Maurice Richard

E20742

human ice hockey player right winger

Maurice Richard was a legendary Canadian ice hockey player for the Montreal Canadiens, renowned as one of the sport’s greatest goal scorers and the first to score 50 goals in 50 games.

Aliases (1)

Maurice "Rocket" Richard ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → ice hockey player → right winger →
assists	421 NHL regular-season assists →
awardReceived	Hart Memorial Trophy → Lou Marsh Trophy →
burialPlace	Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal →
captaincyEnd	1960 →
captaincyStart	1956 →
causeOfDeath	abdominal cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada →
dateOfBirth	1921-08-04 →
dateOfDeath	2000-05-27 →
endTime	NHL career 1960 →
ethnicGroup	French Canadian →
firstToAchieve	50 goals in 50 games in an NHL season →
fullName	Joseph Henri Maurice Richard →
gamesPlayed	978 NHL regular-season games →
goalsScored	544 NHL regular-season goals →
hasHonor	number 9 retired by Montreal Canadiens → statue outside Bell Centre in Montreal →
inductedInto	Hockey Hall of Fame →
inductionYear	1961 →
influenced	Quebec nationalism and cultural identity →
jerseyNumber	9 →
league	National Hockey League →
MauriceRocketRichardTrophyEstablished	1998–99 NHL season →
memberOf	Hockey Hall of Fame →
namesakeOf	Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy →
nickname	Rocket →
notableEvent	Richard Riot of 1955 in Montreal →
numberOfChildren	7 →
placeOfBirth	Montreal, Quebec, Canada →
placeOfDeath	Montreal, Quebec, Canada →
playedFor	Montreal Canadiens →
points	965 NHL regular-season points →
positionPlayed	right wing →
represented	Canada national ice hockey team →
residence	Montreal, Quebec, Canada →
seasonOf50In50	1944–45 NHL season →
shoots	right →
sport	ice hockey →
spouse	Lucille Norchet →
StanleyCupWins	8 →
startTime	NHL career 1942 →
subjectOf	film "The Rocket" (2005) →
teamCaptainOf	Montreal Canadiens →
wonChampionshipWith	Montreal Canadiens →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy → Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy ("Maurice "Rocket" Richard") →	namedAfter
1946–47 NHL season → Montreal Canadiens →	notablePlayer
Les Habitants →	associatedWithNotablePlayer
Hockey Hall of Fame →	hasNotableInductee
1946–47 NHL season →	mostValuablePlayer
1946–47 NHL season →	topScorer