Tiny Thompson

Tiny Thompson, born Cecil Ralph Thompson, was a Canadian goaltender who lived from 31 May 1903 to 9 February 1981 and played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League, first for the Boston Bruins and later for the Detroit Red Wings. He won the Vezina Trophy four times and was on one Stanley Cup winner, as a rookie with Boston in 1928 to 1929. Boston traded him to Detroit at the start of the 1938 to 1939 season to make space for Frank Brimsek. He recorded 81 shutouts, the sixth-highest total of any goaltender, helped popularize the glove save, and in 1936 became the first NHL goaltender to record an assist. After playing he coached lower-league teams and worked as a scout, and he entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959.