Henri Richard

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1979
Henri Richard
Date of birth February 29, 1936
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
date of death March 6, 2020
Place of death Laval , Quebec , Canada
Nickname Pocket Rocket
size 170 cm
Weight 73 kg
position center
number # 16
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1951-1953 Nationals de Montréal
1953-1955 Canadien junior de Montréal
1955-1975 Canadiens de Montréal

Joseph Henri Richard (born February 29, 1936 in Montreal , Québec ; † March 6, 2020 in Laval , Québec) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 1,436 games for the Canadiens de Montréal in the National Hockey League (NHL) has contested on the position of the center . Richard, whose older brother Maurice is also one of the greatest players in NHL history, is the most successful player in NHL history in this category with eleven Stanley Cup victories between 1956 and 1973 . Between 1971 and 1975 he was the 15th team captain in the Habs franchise history .

Career

Richard at an autograph session in 2011

After a good junior career with the Nationals de Montréal and Canadien junior de Montréal , the younger brother of Maurice "The Rocket" Richard came to the Canadiens de Montréal in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 1955/56 season . In reference to his brother, he was quickly nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" .

The team was dominant in the NHL at the time, winning the Stanley Cup five times in a row . In the 1957/58 season he led the NHL with 52 assists. For most years he was among the top ten scorers in the NHL. In the second half of the 1960s, he won the Cup four times with the Canadiens. On the way to the Stanley Cup in 1966 he scored the decisive goal in the last game against the Detroit Red Wings after 2:20 minutes of extra time.

From 1971 he was team captain of his club. He was playing in a row with Claude Larose and Réjean Houle at the time . He has won the Stanley Cup eleven times in his career, more than any other player in the history of the sport.

He always wore the shirt number 16 , which has been blocked by the Habs since 1975 and is no longer awarded. In 1979 he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame . Richard died in March 2020 a few days after his 84th birthday in Laval in his home province of Québec .

Achievements and Awards

NHL records

Career statistics

Richard's jersey at the Hockey Hall of Fame exhibit in Toronto
Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1951/52 Nationals de Montréal LHJQ 49 23 32 55 35 4th 1 0 1 0
1952/53 Nationals de Montréal LHJQ 46 27 36 63 55 7th 4th 5 9 4th
1952/53 Royaux de Montréal LHSQ 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1953/54 Canadien junior de Montréal LHJQ 54 56 53 109 85 7th 6th 7th 13 6th
1954/55 Canadien junior de Montréal LHJQ 44 33 33 66 65 4th 3 1 4th 2
1955/56 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 64 19th 21st 40 46 10 4th 4th 8th 21st
1956/57 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 63 18th 36 54 71 10 2 6th 8th 10
1957/58 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 67 28 52 80 56 10 1 7th 8th 11
1958/59 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 63 21st 30th 51 33 11 3 8th 11 13
1959/60 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 30th 43 73 66 8th 3 9 12 9
1960/61 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 24 44 68 91 6th 2 4th 6th 22nd
1961/62 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 54 21st 29 50 48 - - - - -
1962/63 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 67 23 50 73 57 5 1 1 2 2
1963/64 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 66 14th 39 53 73 7th 1 1 2 9
1964/65 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 53 23 29 52 43 13 7th 4th 11 24
1965/66 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 62 22nd 39 61 47 8th 1 4th 5 2
1966/67 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 65 21st 34 55 28 10 4th 6th 10 2
1967/68 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 54 9 19th 28 16 13 4th 4th 8th 4th
1968/69 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 64 15th 37 52 45 14th 2 4th 6th 8th
1969/70 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 62 16 36 52 61 - - - - -
1970/71 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 75 12 37 49 46 20th 5 7th 12 20th
1971/72 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 75 12 32 44 48 6th 0 3 3 4th
1972/73 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 71 8th 35 43 21st 17th 6th 4th 10 14th
1973/74 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 75 19th 36 55 28 6th 2 2 4th 2
1974/75 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 16 3 10 13 4th 6th 1 2 3 4th
LHJQ total 193 139 154 293 240 22nd 14th 13 27 12
NHL overall 1256 358 688 1046 928 180 49 80 129 181

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Henri Richard  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Richard Goldstein: Henri Richard, Hall of Fame Center for Montreal Canadiens, Dies at 84. Richard played on 11 Stanley Cup-winning teams - five of them with his illustrious brother Maurice - and holds the record for game appearances with the Canadiens . In: New York Times . March 6, 2020, accessed on March 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Richard, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richard, Joseph Henri (full name); Pocket Rocket (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec , Canada
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2020
Place of death Laval , Quebec, Canada