He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 1942–43 season, on December 19, 1942, against the New York Rangers.

The rest of his career, which lasted from 1934 to 1954, was mainly spent in the English National League.

He was inducted to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1949.

Lee played for the Baltimore Orioles in the Eastern Hockey League between 1934 and 1936, the Brighton Tigers in 1936–37 and between 1946 and 1954, the Earls Court Rangers between 1937 and 1939, the Quebec Aces between 1939 and 1942, the Montreal Royals and the Montreal Canadiens in 1942–43, and the Wembley Lions in 1945–46.

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