Jim Drummond Explained

Position:Defence
Played For:New York Rangers
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:170
Birth Date:1918 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:1939
Career End: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

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1937–38Toronto MarlborosOHA12 3 5 8 86 0 4 4 6
1938–39Oshawa GeneralsOHA14 7 12 19 147 1 2 3 5
1938–39Oshawa G-MenOHA Sr1 0 0 0 0
1938–39Oshawa GeneralsM-Cup9 5 8 13 14
1939–40Toronto GoodyearsOHA Sr28 5 13 18 187 0 1 1 4
1939–40Toronto Red IndiansTIHL1 0 0 0 0
1939–40Toronto RCAFTMHL6 3 3 6 43 1 2 3 2
1939–40Toronto GoodyearsAl-Cup4 0 0 0 2
1940–41Toronto MarlborosOHA Sr30 8 8 16 1810 0 0 0 11
1940–41Toronto RCAFTMHL6 3 3 6 43 1 2 3 2
1940–41Toronto MarlborosAl-Cup7 0 1 1 6
1941–42Cornwall FlyersQSHL37 3 11 14 365 0 0 0 0
1942–43Cornwall ArmyQSHL27 5 6 11 166 0 0 0 4
1944–45New York RangersNHL2 0 0 0 0
1944–45New York RoversEAHL12 2 5 7 7
1944–45Toronto OrphansTMHL4 1 1 2 5
1944–45Hershey BearsAHL24 1 4 5 411 3 2 5 2
1945–46Hershey BearsAHL55 4 11 15 163 0 1 1 0
1946–47Cleveland BaronsAHL53 5 17 22 264 0 0 0 2
1947–48Philadelphia RocketsAHL23 4 7 11 10
1948–49Philadelphia RocketsAHL24 0 6 6 15
AHL totals179 14 45 59 7118 3 3 6 4
NHL totals2 0 0 0 0