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Morris Richards was one of the greatest hockey players to delight fans of the 18-year-old Montreal Canadiens with elegant goal scores and repeatedly won the Stanley Cup with the legendary club. The striker has left many important records in the rich history of the National Hockey League (NHL): the Canadian was the first hockey player to score 50 goals in a single season, a significant figure in 1944/1945. during the season. He also became the first NHL player to score 500 goals. In addition to these vivid achievements, the name of Richards is associated with one of the biggest fan protests in the history of the league…
To better understand the unrest that took over Canada, it is important to understand that the 1954/1955 In the NHL season, the league was different than it is today – the usual practice was to shoot the opponent with a stick a few times, fights were a regular part of the game, after the match the ice was often decorated with blood stains. At the time, the NHL was represented by six teams: the Red Wings in Detroit, the Rangers in New York, the Maple Leafs in Toronto, the Bruins in Boston, the Blackhawks in Chicago and the Canadiens in Montreal.
At that time, the best hockey player in the league was Rišārs, who regularly scored the opponents’ goal. Cons Smith, who owned the Maple Leafs unit, offered the Montreal administration one million dollars in 1945 (the equivalent of about ten million dollars today) to own the machine.
