| Position: | Defence |
| Played For: | Detroit Cougars |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Birth Date: | 1906 5, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Webbwood, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1925 |
| Career End: | 1937 |
James Romley Hughes (May 12, 1906 — January 4, 1983) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 40 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Cougars during the 1929–30 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1925 to 1937, was spent in various minor leagues.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1924–25 | Cobalt Junior Miners | NOJHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1925–26 | Winnipeg Maroons | AHA | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1926–27 | Winnipeg Maroons | AHA | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1926–27 | Windsor Hornets | Can-Pro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1927–28 | Windsor Bulldogs | Can-Pro | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1927–28 | Niagara Falls Cataracts | Can-Pro | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1928–29 | Buffalo Bisons | Can-Pro | 40 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1929–30 | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | Syracuse Stars | IHL | 39 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1931–32 | Syracuse Stars | IHL | 48 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1932–33 | St. Louis Flyers | AHA | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1933–34 | Syracuse Stars | IHL | 43 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1934–35 | Syracuse Stars | IHL | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | Windsor Bulldogs | IHL | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Windsor Bulldogs | IHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Pittsburgh Shamrocks | IHL | 32 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1936–37 | Kansas City Greyhounds | AHA | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| IHL totals | 223 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 348 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| NHL totals | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||