Ranald "Ran" John McDonald (November 21, 1889 – January 29, 1950[1]) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 159 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). Among the teams he played with were the New Westminster Royals, Portland Rosebuds, Victoria Aristocrats, and Spokane Canaries.
| Ran McDonald | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 McDonald in 1912 with the New Westminster Royals | |||
| Born |
November 21, 1889 Cashion's Glen, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
January 29, 1950 (aged 60) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
New Westminster Royals Portland Rosebuds Victoria Aristocrats Spokane Canaries Vancouver Millionaires Seattle Metropolitans | ||
| Playing career | 1907–1921 | ||
He also played lacrosse with the Vancouver Lacrosse Club.
Playing career
editBorn in Cashion's Glen, Ontario,[2] McDonald played for various senior teams in Fort William, Ontario, and Port Arthur, Ontario, before joining the new New Westminster Royals of the PCHA. He was named to the league's first all-star team in 1912, 1913, and 1914. McDonald played eight seasons in all in the PCHA before 1919. He played in the ill-fated 1919 Stanley Cup Finals, cancelled after five games due to the Spanish flu pandemic,[3] and played one more season in 1920–21 with the Edmonton Dominions of the Big Four League before retiring.
Statistics
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1907–08 | Fort William Arenas | NOHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1908–09 | Fort William Forts | NOHL | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | ||
| 1909–10 | Fort William Forts | NOHL | 10 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1910–11 | Port Arthur North Stars | NOHL | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1912 | New Westminster Royals | PCHA | 15 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 56 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1912–13 | New Westminster Royals | PCHA | 12 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1913–14 | New Westminster Royals | PCHA | 16 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1914–15 | Portland Rosebuds | PCHA | 18 | 22 | 7 | 29 | 24 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1915–16 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 16 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1916–17 | Spokane Canaries | PCHA | 23 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1917–18 | Vancouver Millionaires | PCHA | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 32 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Stanley Cup | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| 1919 | Seattle Metropolitans | PCHA | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Stanley Cup | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 1920–21 | Edmonton Dominions | Big-4 League | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| NOHL totals | 30 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PCHA totals | 129 | 92 | 34 | 126 | 236 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Stanley Cup totals | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||||
References
editNotes
edit- ^ Hockey deaths - January 1950
- ^ "Ran McDonald". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ Weinreb, Michael (March 18, 2020). "When the Stanley Cup Final Was Canceled Because of a Pandemic". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database