Raymond Thomas Kinsella (January 27, 1911 – April 29, 1996) was a Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 defenceman for the Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators (original)

The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...

 of the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 from 1930–1931. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario.

Playing career

Kinsella broke into the NHL for the 1930–31 NHL season for the Ottawa Senators. It was his only year in the NHL. Starting in the following season, he played three seasons in the Can-Am Hockey League, finishing his professional career with the AHA Tulsa Oilers in 1934–35. After the Ottawa Senators NHL franchise moved to St. Louis, the owners set up the Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators (senior hockey)

The Ottawa Senators, also known as the Ottawa Commandos and Senior Senators, was an amateur, later semi-professional, senior-level men's ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada...

 senior men's amateur team. After his professional career ended, Kinsella returned to Ottawa and played for the Senators.

After hockey

Kinsella, as one of three surviving Senators in 1992, was part of the opening night ceremonies in 1992 for the current Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators

The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

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