Roy "Shrimp" Worters (Born - October 19, 1900 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Died - November 7, 1957) was a Canadian professional Hockey goaltender who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Canadiens and New York Americans .

Playing career

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Roy "Shrimp" Worters, at 5'3" tall, was the smallest player to ever play in the NHL . During his stint with the New York Americans he was fortunate to have a corps of large defenceman to guard him. Players such as Lionel "Big Train" Conacher, "Bullet" Joe Simpson and Mervyn "Red" Dutton gave him plenty of protection.

In 1928-29 Worters became the first goaltender to win the Hart Trophy as he led the Americans to second place in the Canadian Division. He won the Vezina Trophy in 1930-31 but his Americans teammates were unable to score many goals and they inevitably failed to make the playoffs.

He continued to play well despite a defence that often left him on his own.

In 1936-37, the Americans finally had the scorers, but by then Worters was over the hill and he retired during the season.

Roy Worters died of throat cancer on November 7th,1957.

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969.

Awards & achievements

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Records

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Career statistics

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Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes

YEAR	TEAM	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
0000-00	Team Name Here	0	0	0	0	0

International play

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Canadian ice hockey players | Hockey Hall of Fame | Montreal Canadiens players | New York Americans players | Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) players | Hart Trophy winners | Vezina Trophy winners | 1900 births | 1950 deaths