Richard played 978 NHL games, all with the Canadiens, from 1942 through his retirement in 1960, scoring 544 goals -- still atop Montreal's all-time list -- with 422 assists. His 966 points rank fourth ...

The 1947 accent was on razzle-dazzle attack, not rough & tumble. The man of the year — Maurice (“The Rocket”) Richard — was not the biggest thug on ice but a shy fellow with a sure eye.

A sportswriter overheard the remark and "The Rocket" was born. Joseph Henri Maurice Richard was born on Aug. 4, 1921, in Montreal. Even though he was studying to be a machinist at Montreal ...

Maurice Richard said many times that ... and less than a minute later a homemade tear gas bomb went off. "I have often seen Rocket Richard fill the Forum," said Dick Irvin, Jr., later the ...

Eighty years ago today, Maurice 'Rocket' Richard set the gold standard for goals in an NHL season. He became the first player ...

That’s also the main event in the hit 2005 bio-pic The Rocket. Most of this is mentioned in Giguère’s film, but the focus is ...

In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished ... greatest players of all time as "The Rocket." However for all his success, Richard and his fellow French Canadians ...

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews has taken the reins from Alex Ovechkin as the perennial favorite for the Maurice ‘Rocket’ Richard Trophy, winning it three times. Signs point toward ...

Eighty years ago today, Maurice 'Rocket' Richard set the gold standard for goals in an NHL season. He became the first player in history to record a 50-goal season. Since then, 98 other players ...