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The top 25 Montreal Canadiens players of all time: Round 16

It took some time, but one of the first legends in the history of all hockey finally found his place on our list, as Newsy Lalonde came in at number 15.

You may have never heard of Newsy Lalonde, as he is somewhat of a lost legend in hockey. If there were a challenger to Howie Morenz as hockey's first superstar, it would be Lalonde. but it may interest you to know that he scored the first ever Montreal Canadiens goal in 1910, played in a number of different leagues back in the challenge cup era, and may actually have been hockey's first 500 goal scorer.