I tried to hang in there and let them hit me. That was a firing squad we saw there.
ROY WORTERS
Pirates' goaltender, after stopping 70 saves in a 3-1 loss to the New York Americans on December 26, 1926. The Pirates and Americans combined for 141 shots in the game – still an NHL record.
• 8,200 fans attended the first NHL game at the Duquesne Gardens in Pittsburgh
The First NHL Game in Pittsburgh
The first NHL game played in Pittsburgh was on December 2, 1925 in which 8,200 fans paid $1.00 to see the 8:30 p.m. faceoff at the Duquesne Gardens.

The Pittsburgh Pirates lost to the New York Americans in overtime, 2-1.

Billy Burch, the reigning NHL's MVP, scored a goal at 6:12 of the second period goal - the first NHL goal scored in the city of Pittsburgh.

Lionel Conacher scored the lone goal for Pittsburgh at 9:15 of the second period.

Pittsburgh goalie Roy Worters kept the game tied before surrendering a goal on New York's 30th shot of the night at 2:15 of overtime.

The Pirates, dubbed the "Mighty Steel City Sextext" in the Pittsburgh Press, where coached by Odie Cleghorn and were comprised mostly of leftovers form the former Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets.

Such familiar faces to the Garden's ice were Conacher, Worters, Roger Smith, Duke McCurry , Tex White, Hib Milks, Harrold Darragh, Harold Cotton and Herb Drury.

The game was attended by Pittsburgh Mayor William A. Magee, nephew of political powerbroker Christopher Lyman Magee, who converted the former trolley barn in Oakland to a multi-purpose facility known as the Duquesne Gardens.

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