| Maurice Richard | ATD | Actual 7 VsX | Source |
| Deking | 94 | 94 | Originally Posted by Ultimate Hockey: ''The Rocket'' was an excellent stick handler and ... his tricky dekes attracted a lot of holdings, tripping and slashing from checkers. |
| Hand-Eye | | | Hand eye: Higher hand eye means better deflections, puck pick ups and helps with dekes. |
| Passing | | | Assist finishes (6th, 7th, 9th, 10th). Playoff assist finishes (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 10th, 10th) |
| Puck Control | | | Could often be seen carrying a player on his back on breakaways. |
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| Wrist Shot Accuracy | 96 | 96 | Originally Posted by Ultimate Hockey: He had an amazingly accurate shot and could score from just about any angle. From 10 feet inside the opposition blue-line, he was the most deadly assassin of all-time. Five time NHL Goal Scoring Leader (1945, '47, '50, '54 & '55) third most of any player. Only shots stats came in his last year (166 shots in 51 games, 19 goals on 11.45% shooting percentage). buttonhook move out of the RW circle/corner |
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| Balance | | | Could often be seen carrying a player on his back on breakaways. |
| Endurance | | | In a playoff game, the Bruins Leo Labine knocked Richard unconscious and doctors said he was done for the series. Richard refused to be hospitalized and returned to the game as the teams battled. Rocket Richard scored the game winning goal. |
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| Discipline | | | PIM finishes (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 8th). Richard didn’t go out of his way to look for trouble and rarely took issue with men who played a tough but clean checking game. Those who chose more brutal tactics soon found out that Richard was willing to retaliate in kind, more than able to handle himself in the heavy going. |
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| Poise | 99 | 99 | Originally Posted by Ultimate Hockey: "Richard was often at his best in the most important games. His record 6 playoff overtime goals wasn't broken until 2006, despite the fact that teams only needed to win 2 playoff rounds to win the Cup in Richard's era." Toe Blake: "He was the greatest scorer under pressure that I've ever seen." Retro Conn Smythes in 1951 and 1958. 82 career playoff goals (8th all-time, 1st among pre-expansion players). 0.617 playoff goals per game (5th All-time, 1st among pre-expansion players. Bobby Hull is 2nd among pre-expansion players with 0.521). Led the playoffs in scoring twice (also finished 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 5th, 6th). Led the playoffs in goals 5 times (also finished (2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 10th). Playoff assist finishes (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th, 10th, 10th) |
| Def. Awareness | | C | Originally Posted by Jim Coleman, 1979: His defensive ability has been unjustly overlooked by hockey historians. The left wingers who played against him, seldom scored goals. See also game 5, 1960 finals. Michael Ullmer (Canadiens Captains): "While a middling defensive player, Richard was far more diligent than the procession of superstars - Hull, Gretzky, Lemieux - who followed him and Irvin used him in defensive situations. On a turnover, he always headed back first to his own zone and once there he picked up his man. The Canadiens kept track in 1950-51; while Richard scored 43 goals, his check scored 11 times. Still, Richard rationed his strength for offense. He was, Jean Beliveau wrote, "a highly-tuned, specialized hockey instrument, not a well-balanced, all-around player."" HOWEVER (also Beliveau): "Every star has his critics and Maurice was not immune. It was said that he was a lousy backchecker, that he had little interest in the defensive game and that this shortcoming drove his coaches to distraction. It was baloney of course." Canadiens1958: "Based on your rankings Maurice Richard would be at least high average." |
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| Aggressiveness: higher=PIMs but also goalie will play deep on shots | | | |
| Body Checking | | | Michael Ullmer: "He initiated bodychecks very infrequently. "I have found it usually shakes me up as much as the fellow I have checked," Richard wrote." |
| Durability | | | 14 straight years as an All-Star. 13 Stanley Cup finals. |
| Fighting Skill | | | Richard didn’t go out of his way to look for trouble and rarely took issue with men who played a tough but clean checking game. Those who chose more brutal tactics soon found out that Richard was willing to retaliate in kind, more than able to handle himself in the heavy going. |
| Strength | | | Rocket Richard did everything by instinct and brute strength. Between the blue line and the adversary's goal, he was the most determined, the strongest, more powerful, no more stoppable than Niagara Falls, according to one of his most detested opponents, Ted Lindsay, in an interview for the Hockey News in 2000. |
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| Drafted/Team | | | Montreal, undrafted |
| Height | 6-1 | 5-10 | Born 1921. Adjustment based on ATD era height/weight adjustment formula: born 1970-present (No adjustment); born 1950-1969 (+1", +10 lbs); born 1930-1949 (+2", +20 lbs); born 1910-1929 (+3", +30 lbs); born 1890-1909 (+4", +35 lbs); born 1870-1889 (+5", +40 lbs). |
| Weight | 210 | 180 | Born 1921. Adjustment based on ATD era height/weight adjustment formula: born 1970-present (No adjustment); born 1950-1969 (+1", +10 lbs); born 1930-1949 (+2", +20 lbs); born 1910-1929 (+3", +30 lbs); born 1890-1909 (+4", +35 lbs); born 1870-1889 (+5", +40 lbs). |
| Overall | | | 1947 Hart Memorial Trophy |
| Position | | | RW |
| Player Type | | | Franchise; Sniper |
| Potential | | | High |
| Age | | | Peak Years 1947-51 (26-30) |
| Shoots | | | L |
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| Player Attributes Explained - Answer HQ | | | |
| Strength: affects hitting power, board play and a modifier to shot power. | | | |
| Aggression: affects likelihood of taking a penalty, so higher aggression increases PIM chances. Also affects how much a goalie will challenge shooters as opposed to playing deep. | | | |
| Poise: Players “ mental toughness “. Like you said, ability to make clutch plays. | | | |
| Hand eye: Higher hand eye means better deflections, puck pick ups and helps with dekes. | | | |
| Offensive Awareness: Better offensive zone abilities, a modifier of sorts. Doesn’t equate to scoring more, just overall boosts to playmaking and pick ups. | | | |
| Defensive Awareness: Modifier to defensive zone abilities like pass interceptions and tie ups. | | | |
