Player, coach and executive Lester Patrick, who was a contemporary player of Laviolette and later a coach in the NHL with the New York Rangers, claimed that Laviolette could skate as fast backwards as most other players could skate forward. On the other hand, despite Laviolette having solid goal scoring upside both as a defenceman and as a forward, Patrick also claimed that Laviolette "lacked a sense of direction" to his game, which he claimed hindered him from reaching the superstar status of his fellow Montreal teammates Didier Pitre and Newsy Lalonde. Laviolette was known as a clean and gentlemanly player, both in hockey and on the lacrosse field, which combined with his genial disposition on and off the sport venues made him a popular character in the various sport circuits. Outside of hockey and lacrosse, his fascination for speed also brought his attention to motorcycle racing and flying machines. Career statistics * Stanley Cup Champion. Awards and achievements 1904–05, 06–07 – First All-Star Right Wing, IPHL 1915–16 – Stanley Cup champion 1960 – Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame 1963 – Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame References General External links 1879 births 1960 deaths Canadian amputees Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey defencemen Franco-Ontarian people Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Ice hockey people from Ontario Michigan Soo Indians players Montreal Canadiens (NHA) players Montreal Canadiens coaches Montreal Canadiens players Sportspeople from Belleville, Ontario Stanley Cup champions