Ron Snell

Ron Snell (born August 11 1948) is a Canadian ice hockey player. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round, fourteenth overall, in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft. 
He played for the junior Regina Pats and turned pro in 1968. Snell never made it as a regular with the Penguins and spent most of his early career in the minor pros.
He played seven games in the NHL, all for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was called up for the last four games of the 1968-69 season and scored in his first game, a 3-1 win over the Minnesota North Stars on March 25, 1969. Snell had a goal and an assist in the next game on March 26 and then another goal on March 29 and finished with 4 points in 4 games.
He played 3 more games in the 1969-70 season.
In 1973 he jumped to the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association. Snell spent a season and a half there before falling back again to the minors.
He retired in 1976.
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