Jim Drummond

Jim Drummond
Born	(1918-10-20)October 20, 1918 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	December 12, 1950(1950-12-12) (aged 32) Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	New York Rangers
Playing career	1939–1949

James Henry Drummond (October 20, 1918 – December 12, 1950) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He played 2 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers during the 1944–45 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1939 to 1949, was spent in the minor leagues.

Biography

Drummond played junior hockey with the Toronto Marlboros and Oshawa Generals, with which he won the 1939 Memorial Cup. Drummond next moved on to senior hockey with the Toronto Goodyears, Toronto Marlboros senior team, and other senior teams in the Toronto area. Drummond enlisted during World War II, and prior to shipping overseas played for military teams in Cornwall, Ontario.

Drummond returned after the war and signed with the New York Rangers. He got into two games with the New York Rangers in the 1944–45 season, but spent his professional career with minor league teams Hershey Bears, New York Rovers, Cleveland Barons and Philadelphia Rockets before retiring from hockey in 1949 due to illness. He succumbed to the illness in the hospital in Peterborough, Ontario in 1950, aged 32.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1937–38	Toronto Marlboros	OHA		12	3	5	8	8		6	0	4	4	6
1938–39	Oshawa Generals	OHA		14	7	12	19	14		7	1	2	3	5
1938–39	Oshawa G-Men	OHA Sr		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1938–39	Oshawa Generals	M-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		9	5	8	13	14
1939–40	Toronto Goodyears	OHA Sr		28	5	13	18	18		7	0	1	1	4
1939–40	Toronto Red Indians	TIHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1939–40	Toronto RCAF	TMHL		6	3	3	6	4		3	1	2	3	2
1939–40	Toronto Goodyears	Al-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		4	0	0	0	2
1940–41	Toronto Marlboros	OHA Sr		30	8	8	16	18		10	0	0	0	11
1940–41	Toronto RCAF	TMHL		6	3	3	6	4		3	1	2	3	2
1940–41	Toronto Marlboros	Al-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		7	0	1	1	6
1941–42	Cornwall Flyers	QSHL		37	3	11	14	36		5	0	0	0	0
1942–43	Cornwall Army	QSHL		27	5	6	11	16		6	0	0	0	4
1944–45	New York Rangers	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1944–45	New York Rovers	EAHL		12	2	5	7	7		—	—	—	—	—
1944–45	Toronto Orphans	TMHL		4	1	1	2	5		—	—	—	—	—
1944–45	Hershey Bears	AHL		24	1	4	5	4		11	3	2	5	2
1945–46	Hershey Bears	AHL		55	4	11	15	16		3	0	1	1	0
1946–47	Cleveland Barons	AHL		53	5	17	22	26		4	0	0	0	2
1947–48	Philadelphia Rockets	AHL		23	4	7	11	10		—	—	—	—	—
1948–49	Philadelphia Rockets	AHL		24	0	6	6	15		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				179	14	45	59	71		18	3	3	6	4
NHL totals				2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database