And the Rocket, who always refused to align himself with a political party, would lead his teammates to five straight Stanley Cup victories until retiring in the spring of 1960 with 544 regular-season goals to his credit.
He continued to persevere through it all. Shows the cultural significant impact he had.
Since then, larger thinkers on the Quebec scene have argued whether this was the beginning of Quebec's Quiet Revolution — officially pegged for 1960 with the election of Jean Lesage as Premier — or perhaps just the end of a time when hockey was more important than politics, as the latter began to take hold among French Canadian youth.
Was it the beginning? It definitely triggered something...
You’ve never seen a hockey player like Maurice Richard. Not Crosby. Not Gretzky. Not Orr, Beliveau, Howe. None of them had the talent, the intensity, the will to take over a game like Richard.
This is why his influence was so heavy.
For five minutes, the tempest rages. The crowd, on its feet, cannot believe the madness before them. They’ve seen fights over the Garden’s past three decades in the days when players swung their sticks and fists more liberally, but nothing like this, nothing as determined and wild.
It's interesting hearing the breakdown of events. It was more intense than I imagined.
The Richard Riot is generally considered the firstexplosion of French-Canadian nationalism, the beginning of asocial and political dynamic that shapes Canada to this day.
Many pieces of art were created based on this historical event. It influenced the world.
The Rocket was the preeminent presence,if not player, of his era.
Maurice Richard became a symbol. He fought for the resistance of English dominance.
Course assignments include studying media coverage of the Canadiens, reading chapters from the book La religion du Canadien de Montréal (co-edited by Bauer and Jean-Marc Barreau), and writing essays.
Would there be a way to break down the text? I feel like it would be hard to understand.
He knows the class will attract students who are unfamiliar with religious studies and says that's okay. He noted, however, it's still an academic course
I agree. This would attract many as it would me. It would be so interesting to learn about this new belief and perspective.
He spoke with heat and volubly—a man of the town who talks every day with his equals, reads the papers, hears public speakers. The listeners, of a race easily moved by words, were carried away by his plaints and criticisms; the very real harshness of their lives was presented in such a new and startling light as to surprise even themselves.
This entire paragraph was filled with lots of emotions behind it. It discussed their way of life and how it was being expressed as being a surprise to them.
There was none of the slowness of the Canadian speech, nor of that indefinable accent found in no corner of France, which is only a peasant blend of the different pronunciations of former emigrants. They used words and turns of phrase one never hears in Quebec, even in the towns, and which to these simple men seemed fastidious and wonderfully refined.
It is discussed how these people are different. But it seemed as though they were accepted
"So you have come here to till the land. How do you like Canada?" "It is a beautiful country, new and so vast ... In the summer-time there are many flies, and the winters are trying; but I suppose that one gets used to these things in time."
This heavily connects to our topic of migration this week for our weekly journal.