Roy Worters

Roy Thomas "Shrimp" Worters (October 19, 1900 – November 7, 1957) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Canadiens, and New York Americans.

Worters began in junior hockey in Toronto with the Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers, winning the 1920 Memorial Cup, the national junior championship. He then spent several years in amateur and senior leagues, including the 1923–24 and 1924–25 seasons as the star netminder for the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the United States Amateur Hockey Association, leading the Yellow Jackets to championships in both seasons. On the strength of that success, the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates joined the NHL the following season with Worters in goal and substantially the same lineup as the Yellow Jackets. Worters proved an iron man, playing three seasons for the Pirates and appearing in virtually all of their games, showing great skill while backstopping a weak defensive team.

Over his career he recorded 66 shutouts. At 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) tall, he was the shortest player ever to play in the NHL. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.