Lloyd "Shrimp" Andrews was a Canadian

Canada

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 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 left winger

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 who played 4 seasons in National Hockey League

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 for the Toronto St. Pats.

Playing career

Andrews was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario

Ontario

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. He played four seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats from 1921–22 to 1924–25. During those four seasons, he played 53 games, scoring 8 goals and adding 5 assists for 13 points. He also had 10 penalty minutes.

Andrews' career was stopped before he could get going as he enlisted in World War I

World War I

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while still a teenager. He returned to play senior hockey for three years at which point the St. Pats signed him on January 23, 1922.

Almost immediately he helped his NHL team win the Stanley Cup. He scored the game-winning goal in the St. Pats 6–0 win over the Vancouver Millionaires in game four of the best-of-five 1922 Stanley Cup finals in what was to be his only trip to the playoffs.

After playing four seasons with the St. Pats, Andrews joined the Can-Am league for six years where he proved to be a scorer of some note, netting as many as 24 goals in the 1929–30 season. He then joined the CHL before retiring in 1934.

Lloyd played for the following teams:

1914/1917 Dunnville Mudcats (OHA-Int)

1918/21 Niagara Falls (OHA-Sr.)

1921–22 Toronto St. Pats (NHL & Stanley Cup)

1922–23 Toronto St. Pats (NHL )

1923–24 Toronto St. Pats (NHL)

1924–25 Toronto St. Pats (NHL)

1926–27 New Haven Eagles (Can –Am)

1927–28 New Haven Eagles (Can –Am)

1928–29 Philadelphia Arrows (Can-Am)

1929–30 Philadelphia Arrows (Can-Am - 24 goals)

1930–31 Philadelphia Arrows (Can-Am)

1931–32 Philadelphia Arrows (Can-Am

1932–33 St. Paul/ Tulsa (AHA)

1932–33 Hibbing Maroons (CHL)

1933–34 Hibbing Maroons (CHL)

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