John Ambrose "Jack" MacKell (April 12, 1896 – November 25, 1961) was a Canadian

Canada

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 hockey

Ice hockey

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 player who played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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(NHL) 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...

. He was born in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Ontario

Ontario

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Playing career

MacKell played for several seasons in the Ottawa City League before joining the Senators in 1919. He played two seasons and a total of 45 National Hockey League regular season games before returning to the Ottawa City League where he played two more seasons before retirement. He is also the father of retired NHL player Fleming Mackell

Fleming Mackell

Fleming David Mackell is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.-Playing career:After a stage with St-Michaels, the Toronto Maple Leafs OHA affiliate, Mackell began his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1948. The majority of his career was spent with the Boston Bruins...

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Awards & achievements

• 1919–20 - Stanley Cup
  Stanley Cup
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   Champion
• 1920–21 - Stanley Cup
  Stanley Cup
  The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
  
   Champion

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