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Maurice Richard

#9 · Right wing · Montréal Canadiens · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Aug 4, 1921 in Montréal, Quebec, CAN · 5'10", 170 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×8 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1959-60, 1958-59, 1957-58, 1956-57, 1955-56, 1952-53, 1945-46, 1943-44
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1946-47

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1955-56. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bert Olmstead MTL · 70 P in 70 GP Andy Bathgate NYR · 66 P in 70 GP Tod Sloan TOR · 66 P in 70 GP Gordie Howe DET · 79 P in 70 GP Bernie Geoffrion MTL · 62 P in 59 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601942-43: 11 points1142-431943-44: 54 points541944-45: 73 points7344-451945-46: 49 points491946-47: 71 points7146-471947-48: 53 points531948-49: 38 points3848-491949-50: 65 points651950-51: 66 points6650-511951-52: 44 points441952-53: 61 points6152-531953-54: 67 points671954-55: 74 points7454-551955-56: 71 points711956-57: 62 points6256-571957-58: 34 points341958-59: 38 points3858-591959-60: 35 points35

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1942-43 MTL 16 5 6 11 0 4 0 0 0.69
1943-44 MTL 46 32 22 54 0 45 0 0 1.17
1944-45 MTL 50 50 23 73 0 46 0 0 1.46
1945-46 MTL 50 27 22 49 0 50 0 0 0.98
1946-47 MTL 60 45 26 71 0 69 0 0 1.18
1947-48 MTL 55 28 25 53 0 91 0 0 0.96
1948-49 MTL 59 20 18 38 0 110 0 0 0.64
1949-50 MTL 70 43 22 65 0 114 0 0 0.93
1950-51 MTL 65 42 24 66 0 97 0 0 1.02
1951-52 MTL 48 27 17 44 0 44 0 0 0.92
1952-53 MTL 70 28 33 61 0 112 0 0 0.87
1953-54 MTL 70 37 30 67 0 112 0 0 0.96
1954-55 MTL 67 38 36 74 0 125 0 0 1.10
1955-56 MTL 70 38 33 71 0 89 0 0 1.01
1956-57 MTL 63 33 29 62 0 74 0 0 0.98
1957-58 MTL 28 15 19 34 0 28 0 0 1.21
1958-59 MTL 42 17 21 38 0 27 0 0 0.90
1959-60 MTL 51 19 16 35 18 50 166 0 0.69
18 seasons Career 980 544 422 966 18 1287 166 0 0.99

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1943-44 MTL 9 12 5 17 0 10 0 0 1.89
1944-45 MTL 6 6 2 8 0 10 0 0 1.33
1945-46 MTL 9 7 4 11 0 15 0 0 1.22
1946-47 MTL 10 6 5 11 0 44 0 0 1.10
1948-49 MTL 7 2 1 3 0 14 0 0 0.43
1949-50 MTL 5 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0.40
1950-51 MTL 11 9 4 13 0 13 0 0 1.18
1951-52 MTL 11 4 2 6 0 6 0 0 0.55
1952-53 MTL 12 7 1 8 0 2 0 0 0.67
1953-54 MTL 11 3 0 3 0 22 0 0 0.27
1955-56 MTL 10 5 9 14 0 24 0 0 1.40
1956-57 MTL 10 8 3 11 0 8 0 0 1.10
1957-58 MTL 10 11 4 15 0 10 0 0 1.50
1958-59 MTL 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
1959-60 MTL 8 1 3 4 2 2 18 0 0.50
15 seasons Playoffs 133 82 44 126 2 188 18 0 0.95

1955-56 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 38 33 71 0 89 0 0 1.01 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 18, 1956 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1956 vs NYR W 7-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1956 vs CHI W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1956 @ BOS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1956 vs BOS L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1956 vs TOR W 4-3 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1956 @ DET W 6-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1956 vs CHI W 3-1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1956 @ CHI W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1956 @ TOR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1956 vs DET W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1956 vs NYR W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1956 vs NYR W 9-4 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1956 vs TOR W 8-1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1956 @ BOS W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1956 @ CHI W 3-1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1956 @ TOR T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1956 @ NYR T 3-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1956 vs DET W 2-1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1956 @ DET W 2-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1956 @ DET T 1-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1956 vs BOS W 6-1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1956 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1956 @ CHI W 6-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1956 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1956 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1956 @ TOR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1956 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1956 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1956 @ NYR L 1-6 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1956 vs CHI W 3-1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1956 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1955 vs CHI W 7-3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1955 vs TOR W 5-2 1 2 3 0 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1955 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1955 @ NYR L 1-5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 24, 1955 vs DET W 4-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1955 @ CHI W 7-1 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1955 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1955 vs CHI W 5-0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1955 vs NYR W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1955 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1955 vs DET W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1955 vs TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1955 @ CHI W 5-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1955 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1955 @ BOS W 2-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1955 @ NYR T 3-3 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1955 vs BOS W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1955 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1955 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1955 vs NYR W 6-1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1955 @ TOR W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1955 @ CHI W 2-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1955 vs DET W 3-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1955 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1955 @ BOS T 3-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1955 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1955 vs TOR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1955 @ DET T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1955 vs DET W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1955 vs CHI L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1955 @ TOR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1955 vs CHI W 6-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1955 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1955 @ CHI T 2-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1955 vs NYR W 4-1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1955 @ BOS W 5-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1955 vs BOS W 2-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1955 vs TOR W 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00