Joseph Alphonse Oscar Jetté (December 28, 1887 – June 11, 1944) was a professional

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player, playing the

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position for the

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ice hockey club from 1911 to 1915. He was born in

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Playing career

Alphonse Jetté turned professional with the

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in 1908, and played four games with the Le Nationals in 1909–10 until the Nationals' league, the CHA folded. A newspaper account relates that he played forward for the Nationals in Feb 1909. The Nationals joined the Montreal City Senior League, and Jetté played for the club in 1910–11. In 1911, he joined the Canadiens and he would be a member of the team for four seasons, ending in 1914–15. Jetté was a member of an all-star French Canadian team that assembled to play an exhibition game against the powerful Montreal Wanderers in March 1909. Other French Canadian stars to participate in the game were Newsy Lalonde, Didier Pitre, and Jack Laviolette, all of whom would go on to play starring roles with the Montreal Canadiens in the NHA.La Patrie, March 10, 1909 The Wanderers won by a score of 10–9.

References

*SIHR at sihrhockey.org 1887 births 1944 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Montreal Canadiens (NHA) players {{canada-icehockey-defenceman-1880s-stub