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Joseph Henri Maurice Richard, also nicknamed "Rocket" Richard (born August 4, 1921 in Montreal, Quebec, died May 27, 2000 in Montreal, Quebec) was a professional ice hockey player, and played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1960.1 Playing Career
Joseph Henri Maurice Richard (pronounced ri-SHAR or ree-SHAR) was the first to score 50 goals in one season (the 1944-45 NHL season ), doing so in 50 games and the first to score 500 goals in a career. "50 goals in 50 games" continues to be a marker of scoring excellence to this day, and few players have surpassed that mark. Richard also played on eight Stanley Cup teams in Montreal, and was elected eight times to the first all-star team and six times to the second all-star team, and played in every National Hockey League All-Star Game from 1947 to 1959. In his career, he scored 544 goals, amassed 421 assists for a total of 965 points in 978 games. He formed the famous "Punch Line" with Elmer Lach as center and Hector 'Toe' Blake playing left-wing.
Richard was the quintessential Quebecois hero. He pulled off a five-goal game after a day spent moving house - including the piano - in 1944, and scored the series-winning goal of the 1952 Stanley Cup semifinals as blood dripped down his face from an earlier injury. Richard's role as a Quebecois icon was epitomized in the short story Le chandail de hockey ("The Hockey Sweater") by Roch CarrierRoch Carrier (born May 13, 1937) is a celebrated French- Canadian novelist and author of "contes" (a very brief form of the short story). He was born in Sainte-Justine-de-Dorchester, Quebec and studied at the Universite St-Louis (in the Canadian province. It also helped transcend his legend through several generations. In this story, the main character purchases a must-have Richard hockey sweater with a mail-in order form from Toronto-based "Mr. EatonEaton's was once Canada's largest department store retailer. Founded in Toronto by Timothy Eaton, an Irish immigrant, in 1869, Eaton's first advertisement read "We propose to sell our goods for CASH ONLY In selling goods, to have only one price. In an era". But when he receives a sweater from the Canadiens' historical adversary the Toronto Maple LeafsThe Toronto Maple Leafs are a National Hockey League team based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded 1917- 1918 Formerly known as Toronto Arenas ( 1917- 1919), Toronto St. Patricks ( 1919- 1926) Arena Air Canada Centre (capacity 19,800) Uniform colours blue, whit, he is ridiculed, and even ostracised, by his schoolmates for attempting to impose his "way of things" because of his jersey. An excerpt of this short story is reprinted on the new Canadian $5 bill.
Although Richard was often perceived as a pre- Quiet RevolutionJean Lesage, Daniel Johnson Sr. and Rene Levesque, three prominent actors of the Quiet Revolution. The Quiet Revolution Revolution tranquille was a period of rapid change in Quebec in the 1960s. It was characterized by: The rapid and effective secularisat hero excelling in an anglophone world, he always insisted that he was an apolitical man playing hockey for the love of the sport.
Richard's career began and ended before the era of huge salaries. The largest yearly salary he ever made was $25,000. His jersey #9 was retired on October 6October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). There are 86 days remaining. Events 105 BC Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict a major defeat on the Roman army of Mallius Maximus 891 Formosus becomes Pope 1600 Jacopo Peri's Euridice the ea, 1960 by the Canadiens, less than a month after he announced his retirement. His brother Henri "The Pocket Rocket" RichardHenri Richard (born February 29, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former professional ice hockey player who played with the Montreal Canadiens from 1955 to 1975. He is the brother to Canadiens legend Maurice Richard. He won 11 Stanley Cups in 20 seasons, mo joined him with the Canadiens in 1955 and would go on to win 11 Stanley Cups with the team, an NHL record.
