Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde (October 31, 1887, Cornwall, Ontario - November 21, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League (NHL) and a professional lacrosse player, widely regarded as both hockey's and lacrosse's greatest player of the first half of the 20th century and one of sport's most colorful characters. He played for the Montreal Canadiens -- considered to be the original "Flying Frenchman" -- in the National Hockey Association and the NHL. He also played for the WCHL's Saskatoon Sheiks. Before playing professional ice hockey, he worked in a newspaper plant, where he acquired the "Newsy" moniker. The image below is of Lalonde, in the 1910-11 season and the second version of the Montreal uniform, the "CH" sweater was still almost a decade away.

Early hockey career

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In 1905, he started his career with the Cornwall Robbers. The next year, he joined the senior Woodstock club in the International League, the first known professional loop and notorious for rough play. In 1908, Lalonde signed with the Toronto Arenas in the Ontario Professional Hockey League, and with linemates Bruce Ridpath and Wally Mercer led the Arenas to the league championship, losing the Cup in a tight match with the Montreal Wanderers in which Lalonde scored twice.

1910 saw the foundation of the National Hockey Association (NHA), precursor to the NHL, and Lalonde joined the Montreal Canadiens for their first season. Halfway through the season, the Habs traded him to the Renfrew Creamery Kings, with whom Newsy led the league in scoring. He rejoined the Canadiens for the 1911 season -- professional hockey was only then developing any sense of teams retaining the rights to their players -- during which he had several stick battles and provoked the ire of opposing fans.

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