Official Site of the Maple Leafs · Oct 29, 2015
The Legend of Shrimp McPherson
Fans in the stands impact a hockey game. Cheers and boos mimic the ebb and flow of play. A jeer here or cheer there can impact individual players and alter the final box score at the end of the night.Several of your friends surely have a story where they claim to have caused that player you can't stand to take a penalty. However, only one man has ever dressed for an NHL team and caused a penalty without leaving any trace of playing a game.
Alex 'Shrimp' McPherson was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1908 and he eventually made his way to North America from Scotland. At 5-foot-6, 154 pounds, he earned the nickname 'Shrimp' as a small man in an era with smaller people altogether.