Henri Richard

Joseph Henri Richard (born February 29, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec, died March 6, 2020 in Laval, Quebec) is a former professional player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. Although 15 years younger, he was the brother of hockey legend Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard and consequently, because he was smaller at 5 ft 7 in and 160 lb (73 kg), he was given the nickname The Pocket-Rocket. His younger brother, Claude, who also played hockey but not with the Canadiens, was given the nickname Vest Pocket Rocket.
==Playing Career==
He joined the Canadiens in 1955-56 and was with the team as it won five straight Stanley Cups. Henri usually played on a line with his brother and Dickie Moore.
Henri led the league in assists in 1957–58 and 1962–63, a feat never matched by his famous brother.
He was named to the First All Star team in 1958 and he was named to the Second All-Star team in 1959, 1961, and 1963.
Henri won 11 Stanley Cups, which is more than any other player in all of NHL history as a player (teammate Jean Béliveau has 17 Stanley Cup titles, but only 10 of them were earned as a player; the other 7 were as an executive). Only one other athlete in North American professional sports has achieved winning eleven championships in his respective league -Bill Russell of the National Basketball Association Boston Celtics.
Despite all these accomplishments, Henri was mostly overshadowed on the Canadiens by players such as his brother, Jean Beliveau, and Bernie Geoffrion. This was unfair, since Henri was a real leader on the team and was one of the best centres of his time. He scored two Stanley Cup winning goals - in 1966 and 1971.
In his career, he scored 358 goals and earned 688 assists in 1256 games.
He was named captain of the Canadiens in 1971 after Jean Beliveau retired. He always wore the number 16 which was retired December 10, 1975 by the Canadiens in his honour. Henri retired in 1975 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979. In 1998, he was ranked number 29 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. He currently serves as an ambassador in the Canadiens' organization.
==Career Statistics==
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*Stanley Cup Champions
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1952–53 	Montreal Royals 	QSHL 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1952–53 	Montreal Junior Canadiens	QJHL 	 	46 	27 	36 	63 	55 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1953–54 	Montreal Junior Canadiens	QJHL 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1954–55 	Montreal Junior Canadiens	QJHL 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1955–56* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	64 	19 	21 	40 	46 	 	10 	4 	4 	8 	21
1956–57* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	63 	18 	36 	54 	71 	 	10 	2 	6 	8 	10
1957–58* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	67 	28 	52 	80 	56 	 	10 	1 	7 	8 	11
1958–59* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	63 	21 	30 	51 	33 	 	11 	3 	8 	11 	13
1959–60* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	70 	30 	43 	73 	66 	 	8 	3 	9 	12 	9
1960–61 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	70 	24 	44 	68 	91 	 	6 	2 	4 	6 	22
1961–62 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	54 	21 	29 	50 	48 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1962–63 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	67 	23 	50 	73 	57 	 	5 	1 	1 	2 	2
1963–64 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	66 	14 	39 	53 	73 	 	7 	1 	1 	2 	9
1964–65* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	53 	23 	29 	52 	43 	 	13 	7 	4 	11 	24
1965–66* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	62 	22 	39 	61 	47 	 	8 	1 	4 	5 	2
1966–67 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	65 	21 	34 	55 	28 	 	10 	4 	6 	10 	2
1967–68* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	54 	9 	19 	28 	16 	 	13 	4 	4 	8 	4
1968–69* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	64 	15 	37 	52 	45 	 	14 	2 	4 	6 	8
1969–70 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	62 	16 	36 	52 	61 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
1970–71* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	75 	12 	37 	49 	46 	 	20 	5 	7 	12 	20
1971–72 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	75 	12 	32 	44 	48 	 	6 	0 	3 	3 	4
1972–73* 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	71 	8 	35 	43 	21 	 	17 	6 	4 	10 	14
1973–74 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	75 	19 	36 	55 	28 	 	6 	2 	2 	4 	2
1974–75 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 	 	16 	3 	10 	13 	4 	 	6 	1 	2 	3 	4
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	1256 	358 	688 	1046 	928 	 	180 	49 	80 	129 	181
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Gallery==
1951HenriRichard.jpg|With the junior Montreal Nationale in 1951.
1966-67-Parent_Schock_Richard_Doak.jpg|Bernie Parent, Ron Schock, Henri Richard, Gary Doak in 1966-67 season action.
29Nov1969-Wilkins_Richard_Stanfield_Johnston_Orr.jpg|Barry Wilkins, Henri Richard, Fred Stanfield, Eddie Johnston, Bobby Orr, November 29, 1969.
==Video==
Over ten minutes of silent clips from the 1964-65 season featuring Reg Fleming. The Bruins-Rangers game on December 5, 1964, in which a goal by #12 Wayne Maxner is shown, on #23 Marcel Paille. Next, the Bruins-Black Hawks game on December 10, 1964. Lastly, the Bruins-Canadiens game on December 13, 1964 in which Fleming fights with Henri Richard.
Reggie Fleming Boston Bruins Vintage Footage 1964-66
Preceded by:Jean Béliveau	Montreal Canadiens Captains1971 - 75	Followed by:Yvan Cournoyer
Category:Born in 1936
Category:Bill Masterton Trophy winners
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Hockey Hall of Fame
Category:Montreal Canadiens players
Category:Montreal Junior Canadiens alumni
Category:National Hockey League players with retired numbers
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:NHL All-Stars
Category:Retired in 1975
Category:Montreal Royals players
Category:Dead in 2020