History of Maurice "Rocket" Richard as a Hockey Player

Maurice Richard was a huge inpiration to Montreal Hockey fans, and was on e of the greatest hockey players in the NHL at the time (Ramos, & Gosine, 2002). He began his Hockey career with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1940s and played for 18 hockey seasons. In those seasons he achieved League High scorer and managed to score 50 goals in a 50 game season (Ramos, & Gosine, 2002). By the time he Retired in 1960 he had led the Montreal Canadiens to 8 Stanley Cup Championships, had socred 544 regular season goals, and 82 in playoffs. His outstanding accomplishments forever made him a hockey hero to the francophone commuinity.