Jim Drummond

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 seasonPlayoffs 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 — — — — —