This is Wilf "Shorty" Green. Like Ted Lindsay he made a stand for something he believed in. Way back in 1925 he and his teammates refused to play playoff games for no pay.The legacy of Green's stand: The first labour dispute in NHL history, the demise of NHL hockey in Hamilton, Ontario, and the beginning of NHL expansion into the United States.
That's quite the fallout over a demand for an extra $200 each.
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