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Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson (May 31, 1903 – February 9, 1981) was a Canadian professional goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings. A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959. He was a member of one Stanley Cup-winning team, as a rookie in the 1928–29 season with the Boston Bruins. At the start of the 1938–39 season, after ten full seasons with Boston, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, where he completed the season, and played another full one before retiring. During his NHL career, he recorded 81 shutouts, the sixth highest of any goaltender. After retiring from playing, he coached lower-league teams before becoming a noted professional scou

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rdfs:label	Tiny Thompson
rdfs:comment	Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson (May 31, 1903 – February 9, 1981) was a Canadian professional goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings. A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959. He was a member of one Stanley Cup-winning team, as a rookie in the 1928–29 season with the Boston Bruins. At the start of the 1938–39 season, after ten full seasons with Boston, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, where he completed the season, and played another full one before retiring. During his NHL career, he recorded 81 shutouts, the sixth highest of any goaltender. After retiring from playing, he coached lower-league teams before becoming a noted professional scou
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dcterms:subject	Calgary Monarchs alumni Stanley Cup champions Buffalo Bisons players Canadian ice hockey players Boston Bruins players Canadian ice hockey coaches Detroit Red Wings players Duluth Hornets players Hockey Hall of Fame Dead in 1981 Buffalo Bisons coaches Born in 1903 Minneapolis Millers players Vezina Trophy winners Retired in 1943 Bellevue Bulldogs players Bellevue Colts alumni Calgary Alberta Pacific players Calgary RCAF Mustangs players
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caught	Left
Birth Date	1903-05-31(xsd:date)
League	National Hockey League
death place	Calgary Alberta
Height in	10(xsd:integer)
halloffame	1959(xsd:integer)
Image caption	Thompson had a distinctive style of goaltending, going down on a knee, with minimal upper-body padding, covering the five-hole with the paddle of his goalstick, and having free hand ready to catch the puck.
Birth Place	British Columbia Sandon
Title	Winner of the Vezina Trophy
career start	1928(xsd:integer)
career end	1941(xsd:integer)
played for	Boston Bruins Detroit Red Wings
shot	Left
death date	1981-02-09(xsd:date)
weight lb	160(xsd:integer)
Before	Lorne Chabot George Hainsworth Normie Smith Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey)
Years	1930(xsd:integer) 1933(xsd:integer) 1936(xsd:integer) 1938(xsd:integer)
After	Roy Worters Frank Brimsek Normie Smith Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey)
Height ft	5(xsd:integer)
Position	Goaltender
Nationality	Canada
abstract	Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson (May 31, 1903 – February 9, 1981) was a Canadian professional goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings. A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959. He was a member of one Stanley Cup-winning team, as a rookie in the 1928–29 season with the Boston Bruins. At the start of the 1938–39 season, after ten full seasons with Boston, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, where he completed the season, and played another full one before retiring. During his NHL career, he recorded 81 shutouts, the sixth highest of any goaltender. After retiring from playing, he coached lower-league teams before becoming a noted professional scout. Thompson helped popularize the technique of catching the puck as a method of making a save. A competent puckhandler, he was the first goaltender in the NHL to record an assist by passing the puck with his stick to a fellow player.
is WinsLeader of	1929–30 Boston Bruins season 1928–29 Boston Bruins season
is Before of	Charlie Gardiner Normie Smith
is After of	Charlie Gardiner Normie Smith

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