Category profile
- Dominance
- 88
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 86
- Honours
- 84
- Statistics
- 90
Career timeline · Points per season
| Season | Points per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 23 | |
| 1918 | 23 | |
| 1919 | 22 | |
| 1920 | 37 | |
| 1921 | 33 | |
| 1922 | 21 | |
| 1923 | 19 | |
| 1924 | 10 | |
| 1925 | 7 |
Data sources
- NHL
- Hockey Reference
- IIHF
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Newsy Lalonde ranks #29 in Ice Hockey
Newsy Lalonde ranks 29th among Ice Hockey athletes on GOAT Rank and 1017th of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.9 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 88, Peak 92, Longevity 86, Honours 84, Statistics 90. Those categories are normalised against the full Ice Hockey reference universe of 399 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1905–1927 with 9 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1920, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes stanley cups 1, nhl scoring titles 2, nhl goals 124, professional seasons 21.
Immediately ahead sits Phil Esposito on 88.1, a gap of 0.2 points. Directly behind is Geraldine Heaney on 88.0. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Newsy Lalonde GOAT Score explained
- Dominance88/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lalonde stood above the field while competing. Scored 88/100 against the full Ice Hockey cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1920. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity86/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 22 years of competition and 9 recorded seasons. Scored 86/100.
- Honours84/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 84/100.
- Statistics90/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 90/100.
Top Lalonde comparisons
Newsy Lalonde — frequently asked
- Is Newsy Lalonde the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Newsy Lalonde ranks 29th in Ice Hockey with a GOAT Score of 87.9, behind Wayne Gretzky on 97.8.
- What is Newsy Lalonde's GOAT Score?
- 87.9 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 88 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 86 (20%), Honours 84 (20%), Statistics 90 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Newsy Lalonde rank all time?
- 1017th of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 29th within Ice Hockey.
- Newsy Lalonde vs Phil Esposito: who ranks higher?
- Phil Esposito, on 88.1 against Newsy Lalonde's 87.9 — a margin of 0.2 points.