The arrival of Henri, to me, was one of the two biggest reason the Habs were finally beat the Red Wings and start their dynasty. His arrival enabled the Habs to create two great scoring lines. All of them are in the Hockey HOF. The other thing was the guy who put those lines together, Toe Blake.
I wrote this poem when Henri Richard was 32 years old...... (remember he is a leap year baby) He's 8 years old and yet so bold He's a Canadien's centre Small and light He still can fight ....the big and heavy players His stick handling skills will give you thrills Once near the opposing goal While his shots aren't hard He'll shoot when you're off guard And score the important goal His name Why.... Henri Richard The pocket rocket Brother of Maurice Montreal's Rocket
Great trivia question: What NHL player won the most Stanley Cups WITHOUT being a Montreal Canadien. Scroll down for answer… Leonard “Red” Kelly won 8 Stanley Cups not with Montreal. He won 4 Cups with Detroit (1950, 52, 54, 55) and 4 more with Toronto (1962, 63, 64, 67).
Just FYI, the Habs missed the playoffs after the start of the nhl and before 1970 the following seasons: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1936, 1940, & 1948. Otherwise, great video. 👍🏻
People say Wayne Gretzky (4 Stanley Cups) is the greatest of all time. He may have been the greatest in his time but there are better hockey players than Gretzky such as Henri Richard (11 Stanley Cups). The Pocket Rocket. I think even Grant Fuhr (5 Stanley Cups), was better. Nothing against Gretzky but I don't consider him the greatest of all time.
Wayne won 4 Cups with Messier, but that was all. Messier won 2 more Cups without Gretzky. Does that mean Messier > Gretzky? Maybe not, but it’s easy to see that Messier was definitely a force and a champion.
I met him in a tavern in Montreal in the 70's when I was a kid. Felt like I was meeting hockey royalty.
Thats amazing!
The arrival of Henri, to me, was one of the two biggest reason the Habs were finally beat the Red Wings and start their dynasty. His arrival enabled the Habs to create two great scoring lines. All of them are in the Hockey HOF. The other thing was the guy who put those lines together, Toe Blake.
The Pocket Rocket was a great player and could handle the fisticuffs quite well. Definitely a guy you want on your team.
Mae West to Henri Richard (in heaven): Is that a pocket rocket in your pocket or are you happy to see me!
That record will definitely never be broken.
Agreed!
Some players don't even play 11 years
Awesome video brother. I love your channel.
I hope you keep making a ton of of these old videos.
Thanks again for sharing.
Appreciate it! And i got plenty of videos ready to do hockey history is a endless subject!
@ that’s awesome. Thank you brother.
I wrote this poem when Henri Richard was 32 years old......
(remember he is a leap year baby)
He's 8 years old and yet so bold
He's a Canadien's centre
Small and light
He still can fight ....the big and heavy players
His stick handling skills will give you thrills
Once near the opposing goal
While his shots aren't hard
He'll shoot when you're off guard
And score the important goal
His name
Why....
Henri Richard
The pocket rocket
Brother of Maurice
Montreal's Rocket
That's awesome!
Great trivia question: What NHL player won the most Stanley Cups WITHOUT being a Montreal Canadien.
Scroll down for answer…
Leonard “Red” Kelly won 8 Stanley Cups not with Montreal. He won 4 Cups with Detroit (1950, 52, 54, 55) and 4 more with Toronto (1962, 63, 64, 67).
Thats a cool facts did not know that
People say the 11 cups of henri Richard, will never be broken true ,but, the 8 cups red Kelly has will never be broken either.
The three players with the most championships played together: Henri Richard, Jean Beliveau, and Yvon Cournoyer.
Holy cow, this is so incredible.
Just FYI, the Habs missed the playoffs after the start of the nhl and before 1970 the following seasons: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1936, 1940, & 1948.
Otherwise, great video. 👍🏻
Okay good to know!
Henri Richard n'était que le "pocket rocket" alors imaginons un instant si il avait été le rocket = WOW
When he retired they went
On a four cup run. Not 5
My bad
Right place, right time
Got that right
The one & only player that can claim to have a p ring
People say Wayne Gretzky (4 Stanley Cups) is the greatest of all time. He may have been the greatest in his time but there are better hockey players than Gretzky such as Henri Richard (11 Stanley Cups). The Pocket Rocket. I think even Grant Fuhr (5 Stanley Cups), was better. Nothing against Gretzky but I don't consider him the greatest of all time.
Wayne won 4 Cups with Messier, but that was all. Messier won 2 more Cups without Gretzky. Does that mean Messier > Gretzky? Maybe not, but it’s easy to see that Messier was definitely a force and a champion.
so, he won them all by himself ?
Obviously not its a team game
6 teams in the league. Canadiens got the best players
forsure!
Possibly ever 😂 easy now
What did i say? Lol