Regular Season Stats

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Regular Season Stats

Year	Team	League	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	PIMs
1938-39	Verdun Maple Leafs	Mtl-Jr.	Statistics Unavailable
1939-40	Verdun Senior Maple Leafs	Mtl-Sr.	1	0	0	0	0
1940-41	Montreal Royals	Mtl-Sr.	1	0	1	1	0
1941-42	Montreal Royals	Mtl-Sr.	31	8	9	17	27
1942-43	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	16	5	6	11	4
1943-44	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	46	32	22	54	45
1944-45	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	50	50	23	73	46
1945-46	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	50	27	21	48	50
1946-47	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	60	45	26	71	69
1947-48	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	53	28	25	53	89
1948-49	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	59	20	18	38	110
1949-50	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	70	43	22	65	114
1950-51	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	65	42	24	66	97
1951-52	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	48	27	17	44	44
1952-53	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	70	28	33	61	112
1953-54	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	70	37	30	67	112
1954-55	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	67	38	36	74	125
1955-56	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	70	38	33	71	89
1956-57	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	63	33	29	62	74
1957-58	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	28	15	19	34	28
1958-59	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	42	17	21	38	27
1959-60	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	51	19	16	35	50
NHL TOTALS			978	544	421	965	1285

All Time Scoring Leaders

Regular Season

		Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalty Minutes
1.	Guy Lafleur	961	518	728	1246	399
2.	Jean Béliveau	1125	507	712	1219	1029
3.	Henri Richard	1256	358	688	1046	928
4.	Maurice Richard	978	544	421	965	1285
5.	Larry Robinson	1202	197	686	883	783
6.	Yvan Cournoyer	968	428	435	863	255
7.	Jacques Lemaire	853	366	469	835	217
8.	Steve Shutt	871	408	368	776	410
9.	Bernie Geoffrion	766	371	388	759	689
10.	Elmer Lach	664	215	408	623	478

Playoffs

		Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Penalty Minutes
1.	Jean Béliveau	162	79	97	176	211
2.	Jacques Lemaire	145	61	78	139	63
3.	Larry Robinson	203	25	109	134	211
4.	Guy Lafleur	124	57	76	133	67
5.	Henri Richard	180	49	80	129	181
6.	Yvan Cournoyer	147	64	63	127	47
7.	Maurice Richard	133	82	44	126	188
8.	Bernie Geoffrion	127	56	59	115	88
9.	Steve Shutt	96	50	48	98	65
10.	Dickie Moore	112	38	56	94	122

Quickest Goal Scorers to 500

Player	Date	# of Games
Wayne Gretzky	11/22/86	575
Mario Lemieux	10/26/95	605
Mike Bossy	1/2/86	647
Brett Hull	12/22/96	693
Phil Esposito	12/22/74	803
Jari Kurri	10/17/92	833
Bobby Hull	2/21/70	861
Maurice Richard	10/19/57	863
Marcel Dionne	12/14/82	887
Steve Yzerman	1/17/96	906

Individual Awards

Hart Memorial Trophy - Most valuable player, 1947 playoffs

Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame

The city of Montreal named the « Maurice Richard » arena

Member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

Member of the Quebec Sports Hall of Fame

Listed on the New York Walk of Fame

Member of the Queen Privy Council

The QMJHL's newest franchise named « The Montreal Rocket »

Stanley Cup (8 times)
1943-44	1945-46	1952-53	1955-56	1956-57	1957-58	1958-59	1959-60

First All-Star Team (8 times)
1944-45	1945-46	1946-47	1947-48	1948-49	1949-50	1954-55	1955-56

Second All-Star Team (6 times)
1943-44	1950-51	1951-52	1952-53	1953-54	1956-57

Records:

Most goals in a season	50 in 50 games
Most career goals	544 in 18 seasons
Most career goals including playoffs	626
Most career points including playoffs	1091
Most points in regular season game	8 (5 goals and 3 assists)
Most goals in season for a right winger	50
Longest consecutive goal scoring streak	14 goals in 9 games
Most career hat-tricks	26 in 17 seasons
Most goals in a playoff year	12 goals in 9 games
Most game winning goals in the playoffs	18 in 15 series
Most hat-tricks in playoffs	7 three + goal games
Most playoff games	133
Most goals in playoff game	5 (Canadiens won 5-1)
Most assists in a playoff game	5
Most points in playoff-career	126 (82-44-126) in 133 games
Most goals in playoff-career	82
Most games played in NHL career	978

Highlights:

October 31, 1942	Maurice Richard plays his 1st NHL game with the Canadiens.
November 8, 1942	Maurice Richard scores his 1st NHL goal against Rangers' goaltender Steve Buzinski in a 10-2 Canadiens win at the Forum.
March 23, 1944	Maurice Richard scores five goals and Toe Blake collects five assists as the Canadiens defeat Toronto 5-1 in a Stanley Cup semi-final game.
March 18, 1945	In the last regular season game in Boston, Maurice Richard becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals in 50 games.
In 1952-53	Maurice Richard dominates the Canadiens in goals, assists, points and penalty minutes.
March 16, 1955	Maurice Richard is suspended by NHL President Clarence Campbell for the balance of the season and the playoffs for striking a linesman in a game in Boston.
March 17, 1955	The following day Maurice Richard was suspended, fans attending a game at the Forum show their frustration over Clarence Campbell's decision in what is known as the riot.
April 10, 1956	Maurice Richard scores the game-winning goal as Montreal defeats Detroit 3-1, to capture the Stanley Cup, their 8th Stanley Cup championship and their 6th at the Forum.
October 19, 1957	Maurice « Rocket » Richard becomes the frst NHL player to register 500 career goals when he scores on Chicago's Glenn Hall, at 15:52 of the first period.
April 12, 1960	Maurice Richard scores his 82nd and last career playoff goal in game 3 of the final against Toronto.
April 14,1960	Jean Béliveau scores the game winning goal as the Canadiens shut out Toronto 4-0 to sweep the Stanley Cup final in four straight for a 12th championship (5th consecutive). Maurice Richard plays his last game in the NHL.
September 15, 1960	Maurice Richard announces his retirement.
October 6, 1960	Sweater No. 9 is retired in honour of Maurice Richard.