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Maurice Richard was born
Maurice Richard was born on august 4th 1921. -
Maurice began playing hockey
When Maurice Richard was at the age of four, he began playing hockey on an outdoor rink in his backyard made by his father. -
Maurice as a teen
As a teen Maurice Richard excelled at baseball and boxing. He also tried to play hockey as much as he could; he would play once, sometimes twice a night which kept him very buisy. -
Maurice's job
At 16, Maurice dropped out of school and worked with his father as a machinist and that was really the only income that he made. -
rejected from the military
This is the first out of three times that maurice gets rejected from joining the military. This is because X-rays showed that his ankle and femur as well as his wrists had broken and had not healed properly. -
Maurice gets married
Maurice married the woman he loved named Lucille even though her father didn't agree on the marrage. At this time Maurice was playing hockey for the Paquette Club in the Park Lafontaine Juvenile League -
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The Stanley cup
Maurice won the Stanley cup eight times for Montreal. He was the captain during four straight Stanley cup wins from 1957–1960. -
Injury
Maurice broke his ankle during a hockey game in his rookie year. Many thought that this would end his career. -
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setting a record
Maurice became the first player to score 50 goals in a single season. He scored all of these goals in 50 games averaging a goal a game. -
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All-star apperances
Maurice played in many all-star games. He was elected eight times to the first all-star team and six times to the second all-star team, and played in every National Hockey League All-Star Game from 1947 to 1959. -
The hart trophy
Maurice won the Hart Trophy for most valuable player. -
ending of his carrer
Maurice finished his career with 544 goals in the regular season, with 82 in the playoffs which included a record six overtime winners (passed only by Joe Sakic who has eight), and led the league in goals five times. In total he finished with 965 points. -
The hockey hall of fame
Maurice was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961, the customary three-year waiting period being waived in his honour. -
Sports hall of fame
In 1975 Maurice was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame which shows just how good maurice really was. -
maurice's wife dies
Maurice sufferes the sad moment of his beloved wife passing away. -
The Maurice Richard trophy
The NHL awarded the Maurice Richard Trophy to the league’s leading goal scorer during the regular season. -
The death of Maurice Richard
Maurice Richard died at the age of 78 by slipping into a deep coma over night and later had respitory failure after a long battle with abdominal cancer
