ended the tournament with the silver medal . With the Hitmen , Jones finished with a league - best GAA of 2 . 21 and was named a First Team All - Star in the Eastern Conference . In advance of his second consecutive appearance in the championship series , the league named him the winner of the Del Wilson Trophy as the WHL ' s top goaltender . During the season , he surpassed Spence ' s team record for career wins , and his 16 career shutouts are also a franchise record . The Kings assigned Jones to their American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate , the Manchester Monarchs to begin the 2010 – 11 season . He also played with the Ontario Reign of the ECHL for a time , but after posting a 16 – 3 – 0 record , . 939 save percentage and 1 . 93 GAA in his first 22 games for the Monarchs , Jones was chosen to play in the 2011 AHL All - Star Game . He was on the roster of the Los Angeles Kings as a spare when they won their first Stanley Cup , but did not play . Jones finished fourth in the AHL with 27 wins in 2012 – 13 and was also among the league leaders in games played ( 56 ) and shutouts ( 5 ) . Jones began the 2013 – 14 season with Manchester , but was recalled by Los Angeles on November 13 , 2013 , after Jonathan Quick suffered an injury . As the backup for the Kings , he did not get into game action for three weeks . Jones made his NHL debut on December 3 and earned a 3 – 2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks . He stopped all nine shooters he faced in a shootout to secure his first NHL win . Jones won his second NHL start and made 16 saves to record his first NHL shutout four nights later against the New York Islanders . He shut out the Montreal Canadiens in his next game , making him the first Kings goaltender to do so , and the second Los Angeles rookie to record consecutive shutouts , matching Gerry Desjardins , who did it in 1968 – 69 . Jones then found himself a full - time NHL goaltender for the first time after backup Ben Scrivens was traded to Edmonton , making Jones the team ' s primary backup to starter Quick . On June 26 , 2015 , Jones , set to become a restricted free agent on July 1 , was traded to the Boston Bruins , along with Colin Miller and a first - round pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft ( 13th overall , Jakub Zboril ) , in exchange for forward Milan Lucic . In turn , the Bruins traded Jones to the San Jose Sharks on June 30 , 2015 in exchange for a first - round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft and college prospect Sean Kuraly . The Sharks signed him to a three - year contract worth $ 9 million .