What is Jimmy Ward?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | caption = | image_size = 230px | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]] | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 182 | played_for = [[Montreal Maroons]]<br />[[Montreal Canadiens]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|9|1}} | birth_place = [[Fort William, Ontario|Fort William]], [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|11|15|1906|9|1}} | death_place = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], USA | career_start = 1927 | career_end = 1939 }} '''James William Ward''' (September 1, 1906 – November 15, 1990) was a [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]] in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] from [[1927–28 NHL season|1928]] - [[1938–39 NHL season|1939]]. Jimmy Ward's son, [[Pete Ward]], played nine seasons of professional baseball, winning [[The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award|TSN Rookie Of The Year]] honors in 1963 while playing for the Chicago White Sox. ==Playing career== He played his entire [[National Hockey League|NHL]] career in [[Montreal]]. It began in the [[1927–28 NHL season|1928 season]] with the [[Montreal Maroons]]. He would stay with the English Montreal team until they folded following the [[1937–38 NHL season|1938 season]]. Along the way he scored 10 or more goals in 10 of 11 seasons during a time when the regular season was only 48 games long. He won the [[Stanley Cup]] in [[1934–35 NHL season|1935]]. He played in the [[Ace Bailey Benefit Game]] in 1934 and the [[Howie Morenz Memorial Game]] in 1937. When the Maroons folded he joined the rival [[Montreal Canadiens]] for the [[1938–39 NHL season|1939 season]]. ==Coaching career== In [[1939–40 AHL season|1940]] he served as a player/coach of the [[New Haven Eagles]] of the [[IAHL]]. He would later serve as head coach of the [[Pacific Coast Hockey League|PCHL]]'s [[Portland Eagles]] and [[Portland Penguins]]. ==Awards and achievements== *Played in [[Ace Bailey Benefit Game]] *Played in [[Howie Morenz Memorial Game]]