J'adore son intensité même après avoir accroché les patins. Son regard perçant compense amplement sa nature taciturne. Un vrai guerrier! Des fois on l'oublie tellement il avait une légende de scoreur mais il jouait également avec la hargne d'un plombier. C'était le talent de Mario Lemieux avec le chien de Brendan Gallagher. Selon moi il est au 3e rang des plus grands derrière Gretzky et Orr. Et pour son impact sur un peuple il est indétronable.
It is sad and a loss to English Canada that are unable to celebrate this man as a Canadian Hockey Icon. They claim only Gordie Howe of that era. But French Canadians hockey roots are deeper as we recognize and celebrate two hockey icons of that era. What this man means to French Canadians he also means the same to all Canadians, they sadly don’t know it. “Le Rocket”
one of the great lines....when a certain NHL goalie was asked what the scariest thing was to be as a NHL goalie without hesitation he said...facing Rocket Richard on a breakaway...like a train coming out of a tunnel
Im a 43 yo man bprn and raised in Toronto, Ontario. I never watched Maurice Richard play but his story, his life, his legacy...... this is a true Legend. This was an incredible moment
I can still remember the moment when after 4-5 minutes of thunderous applause, mixed in with the emotional Maurice ,but it went on! For 7 minutes! It could have went longer had the announcer not started talking, even so he struggled to be heard as fans kept on, and it was one of the best and heartfelt moments in The Canadians history!
Toronto here - when I was a little boy, I was at an event with my dad and Maurice Richard was there. My dad sent me over to get his autograph - I had no idea who he was but of course I did what my dad said. I think my dad wanted his autograph but was afraid to ask. I got the autograph, and it's something I still remember to this day. Maybe I was 7 or 8 years old - almost 69 now.
Maurice Richard was a Canadian ICON! It doesn't matter what team your a fan of. This right here is respecting the greatness of the man as a player and person. Brings the toughest of the toughest men to tears.
I'm as true blue a Leafs fan as I can be. When Montreal played their last game at the Gardens. Mr. Richard came to drop the puck. We knew he was sick. That this might be his last time in Toronto. I don't know if we stood for seven minutes. But it was the longest ovation I ever participated in. Nor was there a dry eye including my own in the house. What a man. What a night. What a great game. God bless the guy that invented it.
And then there was Gary Bettman who had zero inkling as to why the NHL became a successful major sport in North America and Europe. This man single handedly carried the burden and aspirations of French Canadiens and his suspension by Clarence Campbell and subsequent riot in Montréal marked the unofficial start of Québec's Quiet Revolution.
YOU KNOW , IAM AN AMREICAN BORN ICE HOCKEY PLAYER! 🏒 I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SAY THAT, WITHOUT HONORING OUR NHL HEROES, MEN I ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND RESPECT DEEPLY! I KNOW AND HAVE WATCHED SEVERAL FILMS AND NHL DOCUMENTARIES, ON GREAT HOCKEY PLAYERS , LIKE THE ROCKET MAURICE RICHARD, BOBBY HULL, GORDIE HOWE, JEAN BELLEVUE, GUY LAFLEUR, JAUQUE LEMEIRE, TOE BLAKE, AND SO MANY OF PRO HOCKEY PLAYERS 🏒, WHO MADE THE GREAT GAME OF ICE HOCKEY 🏒 THE TOUGHEST AND BEST SPORT TO HAVE EVER PLAYED! I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, TO TRAIN CANADA AS A HIGHSCHOOL ICE HOCKEY 🏒 PLAYER! I WAS TRAINED TOUGH, AND HAD A VERY STRONG HOCKEY 🏒 BODY AND GREAT CONDITIONING! GODBLESS MY PRO HOCKEY 🏒 HEROES! REST IN PEACE , THE GREAT MAURICE ROCKET RICHARD! HE WAS MY HERO!!🏒🏒🏒🏒🏒🏒💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Tremendous respect for a GREAT player......and I've been a New York Ranger fan since 1965.........Jean Beliveau was the other NOBLE Canadien......bigger than life!!!!
If, by some stretch of ignorance he had no idea how much he was loved and appreciated, I am so glad he had no doubt before he died. Hockey Legend. RIP.
- Final game at the Forum On March 11, 1996, the Canadiens played their last game at the Montreal Forum, defeating the Dallas Stars 4-1 on a Monday night. The game was televised on TSN and TQS in Canada, and on ESPN in the United States. After the game, many previous hockey greats were presented to the crowd. The largest ovation of the night was left at the end for legendary Canadiens star Maurice "Rocket" Richard, at over 16 minutes in length. Wikipedia, 95-96 Canadiens season. You can add the 16 minutes to your list too, hah!
If you ever needed proof no organization can love you like the Habs, here's proof. This is beyond even other O6 teams. Montreal beats them all in terms of passion easily
