Moylan James McDonell was a Canadian professional

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 hockey

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 defenceman

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 who played one season in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 with the Hamilton Tigers.

Playing career

Born in Manitoba, McDonnell would make a name for himself among amateur hockey clubs in New York. He played for the New York Crescents, Irish Americans and the NYC Hockey Club between 1909 and 1916. He served during World War I

World War I

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 for the next three years and was signed as a free agent by the Hamilton Tigers in December 1920. He retired after his first NHL

National Hockey League

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 season.

Career statistics

National Hockey League - Regular Season

• Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes

  YEAR	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
  1920–21	Hamilton Tigers	22	1	2	3	2
  NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...	Regular Season Totals	22	1	2	3	2

Awards and Accomplishments

• AHAA First All-Star Team (1914, 1915)
• AAHL Second All-Star Team (1916)

After the NHL

Not much is known about McDonnell (spelled MacDonell in US Immigration documents) except that he and his wife, Dorothy, lived in New York City, where Moylan was employed at the Federal Reserve Bank at least through 1942.