Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin (called “Larks” by teammates) laughed Thursday after the first day of training camp when asked if he knew why new head coach Derek Lalonde goes by “Newsy,” admitting to an awkward interaction.
“The first conversation, he called me and said, ‘this is Newsy’ and I was like, who?,” Larkin said. “It’s something that stuck a long time ago and it’s his name now.
Gonna be honest, there’s nothing really to this story other than Lalonde’s nickname is a reference to a different dude named Lalonde, but I particularly appreciated Helene making sure the reader was aware that Dylan’s teammates call him “Larks”.