About 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, 'Gump' was given his nickname because friends thought he looked like a comic-strip character Andy Gump. He spent the first seven seasons of his hockey career in various minor leagues before joining the NHL in 1952 with the New York Rangers. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy for his play as a rookie for a team that finished in last place. He was demoted for the following season for trying to ask for a pay raise only to return to the NHL in 1954, where he would spend the next nine years; in ten seasons for New York, they reached the postseason four times. He was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in the summer of 1963. With Montreal, he would go 29–7 in the postseason that saw the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup four times (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969). In tandem with Charlie Hodge for the 1965–66 season and Rogie Vachon for the 1967–68 season, Worsley won the Vezina Trophy for allowing the fewest number of goals during the regular season. Disputes with management led to his benching and subsequent trade to the Minnesota North Stars late in the 1969–70 season. On March 29, 1970, he became the sixth goaltender to win 300 games. He played regularly for the team until 1974, when he retired at the age of 44. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1980. With Montreal, he would go 29–7 in the postseason that saw the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup four times (1965, 1966, 1968, 1969) while Worsley won the Vezina Trophy in 1966 and 1968 for his goaltending. Worsley played his first four years as a professional in the minor leagues, most notably for the New York Rovers of the Eastern Hockey League (EHL), the St.
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