Traverse City − The first day of head coach of the Red Wings turned out just fine for "Newsy."
That would be the nickname for Derek Lalonde, the Wings' new head coach.
And, yes, some of the Wings aren't sure where "Newsy" came from.
"The first conversation, he called me and said, 'This is Newsy,' and I was like, who?" Dylan Larkin said. "I still don't know what the reference is."
Edward Lalonde − no relation to Derek − is a 1950 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee who got the nickname "Newsy" because he worked at a newsprint plant in Cornwall, Ontario.