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.
• The Pirates were the city's first NHL team.

• New York Americans' Billy Burch, the reigning MVP, scored a the first NHL goal in the city of Pittsburgh.

• Captain Lionel "L-Train" Conacher scored Pittsburgh's first-ever NHL goal.

• The Pirates colors of black and gold would be used as supporting evidence when the Pittsburgh Penguins switched to those colors in 1980.

Pittsburgh Pirates / Philadelphia Quakers Alphabetical Roster
A
Ernest "Ty" Arbour
B
Cliff Barton, Louis Berlinquette, Edmond Bouchard, Archie Briden, Marty Burke
C
Odie Cleghorn, Lionel Conacher, Harold "Baldy" Cotton, D'Arcy Coulson, Stanley Crossett, Wilf Cude
D
Harold Darragh, Herbert Drury
F
Gord Fraser, Frank Frederickson
H
Albert "Toots" Holway, Syd Howe, Bill Hutton
J
James "Bud" Jarvis
K
Wally Kilrea
L

Charlie Langlois, Fred Lowrey, Gerry Lowrey, Ron "Peaches" Lyons
M
Duncan "Mickey" MacKay, Rennison "Dinny" Manners, Bert McCaffrey, Eddie McCalmon, Duke McCurry, Frank "Mickey" McGuire, Johnny McKinnon, Hib Milks, Joe Miller
R
Sammy Rothschild
S

Allan Shields, Alf Skinner, Rodger Smith, Red Spooner, Jesse Spring
W
Aubrey Webster, Wilfred "Tex" White, Roy Worters

While playing against the New York Americans on December, 26, 1926 an NHL record for most shots in one game occurred.

The two teams combined for 141 shots in a 3-1 New York win.

Roy "Shrimp" Worters made 70 saves for the Pirates and Jake Forbes made 67 saves for the Americans. That is a record that still stands today.

(Courtesy of HockeyOnline.com)
Team Captains:

Lionel Conacher 1925/26
Harold Cotton 1926/27-1928/29
Gerry Lowrey 1929/30
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