AMERKS DEFENSEMAN ZAC JONES NAMED TO 2025-26 AHL FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM
Two-time AHL All-Star leads all defensemen in scoring with 60 points in 59 games this season
Apr 16, 2026The American Hockey League announced today that Rochester Americans defenseman Zac Jones has been named to the 2025-26 AHL First All-Star Team.
The leading candidate for this year’s Eddie Shore Award as the league’s outstanding defenseman, Jones enters the final weekend of the regular season ranked second on the team and pacing all AHL blueliners with 60 points (10+50) in 59 games, becoming the first Amerks defenseman to reach the mark in nearly 20 years.
Jones, who’s the first Amerks defenseman to earn AHL First Team honors since Zach Redmond in 2019-20, remains 10 points clear of the next closest defenseman, and his 36 power-play points are also tops in the AHL. Up until the start of April, Jones, who hasn’t gone more than three straight games without a point all season, was one of only two AHL defensemen to lead his respective team in scoring.
Originally a third-round selection (68th overall) of the New York Rangers in the 2019 NHL Draft, Jones, who represented Rochester at the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic in February, has amassed 127 points (28+99) in 167 career AHL games with Rochester and Hartford. He’s also totaled 28 points (4+24) in 115 NHL appearances over parts of five seasons with the Rangers between 2020 and 2025.
Prior to turning pro, the 5-foot-11, 190-pound native of Richmond, Virginia played two seasons at UMass-Amherst, where he was an All Hockey East Second Team All-Star and First Team All-USCHO selection, a CCM/AHCA East Second Team All-American in addition to being named to Hockey East and NCAA All-Tournament Teams while also winning a National Championship with the Minutemen in 2020-21. As a freshman, he was named to both the Hockey East and College Hockey News’ All-Rookie Teams after being the top scoring rookie defenseman in all of Hockey East with 23 points over 32 games.
Internationally, Jones has represented the United States on three occasions, most recently at the 2021 IIHF World Championship in Latvia, recording three assists in 10 games while helping the Americans to a bronze medal. He was also a member of Team USA at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship and won his only gold medal in 2018 at the World Junior A Challenge when he produced four points (1+3) in six games.
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