Jones and Dauda ink deals with K-Wings

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Kalamazoo Wings, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, announced the team has signed rookie forwards Zane Jones and Adam Dauda for the 2019-20 season.

Jones, 25, begins his first pro season in Kalamazoo after spending the 2018-19 season with Visby/Roma, a Swedish college team, where he had 17 points (11g-6a) and 83 penalty minutes in 33 games. The Olds, Alberta native also played two seasons for the Newcastle Northstars in the Australian Ice Hockey League after playing one season at the University of Lethbridge. Jones played for six different Western Hockey League teams in five seasons during his junior hockey career. He is the nephew of Toronto Maples Leafs and Calgary Flames legend Lanny McDonald.

Dauda, 24, is coming off a championship with the AIHL’s Sydney Bears earlier this month, putting up 29 points (16g-13a) in 14 games after joining the team midway through its season. The Bratislava, Slovakia native appeared in five ECHL games for the Newfoundland Growlers upon finishing his college career at Colgate University in March, where he was a two-time ECAC Hockey Conference All-Academic Team member.