Richard played 978 NHL games, all with the Canadiens, from 1942 through his retirement in 1960, scoring 544 goals -- still ...

Joseph Henri Maurice Richard was born on Aug ... winning goal as the crowd gave him a four-minute standing ovation. Individually, Richard continued to dominate. He broke Nels Stewart's NHL ...

Find all of CBC Sports' Canada 150 stories here. Maurice Richard said many times that, in order to understand the events leading up to the riot of March 17, 1955 that forever bears his name ...