Facts: - weight lb: 180 - played for: pittsburgh westminster royals montreal canadiens professionals montreal wanderers montreal shamrocks calumet miners new - death place: montreal , qc , can - career end: 1911 - halloffame: 1963 - position: left wing - height in: 9 - caption: gardner in 1912 with the new westminster royals . - death date: 07 november 1940 - shoots: left - height ft: 5 - birth date: 21 may 1881 - career start: 1899 - name: jimmy gardner - image: jimmy gardner , new westminster royals.jpg - birth place: montreal , qc , can Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jimmy gardner -lrb- ice hockey -rrb- .
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james henry gardner -lrb- may 21 , 1881 -- november 7 , 1940 -rrb- was a canadian ice hockey player and coach .gardner started his career as professionalism was just starting in ice hockey .he won championships with both amateur and professional teams .after his hockey career ended , gardner coached professionally , most notably with the montreal canadiens of the national hockey association -lrb- nha -rrb- .gardner helped found the nha , the predecessor of today 's national hockey league , and the canadiens , including suggesting the team name .