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 19391949

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 GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1937–38 Toronto Marlboros OHA 123588 60446
1938–39 Oshawa Generals OHA 147121914 71235
1938–39 Oshawa G-Men OHA Sr 10000
1938–39 Oshawa Generals M-Cup 9581314
1939–40 Toronto Goodyears OHA Sr 285131818 70114
1939–40 Toronto Red Indians TIHL 10000
1939–40 Toronto RCAF TMHL 63364 31232
1939–40 Toronto Goodyears Al-Cup 40002
1940–41 Toronto Marlboros OHA Sr 30881618 1000011
1940–41 Toronto RCAF TMHL 63364 31232
1940–41 Toronto Marlboros Al-Cup 70116
1941–42 Cornwall Flyers QSHL 373111436 50000
1942–43 Cornwall Army QSHL 27561116 60004
1944–45 New York Rangers NHL 20000
1944–45 New York Rovers EAHL 122577
1944–45 Toronto Orphans TMHL 41125
1944–45 Hershey Bears AHL 241454 113252
1945–46 Hershey Bears AHL 554111516 30110
1946–47 Cleveland Barons AHL 535172226 40002
1947–48 Philadelphia Rockets AHL 23471110
1948–49 Philadelphia Rockets AHL 2406615
AHL totals 17914455971 183364
NHL totals 20000
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