Henri Richard

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Joseph Henri Richard (born February 29, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. Although 15 years his junior, he was the brother of hockey legend Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard and consequently, because he was smaller at only 5 ft 7 in and 160 lb (73 kg), he was given the nickname 'The Pocket Rocket'[1].

Although the Rocket shot left, Henri shot right. Maurice played his off wing and Henri played centre. Throughout, the two brothers' style of play was quite different. Henri led the league in Assists in 1957-58 and 1962-63, a feat never matched by his famous brother.

Henri won 11 Stanley Cups, which is more than any other player in NHL history. Only one other athlete in North American professional sports has achieved winning eleven championships in his respective league - Bill Russell of the NBA's Boston Celtics.

In 1957-58, he was named to the first All Star team and in 1959 he was named to the second All-Star team.

In his career, he scored 358 goals and earned 688 assists in 1256 games.

He was named captain of the Canadiens in 1971 and always wore 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.

[edit] Career Statistics

                                  Regular Season
Season  Team                    Lge   GP   G   A    Pts  PIM

1955-56 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   64   19  21   40   46
1956-57 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   63   18  36   54   71
1957-58 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   67   28  52   80   56
1958-59 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   63   21  30   51   33
1959-60 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   70   30  43   73   66
1960-61 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   70   24  44   68   91
1961-62 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   54   21  29   50   48
1962-63 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   67   23  50   73   57
1963-64 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   66   14  39   53   73
1964-65 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   53   23  29   52   43
1965-66 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   62   22  39   61   47
1966-67 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   65   21  34   55   28
1967-68 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   54   9   19   28   16
1968-69 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   64   15  37   52   45
1969-70 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   62   16  36   52   61
1970-71 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   75   12  37   49   46
1971-72 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   75   12  32   44   48
1972-73 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   71   8   35   43   21
1973-74 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   75   19  36   55   28
1974-75 Montreal Canadiens      NHL   16   3   10   13   4

                   NHL Totals         1256 358 688  1046 928

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Preceded by:
Jean Béliveau		 Montreal Canadiens Captains
1971 - 75		 Followed by:
Yvan Cournoyer
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