the Rocket was made a figurehead, even a pawn, against his wishes, forever claiming, “I’m just a hockey player.” But to francophones who craved a standard-bearer, Richard was much more than ...

Longtime NHL star Ilya Kovalchuk has announced his retirement from hockey, Hockey News Hub on ... at his most productive there. He won the Rocket Richard Trophy as the league's leading goal ...

Hockey's greatest player at that time was Richard ... "I have often seen Rocket Richard fill the Forum," said Dick Irvin, Jr., later the legendary Montreal play-by-play and colour man, and ...

When the Edmonton Oilers host the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday ... On the 80th anniversary, to the day, of Rocket Richard becoming the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season ...

In the late 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice Richard distinguished himself as a ice hockey player of ... him one of the greatest players of all time as "The Rocket." However for all his ...

No National Hockey League player had the best scoring ... 69 goals were enough for the Maple Leafs superstar to win the Rocket Richard Trophy. We kid. It was never in doubt for Matthews, certainly ...