Aurèle Joliat

Aurèle Joliat, nicknamed the Mighty Atom and the Little Giant, was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who lived from 29 August 1901 to 2 June 1986 and played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens. Born and raised in Ottawa, he joined Montreal when his contract rights were traded from the Saskatoon Crescents in the deal that brought Newsy Lalonde to Saskatoon. At 5 feet 7 inches and 136 pounds he was one of the smallest players in the game. He won the Stanley Cup in 1924, 1930 and 1931 and the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1934, finished with 270 goals and 460 points in 655 games, and scored the first documented empty-net goal in league history on 21 January 1932. He entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947.