Remembering Canadiens Legend Henri Richard
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2020
- Following the passing of Montreal legend Henri Richard, Canadiens Insider Eric Engels joined Danielle Michaud to discuss the career and legacy of the 11-time Stanley Cup Champion.
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5'7 and he had over 1,000 points and 11 Cups? Wow...
Rest Easy, Pocket Rocket.
he was tough as nails too!
A player's height means little in this case.
Boston Bruins fan here, RIP Henri Richard, I was so fortunate to watch him play with those power house teams, It was an honor!
You being a Boston Bruins fan and me a Habs fan I don't know if you remember the time with one punch he put down tough man Wayne Cashman. The Bonton Bruins bench got up and could not believe it. Great player and tough guy like his brother Maurice.
@@danielnormand8156 those days were my introduction to hockey, and those canadien teams took so much joy from me, I only have respect for those Monteral players from that time, they were full of grace talent skill and toughness led by Henri Richard, big Frank, brother Peter, yvonne, lemare, Dryden and this list truly goes on and on! good luck the rest of the year and coming years my friend!
Henry Richard was my great great uncle I miss him and I hope he has a great time in a better place, My uncle has a signed card of him passed down from my grandpa, coming from Canada to Boston, my grandpa moved to Kentucky then 2020 my grandpa died so I miss him too if your able to read this, I can’t believe I didn’t even get to see my great great uncle, that means I’m his great great nephew they say the name the way it was supposed to, Caleb Richard signing out
Respect Henri on t’adore Côme joueur tu a marquer l’histoire du canadien
To a fan old enough to remember Richard's last half-dozen years as a player, news of his passing brings back a flood of memories. The most prominent:
His 2 goals in the 3rd period of Game 7 of the 1971 final against Chicago -- mere days after his feud with coach Al MacNeil went public -- capping off an unlikely Stanley Cup triumph.
Henri Richard Night at the Forum in 1974, which I was fortunate enough to attend.
The classy way the Canadiens pushed him into retirement in 1975. He had been reduced to 4th-line centre (with more capable replacements on hand), but wanted to play one more year -- something about intending to make upgrades to his bar. He was asking about $200,000, which the Habs gave him without hesitation -- on condition that he retire.
He stayed in great physical shape well into his 60s -- while becoming one of the best age-group tennis players in Quebec.
Finally, he took defeat harder than any player I have ever seen -- not with stick-breaking, gate-slamming bravado, but a look of utter despair on his face, tight-lipped, steely-eyed (on the verge of tears, when it was playoffs), but still resolutely competitive to the end.
Yes, Richard scored the tying and winning goals in game 7 against Chicago. He called Al MacNeil a bad coach for switching up the line combinations, as I recall. That sealed MacNeil's fate. He was fired after winning a cup and replaced by Scotty Bowman in 1971, who, incidentally, did the same as MacNeil: mixing and matching the lines.
11 Stanley Cups/Major league championships is unheard of. There were 6 teams for his first 7 Stanley cups, then 12 teams for his 8th and 9th; 14 teams for his 10th, and 16 teams for his 11th.
I had the pleasure to be with him and Yonne Courneyea at a golf tourney. i remember telling them how crazy they made me when they beat the Leafs. They liked that a lot. A great player for sure.
I was a Leafs fan growing up but I really admired Henri. He was one of the smartest players I ever saw, especially when playing with-out the puck. The guy always seemed to know where to go.
I agree Bob!
I used To see him at The Montreal Forum Back in the days with my Father super Classy gentlemen what a loss for us montrealers R.I.P.🙏pray for his family
RIP Legend!
From Canada:
I saw you play a lot of good hockey in the 60's and 70's. Even saw you once at the old Montreal forum playing against mrs. hockey.
Here's one record that will never be broken....11 Stanley cups.
R.I.P my friend Henrie
We will see you again.
SO SAD.
Rest easy Pocket Rocket.
1:03 Stanley Cup winning goal in game 7 (1971)
RIP Pocket you are now joining the Rocket in Hockey Heaven....
I don't think most people realize how good the Canadiens were during the stretch of success they enjoyed from '55-'56 and 59-60.
They just didn't have any weaknesses. Probably their best line was Henri at centre, Maurice at right wing and Dickie Moore
at left wing -- and that was their 2nd line! Nobody will ever again reach the pinnacle of success that Henri did -- 11 Stanley
Cup rings. He was the heart of the Canadiens for many seasons. God bless his family.
