Find all of CBC Sports' Canada 150 stories here. Maurice Richard said many times that, in order to understand the events leading up to the riot of March 17, 1955 that forever bears his name ...

Richard played 978 NHL games, all with the Canadiens, from 1942 through his retirement in 1960, scoring 544 goals -- still ...

Few athletes could fire up fans like Maurice Richard. Name another athlete who had a city riot after he was suspended. In the days when the NHL was a proud six-team league, Maurice Richard led the ...