Gump Worsley

Lorne John "Gump" Worsley (May 14, 1929 – January 26, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, he was nicknamed "Gump" because friends thought he resembled the comic-strip character Andy Gump. He spent the first seven seasons of his career in various minor leagues before joining the NHL in 1952 with the New York Rangers, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as a rookie for a team that finished in last place. He was demoted the following season after asking for a pay raise, returning to the NHL in 1954, where he stayed for the next nine years; across ten seasons with New York, the Rangers reached the postseason four times. He was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in the summer of 1963. With Montreal, he went 29–7 in the postseason as the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup four times (1965, 1966, 1968, and 1969), and he won the Vezina Trophy in 1966 and 1968. He was traded to the Minnesota North Stars on February 27, 1970, and played regularly until 1974. On March 29, 1970, he became the sixth goaltender to win 300 games. Worsley was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1980.