# 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 season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | 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 | AHL totals | AHL totals | 179 | 14 | 45 | 59 | 71 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |