Garden River First Nation teen now toiling for local Junior A hockey squad – Anishinabek News

January 23, 2025

GARDEN RIVER FIRST NATION – Deven Jones-McDonald has experienced his share of challenges and successes in his first season of Junior A hockey.

Jones-McDonald, a Garden River First Nation member who turned 17 in mid-November, started off the 2024-25 campaign with the Greater Sudbury Cubs, who compete in the 12-team Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL).

Even though he was part of the Cubs – considered the top team in the NOJHL – Jones-McDonald, a forward, started having second doubts about being in Sudbury.

That led to his November trade request that saw him dealt to the NOJHL’s Soo Thunderbirds. That meant Jones-McDonald could continue his hockey career while still living at home.

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