SAN JOSE — Sean Dhooghe gave Sharks fans a night to remember at the SAP Center Thursday, stealing the spotlight at the team’s annual prospects scrimmage by using his 5-foot-3, 140-pound frame to weave in and out of traffic and create offense for his teammates.

As the final seconds ticked off the clock, the crowd at the SAP Center chanted, “we want Dhooghe,” and the scrimmage ended with the 18-year-old forward getting carried off the ice on the shoulders of his teammates.

In lieu of Dhooghe’s indelible evening, let’s celebrate the top-five small players in NHL history:

1. Marcel Dionne:

Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne didn’t allow his 5-foot-8, 185-pound frame to stop him from collecting the fifth-most goals (731) and the sixth-most points (1,771) in NHL history.

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Here’s a good recap of Dionne’s Hall of Fame career:

2. Martin St. Louis:

After earning finalist honors for the Hobey Baker Award twice in college, Martin St. Louis graduated from the University of Vermont in 1997 without an offer for an NHL contract because of his limited size (5-foot-8, 175 pounds).

St. Louis eventually signed a deal with the Calgary Flames in 1998 after he notched 50 points in 56 games with the IHL’s Cleveland Lumberjacks.

The smooth-skating forward emerged as one of the NHL’s most offensively-talented forwards after he joined the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2000. St. Louis finished his career with 1,033 NHL points; he won the Art Ross Trophy, the Hart Trophy and the Stanley Cup in 2004, the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 2010, 2011 and 2013 and a gold medal with Team Canada in 2014.

Check out St. Louis’ top-10 goals here:

3. Theo Fleury:

Fleury found a way to make it in the NHL as a small guy in an era where big-beefy defensemen were all the rage. The 5-foot-6, 180-pound forward was known just as much for his willingness to mix it up with bigger, tougher players as his goal-scoring prowess.

After getting selected with the 166th-overall pick in the 1987 draft by the Calgary Flames, Fleury went on to play 15 NHL seasons, recording 1,088 points and winning a Stanley Cup in 1989 and a gold medal with Team Canada in 2002.

Fleury’s passion for the game was on clear display in this Game 6 overtime winner against the Edmonton Oilers in the 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs:

Despite his size, Fleury wasn’t afraid to throw down. Check out this 2001 fight with Kyle Calder:

4. Johnny Gaudreau:

Johnny Gaudreau, also known as “Johnny Hockey”, is the latest small guy to take the NHL by storm.

After winning the Hobey Baker Award in 2014 at Boston College, Gaudreau earned finalist honors for the Calder Trophy in 2015 by scoring 64 points in 80 games during his rookie campaign with the Flames.

In three NHL seasons, the 5-foot-9, 157-pound forward has scored 73 goals while collecting 131 points.

Here’s Gaudreau’s top-10 NHL plays:

5. Kailer Yamamoto

Let’s use small guy No. 5 as an opportunity to look toward the future.

Of course, Hall of Famers like Rogie Vachon, Gump Worsley and Ted Lindsay deserve recognition, but it’s fun to imagine what the Edmonton Oilers 2017 first-round pick (No.22) Kailer Yamamoto might be able to achieve playing alongside phenom Connor McDavid.

Will Yamamoto (5-8, 158) be the next small guy to win over the hearts of NHL fans with his speedy-skilled play?

Check out Yamamoto’s junior hockey highlight reel here: