Nearly three decades after he retired from hockey, I was introduced to Maurice "The Rocket" Richard when our school librarian read us Roch Carrier's The Hockey Sweater. A picture book set in late ...

It’s quite the irony that it took someone who isn’t even a hockey fan to make an incredibly revealing movie about Maurice ...

Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories remembering some of Canada's top sports heroes and moments as the country marks its 150th birthday in 2017. Find all of CBC Sports' Canada 150 ...

The front page of the March 19, 1955 Montreal Gazette, Maurice Richard and Mayor Jean Drapeau asking for calm for that night’s Forum game against the New York Rangers. Hockey historian Stan ...