With the news that Sidney Crosby has resumed full contact practices, we decided to search for an equally inspiring “This Day”. It was a tough process but we think we did find something in our inbox that would be considered satisfactory. Today we say hello to the debut of one, Henri Richard. All he did was win 11 Stanley Cups with Montreal. However, here is today’s moment with a bit of video to make the readers salivate more.
October 13, 1955
Montreal announced that Henri Richard had been signed to a two-year contract with the team. Two days later, he scored his first goal in his NHL debut against the Rangers, and went on to win Stanley Cups in each of his first five NHL seasons.