Editing Maurice Richard (section)

==Legacy==
Numerous honours were bestowed upon Richard throughout and following his career: the [[Canadian Press]] named him its [[Lionel Conacher Award|male athlete of the year]] on three occasions,<ref name="ConacherAward" /> and in 1957, Richard won the [[Lou Marsh Trophy]] as Canada's athlete of the year.<ref name="LouMarshTrophy" /> The Canadiens [[List of NHL retired numbers|retired]] his sweater number 9 in 1960,<ref name="Cameron158" /> while the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] waived its five-year waiting period after retirement and inducted him in 1961.<ref name="PodnieksPlayers723" /> That same year, the 5,000-seat [[Maurice Richard Arena]] was built and named in his honour.<ref>{{citation |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AY4tAAAAIBAJ&pg=5901,1447907 |title=Sunday opening Richard arena |work=The Gazette|location=Montreal |date=December 7, 1961 |access-date=August 3, 2016 |page=32}}</ref>

Upon the creation of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1967, Richard was named one of the inaugural members<ref>{{citation |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19671225&id=xghPAAAAIBAJ&pg=7157,3137738 |title=Canada honors its own after long hesitation |work=Toledo Blade |date=December 25, 1967 |access-date=April 2, 2014 |page=11}}</ref> and, in 1998, was elevated to the rank of Companion of the Order of Canada.<ref name="WalkofFame">{{citation |url=http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/1999/maurice-richard |title=Maurice Richard |publisher=Canada's Walk of Fame |access-date=April 2, 2014}}</ref> [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] honoured him in 1975,<ref name="CSHOF">{{citation |url=http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=381&catID=all&lang=EN |title=Honoured member – Maurice Richard |publisher=Canada's Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=April 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407150403/http://www.sportshall.ca/stories.html?proID=381&catID=all&lang=EN |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Richard was given a star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]] in 1999.<ref name="WalkofFame" /> He was appointed to the [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada]] in 1992.<ref name="Dictionary-Canadian-Biographies"/>

[[File:Monument Maurice Richard Gatineau (40010551175).jpg|thumb|The monument to Richard outside Jacques Cartier Park in [[Gatineau, Quebec]]|alt=A bronze statue of Richard in full uniform and a skating pose]]
While he was a popular player throughout Canada, Richard was an icon within Quebec.<ref name="LOHBio" /> Author [[Roch Carrier]] explained the passion Richard elicited from the fans in his 1979 Canadian-classic short story ''[[The Hockey Sweater]]''.<ref name="THNSweater">{{citation |last=Campbell |first=Ken |title=The Greatest Jerseys of All Time |work=The Hockey News |year=2010 |page=38 |issn=0018-3016}}</ref> Carrier wrote of how he and his friends all emulated Richard's style and mannerisms: "we were five Maurice Richards against five other Maurice Richards, throwing themselves on the puck. We were ten players all wearing the uniform of the Montreal Canadiens, all with the same burning enthusiasm. We all wore the famous number&nbsp;9 on our backs."<ref>{{citation |last=Tarasoff |first=Tamara |url=http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cpm/catalog/cat2208e.shtml |title=Roch Carrier and The Hockey Sweater |publisher=Canadian Museum of Civilization |access-date=January 1, 2013}}</ref> The story's publication, and subsequent adaptation into a [[National Film Board of Canada|National Film Board]] animated short helped entrench Richard's image as a pan-Canadian icon.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/hockey/the-spirit-of-hockey/the-hockey-sweater.html |title=The Hockey Sweater |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=January 3, 2013}}</ref> Richard's popularity persisted late into his life: when introduced as part of the ceremonies following the final hockey game at the Montreal Forum, Richard was brought to tears by Canadiens' fans, who acknowledged him with an 11-minute standing ovation.<ref>{{citation |last=Brodie |first=Rob |url=http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyRocketRichard/jun3_for.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140403041036/http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyRocketRichard/jun3_for.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 3, 2014 |title=Forum for a true icon |work=Ottawa Sun |date=June 3, 2000 |access-date=April 2, 2014 }}</ref> Upon his death, the province of Quebec honoured Richard with a [[State funerals in Canada|state funeral]], a first in Quebec for a non-politician. Over 115,000 people paid their respects by viewing his lying in state at the [[Molson Centre]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/hockey/the-legendary-9-maurice-rocket-richard/a-heros-funeral.html |title=A hero's funeral for Maurice Richard |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=April 2, 2014}}</ref>

The Richard Riot has achieved a mythical place in Canadian folklore.<ref>{{harvnb|Melançon|2009|pp=186–187}}</ref> The riot is commonly viewed as a violent manifestation of the discontent Francophones within Quebec held with their place in largely Anglophone Canada, and some historians consider the riot to be a precursor to the 1960s [[Quiet Revolution]].<ref name="Pincus86" /> In its 40th anniversary retrospective of the Riot, Montreal newspaper ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'' opened with the following passage: "Forty years ago began one of the most dramatic episodes in the history of Quebec, and of hockey."<ref>{{harvnb|Melançon|2009|p=114}}</ref> Richard himself publicly dismissed his role as a catalyst for cultural or political change.<ref>{{harvnb|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|1975|loc=starting at 12:47}}</ref> In a 1975 interview, he said he played with "English boys" and was largely unaware of the situation in French Quebec at the time.<ref>{{harvnb|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|1975|loc=starting at 5:51}}</ref>

In an article published four days after the riot, journalist [[André Laurendeau]] was the first to suggest that it was a sign of growing [[Québec nationalism|nationalism in Quebec]]. Laurendeau suggested the riot "betrayed what lay behind the apparent indifference and long-held passiveness of French Canadians".<ref name=laurendeau>{{citation |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/histoire/90ans/90_richa.htm |work=Le Devoir |title=On a tué mon frère Richard |first=André |last=Laurendeau |page=4 |date=March 21, 1955 |language=fr}}</ref> In contrast, in his book ''The Rocket: A Cultural History of Maurice Richard'', Benoît Melançon disputes the importance of the riot, stating its perceived importance in history grew retroactively with Richard's myth.<ref>{{harvnb|Melançon|2009|p=115}}</ref> Melançon wrote: "According to this popular narrative, for the first time the people of Quebec stood up for themselves; especially English Canada delights in anachronistically announcing that this was the beginning of the 1960s Quiet Revolution."<ref name="BlakeReview">{{citation |last=Blake |first=Jason |url=http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24872 |title=Two Hockey Solitudes in the Rocket: A Cultural History of Maurice Richard |publisher=Humanities & Social Sciences Online |date=August 2009|access-date=April 2, 2014}}</ref>

Richard is the subject of the 2005 biopic ''[[The Rocket (2005 film)|The Rocket]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Field|first=Russell|date=Spring 2014|title=Representing 'The Rocket': The Filmic Use of Maurice Richard in Canadian History|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.5406/jsporthistory.41.1.15.pdf|journal=Journal of Sport History|volume=41|issue=1|page=17|doi=10.5406/jsporthistory.41.1.15 |jstor=10.5406/jsporthistory.41.1.15|s2cid=190051314 }}</ref> and the 2025 documentary film ''[[Maurice (2025 film)|Maurice]]''.<ref>Justine Smith, [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/maurice-is-an-intimate-look-at-quebec-s-biggest-hockey-hero-1.7471905 "Maurice is an intimate look at Quebec's biggest hockey hero"]. [[CBC Arts]], February 28, 2025.</ref>