Ran McDonald

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 (1889-11-21)November 21, 1889
Cashion's Glen, Ontario, Canada
Died January 29, 1950(1950-01-29) (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 19071921
Ran McDonald, fourth from left in the middle row, with the Vancouver Lacrosse Club in 1912.

He also played lacrosse with the Vancouver Lacrosse Club.

Playing career

Born 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

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1907–08Fort William ArenasNOHL10000
1908–09Fort William FortsNOHL126062000
1909–10Fort William FortsNOHL101201250
1910–11Port Arthur North StarsNOHL78086
1912New Westminster RoyalsPCHA151601656
1912–13New Westminster RoyalsPCHA121131429
1913–14New Westminster RoyalsPCHA161552034
1914–15Portland RosebudsPCHA182272924
1915–16Victoria AristocratsPCHA161031332
1916–17Spokane CanariesPCHA231392223
1917–18Vancouver MillionairesPCHA1836932
Stanley Cup32139
1919Seattle MetropolitansPCHA11213621123
Stanley Cup51123
1920–21Edmonton DominionsBig-4 League42132
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

Notes

  1. Hockey deaths - January 1950
  2. "Ran McDonald". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  3. Weinreb, Michael (March 18, 2020). "When the Stanley Cup Final Was Canceled Because of a Pandemic". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
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