Maurice the rocket richard was born on auguest 4, 1921 in verdun, quebec, canada. Maurice richard his legacy his impact maurice richard the maurice rocket richard trophy is awarded annually to the nhls leading goalscorer. Maurice richard biographie, photos, statistiques et plus. Maurice richardthe rocket maurice richard\the rocket.
He was the first player in nhl history to score 50 goals in one season, accomplishing the feat in 50 games in 194445. Many sports fans today recognize the nickname the rocket and probably only think of major league pitcher roger clemens. The maurice rocket richard trophy was donated by the montreal canadiens hockey club to the nhl in 1999, to be awarded annually to the goalscoring leader during the regular season. Maurice richard simple english wikipedia, the free. The trophy was granted, forever immortalizing richard. A story about quebecs most famous hockey player, maurice the rocket richard, focusing on the struggles of a french canadian in the national hockey league dominated by anglophones. The rocket played with finesse, speed and fire that made him a legend. The rocket was the most prolific goalscorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals. English, spanish, french, simplified chinese, traditional chinese. Although that was enough to get him into the montreal canadiens, his frequent injuries cost him the confidence of his team and the fans. Beyond the tryline the gentleman driver generation iron. Students will improve interpretive, interpersonal and presentational skills by.
He played for 18 years 19421960 in the national hockey league nhl, totaling 544 goals and 421 assistants 965 points, in 978 regular season games played. The maurice richard story was released in april 2006. Maurice richard collection up for bids at classic auctions. With roy dupuis, stephen mchattie, julie lebreton, philip craig. Maurice richard is a canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the national hockey league nhl for the montreal canadiens. The scare moved the canadiens outgoing president ronald corey, who grew up idolizing the rocket, to push for the creation of the maurice richard trophy for the leagues top goalscorer. This movie, mostly in french with english subtitles in its quebec. The french version of a feature film, maurice richard was released in november 2005. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles.
Subtitles is a very simple app that will find subtitles for your movies. The maurice rocket richard story tv series the movie. Maurice richard biography, pictures and stats hockey fans. This film explores the controversial role of ice hockey enforcers, as well as the. The hockey hall of fame waived the usual threeyear waiting period and immediately inducted richard in 1961. His goals scored were the most in nhl history until gordie howe scored his 545th in the early 1960s. Andy pauquette and brian lemert, bills city grill, fort wayne, indiana, 5122009.
The story of hockey great the rocket richard, whose tireless fight on and off the ice ignited and forever changed a generation. Maurice richard the rocket national canadian film day. The rocket, the man, the legend 1998 starring maurice richard on dvd and bluray. The rocket maurice richard original french version with. Download maurice richard aka the rocket english download subtitles. Total number of members who have this title in their. Maurice the rocket richard, one of the greatest scorers in nhl history, died saturday of respiratory failure after a long battle with abdominal cancer. It isnt until richard, a man of few words, begins to speak his mind about the. He was the first player in nhl history to score 50 goals in one season, accomplishing the feat in 50 games in 194445, and the first to reach 500 career goals. The rocket traces the meteoric rise of hockey legend maurice richard dupuis, from his humble beginnings as a montreal machinist during the depression to star of the canadiens and the greatest scorer in hockey but this is much more than a sports movie. Richard himself had led the league in goals five times. The rocket set the standard for excellence in finishing.
From the rocket to the hockey sweater tutorial sophia. Maurice richard carte card hockey canadiens rare trophee postcard. Workingclass quebecois hockey player maurice richard roy dupuis becomes a hero to french canadians as he stars for the famous montreal canadiens in. It features appearances by national hockey league players mike ricci, sean avery, vincent lecavalier, philippe. Our life with the rocket is also meticulously researched. One of the few french players in an english league, richard has a chip on his shoulder and suffers subtle racial discrimination at the hands of the owner and other players. Richard came through the montreal canadiens system and broke into the nhl in the 194243 season. Although i never got to see him play, maurice richards name is of course synomanous to hockey, i also like the movie that was made about him, i have seen tons of films and interviews, and got to see him play live as a ref, with the montreal canadien oldtimers, i took my.
Carriers description of how the forum fans shouted fake. Workingclass quebecois hockey player maurice richard roy dupuis becomes a hero to french canadians as he stars for the famous montreal canadiens in the 1940s and 50s. Why canada will always be a hockey country sportsnet. Une histoire culturelle to me i was about to deliver a paper on ice hockey in canadian culture. Maurice richard 1718 leaf in the game used vintage. August 4, 1921 may 27, 2000 was a canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18. View notes maurice richardthe rocket from pol 128 at ryerson university. However, long before clemens was the rocket from montreal. Maurice rocket richard 19212000 was a canadian professional ice hockey player. In the late 1930s, a young machinist named maurice richard distinguished himself as a ice hockey player of preternatural talent. Hockeyreference utilizes official nhl data for current nhl seasons. Roy dupuis as maurice richard with director charles biname for the dvd. Maurice richards number 9 was retired and raised to the forums rafters on october 6, 1961. Richard, maurice baptized josephhenrimaurice, known as the rocket, professional hockey player, machinist, and shopkeeper.
Originally published in quebec in 2006, the rocket is being released in english this year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the formation of the montreal canadiens. In the face of these doubts, richard eventually shows the kind of aggressive and skillful play that would make him one of the greatest players of all time as the rocket. Since 1999, the nhl has awarded the maurice richard trophy to the leagues leading goal scorer during the regular season. Biography richard, maurice, known as the rocket volume. The rocket french with english subtitles version francaise at a low price. It was donated to the nhl by the montreal canadiens hockey club in 199899. Bobby orr and mario lemieux, the rocket and well, it gets contentious after that. This biodrama centers around quebecs most famous hockey player, maurice the rocket richard, and focuses on the famous 1955 riot in the forum. Featured in the november 9 issue of macleans magazine was an excerpt from canada on ice, 50 years of hockey, written by sidney katz, entitled the richard riot. What are some examples of racism in the movie the rocket. Feature film life of maurice richard, all time famous hockey player. Region 1 us and canada this dvd will probably not be viewable in other countries. After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality. In 1996 at the closing of the montreal forum, a tearful rocket received the longest standing ovation in.
The movie mostly depicts the apalling racism richard had to overcome on his way to his legendary 50 goals in 50 games record. The maurice richard story is a frenchcanadian biopic about the ice hockey player maurice the rocket richard. Maurice the rocket richard, focusing on the struggles of a french canadian in the national hockey league dominated by anglophones. All you need to do is right click on the movie file, choose a language from the selection and you guessed it just click. Although i never saw a game in which he played, rocket richard is my favourite player of all time. But as injuries and bad pr pile up, can hockeys ice guardians survive.