Advent Day 16 - Henri Richard

Fifteen years younger than The Rocket, Maurice Richard's little brother came into the league 12 season's after him - and the name was already legend. The two would play together in Montreal for 5 years (on the same line with Dickie Moore playing the other wing), Henri would play another 15 years (all with the Canadiens). When he retired in 1975 he had won more Stanley Cups than you can count on two hands.

Having to live up to the name and establish himself as an individual star the Pocket-Rocket scored more than a 1000 points during his time in the NHL, nearly 700 of them coming from assists. He actually topped his brother in a number of categories - although Maurice still hold the the Habs record for goals scored. He was tough, outspoken and temperamental but he was also a playmaker and a leader who would eventually take over the captaincy in 1971.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1979, the Canadiens retired his number 16 in 1975. The Stanley Cup bares his name a record 11 times.

An excellent article about Richard can be found at Canada.com here.

The jerseys in the database can be found here.


Between 1955-1960 Henri and Maurice Richard played together in Montreal. It was Henri's first five seasons and Maurice's last. During those 5 seasons the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup every year.