Sydney Harris "Syd" Howe - Born September 18, 1911 in Ottawa, Ontario – Died May 20, 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario was a Canadian ice Hockey left winger/centre/defenceman and coach.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1936, 1937, 1943 with Detroit Red Wings.
Stanley Cup finalist 1941, 1942, 1945.

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1936, 1937, 1943 with Detroit Red Wings.

- O'Brien Trophy Champion 1941, 1942, 1945 with Detroit Red Wings.

Howe began skating on Patterson's Creek and the Rideau Canal in his native Ottawa, on double runners, at the age of 3. By age 5 he had graduated to single blade skates.

Howe played Hockey with the Glebe Collegiate high school team and the Lansdowne Park Juveniles in 1926 before joining the Ottawa Gunners junior team in the newly formed Ottawa City Hockey League. He and his Gunners teammates became the 1st Ottawa club to reach the Memorial Cup finals when they took on the Regina Monarchs in 1928, losing the best-of-three final by 2 games to 1. Howe was a top scorer during the playdowns, registering 9 goals and 12 points in 8 games.

Howe joined the NHL with his hometown Ottawa Senators for the last 12 games of the 1929–30 NHL season, making his debut on January 14, 1930 vs Boston Bruins at Boston Garden in a 5-1 Boston win.

Howe scored his 1st NHL goal vs Roy Worters of New York Americans at 0:37 of 2nd period On March 15, 1930 at Boardwalk Hall in a 8-7 Ottawa win.

Howe was loaned to the Philadelphia Quakers for the 1930–31 season, the Quakers' only year of existence. When Ottawa suspended operations for the 1931–32 season, Howe was picked up by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the dispersal draft, but he appeared in just 3 NHL games, spending most of his time on the farm with the Syracuse Stars of the International Hockey League / IHL.

Howe was back with the Senators the following year and moved with the club to St. Louis, as a member of the St. Louis Eagles for the 1934–35 NHL season. The Eagles sold Howe in February 1935 to the Detroit Red Wings, where his career could finally get on track.

Howe scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Roy Worters of New York Americans on March 22, 1936 at Detroit Olympia in a 7-2 Red Wings win.

Howe was on the ice in the Montreal Forum at 2:25 a.m. on March 24, 1936, when Mud Bruneteau scored in the 6th overtime period to give Detroit the win in game 1 of the best-of-five semi-final against the Maroons, the longest game in NHL history. Detroit went on to win the series and the Stanley Cup that spring and followed up with another Stanley Cup victory in 1937, and again in 1943.

Howe played in the Babe Siebert Memorial Game, October 29, 1939.

On March 19, 1940, Howe scored 25 seconds into overtime to give the Wings a 2–1 victory over the New York Americans in game 1 of the quarter-finals. It was Howe's most cherished moment of his career and would stand as the fastest overtime goal scored in NHL history for the next 29 years.

Howe scored 6 goals in a game, all scored vs Ken McAuley of New York Rangers on February 3, 1944 at Detroit Olympia in a 12-2 Red Wings win. In that game, line mates Don "Count" Gosso and Mud Bruneteau set up Howe for his 6 goals "I had a good chance to break the all time record (Joe Malone's 7 in 1920) but I couldn't do it" he was later quoted as saying.

Howe played in 700 regular season NHL games, scoring 237 goals (28 GWG / 3 OTG), 292 assists with 234 penalty minutes and 70 NHL playoff games, scoring 17 goals (6 GWG / 1 OTG), 27 assists with 10 penalty minutes.

Howe played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Quakers, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Eagles and Detroit Red Wings.

Howe finished out his playing days with a season in the Quebec Senior Hockey League, playing for a club named the Ottawa Senators, brining his career full circle, as he broke into the NHL in Ottawa with a club also named the Senators.

Syd Howe was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965.