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seth jones -lrb- ice hockey -rrb-

jared seth jones -lrb- born october 3 , 1994 -rrb- is an american professional ice hockey defenseman .
he is currently playing with the nashville predators of the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- .
jones was selected by the predators in the 1st round , 4th overall , at the 2013 nhl entry draft .
jones spent two years playing for the united states national team development program before playing junior hockey .
he was originally drafted by the everett silvertips , but chose not to play for them .
believing jones would choose to play college hockey , everett traded jones ' negotiation rights to portland .
after the winterhawks signed jones , they traded four players to the silvertips to officially complete the trade .
jones has represented the united states several times internationally .
he won back to back gold medals at the 2011 and 2012 iihf world u18 championships .
he was a member of the 2013 world junior ice hockey championships team that won gold .
prior to that tournament he boasted that the americans had the best team despite canada 's heavily favored squad .
born in arlington , texas , he is the son of former national basketball association -lrb- nba -rrb- player popeye jones .
he learned ice hockey while growing up in denver , colorado , before moving with his family to frisco , texas where he played major bantam .
seth has a younger brother , caleb , who was drafted 117th overall by the edmonton oilers in the 2015 nhl entry draft .