As I understand it, the great Montreal Canadiens' power play in the 1950's is the reason why the rule was changed whereby a player serving a penalty came out of the box if the other team scored. They were THAT good.
@@jamesanthony5681 yes that is correct! and I am a Leafs fan! LOL
R.I.P.
From an article on nhl.com : "You should know that in the six-team NHL, bench-clearing brawls were the rule rather than the exception. The benches cleared in Boston one night, and there was young Richard in the middle of it, taking on four Bruins, one after the other. He won the first three fights, including one over Jack Bionda, who towered over him. An exhausted Richard fought to a draw in a fourth against Fern Flaman, who was among the NHL's best and most feared fighters."
Jack Bionda was tough too. Bionda was one of the greatest lacrosse players ever!
@@ronbonora7872 Yes, I remember Bionda shining in the Western Lacrosse League in the late '50s. I think he still holds
lifetime records combining his play in Ontario and out West.
@@r.crompton2286 without a doubt!
The NBA had 9 teams in the early 60s, and 14 teams by 1970
RIP Henri Richard
It's odd to have one kid dominate Hockey and 15 years later have another kid to dominate Hockey! That's BAD ASS
but remember the Rocket was much better than Henri. Rocket was at the level of Howe, Gretzky etc....
The Canadiens couldn't go wrong at that time. Henri Richard on one line and Jean Beliveau on another, both Hall of Fame centers.
There were very few games that Henri wasn't bleeding from a head cut. If he wasn't bleeding he wasn't trying hard.
I recall a game that Canadiens should have lost that he seemed to win single handedly in the 3rd period I don't recall if it was a playoff game, be he was the kind of gut that would regularly come out of nowhere to make a difference...
There were 2 games in the 1971 playoffs. Richard triggered the Canadiens' comeback from a 5-1 deficit (they won 7-5) when he stripped Bobby Orr at the Bruins blue line, and scored Montreal's 2nd goal on a resultant breakaway.
In Game 7 of the final against Chicago, he scored the tying and winning goals in the 3rd period.
@@secondguess3128 yes that is correct!
NO ONE WANTED TO WIN MORE than Henri Richard!!
I think that was the same year they came back to win the last 2 games of the Finals against the Black Hawks in Chicago This Black Hawk fan was SICK over that. but giving credit to where it was due
Amazing Man and player. It seemed he was always on the ice when he played. Real shame is he died from Alzheimer's. Please Mr. Bettman, player safety first!!!
He was 84 I don't think concussions had any thing to do with it, he was just old. Besides it's not like Boogaard, Richard played in a completely different era. Concussions were like a bruise on the leg back then
@@tylerlegros1233 I don't think so. The guys back then were very tough. I would have like to Boogaard go up against Gordie Howe! LOL
#16. C
Get some old hockey people to talk about how great he was. These two young ones know nothing about hockey in the 1950 - 1970 era.
Consensus in the late 1950s was that there were 7 superstars in the NHL -- and 6 played for Montreal (Harvey, Béliveau, Geoffrion, Moore and the Richard brothers).
@@secondguess3128 Consensus? No disrespect to Henri Richard who was a very good player, but he was NOT a superstar, and not in the same category as Maurice (at his peak), Jean Beliveau, or Doug Harvey as a player. Gordie Howe is the other obvious player. Those players won scoring titles, MVP's, and Norris trophies (Harvey). And I liked Henri Richard.
@@secondguess3128 also Plante in goal!
@@jamesanthony5681 also players like Bobby Hull and Stan Makita were superstars and better than the pocket rocket!
@Ron Bonora: Quite certain oldtimers weren't including goaltenders in their superstar assessments. In that case, Sawchuk and Hall would also have been in the discussion.
As for Hull and Mikita -- and Mahovlich, for that matter -- they didn't reach superstar status until the 1960s. My reference was to the late '50s.
For what it's worth, Maurice Richard himself said Henri was a better all-round player. He was right -- the Rocket was bigger and better around the net, but Henri was a superior skater, puckhandler, passer and defensive player.
God, 2020 sucks!
haters will say his 11 cups are invalid because there were less teams back then
say that to the 13 cup won by the leafs then, all invalid if u take that bs argument
@@Iloveyou-vz2ov sad cause some people really think that way
hey im a bruins fan and the canadiens would have won 11 cups with 50 teams in the league! I love my Bruins but those Montreal teams were full of class and unbelievable superstars!!!
Many of his cup wins were after the.1St expansion.
Fewer teams.