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February 7, 2012 in Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs Tags: Maurice Richard's 600th goal, Maurice Richard's 626th goal, Ottawa Citizen, Rocket Richard
I found this little curiosity in an old Ottawa Citizen and the question was – why was one photo doctored?
Rocket’s 600th goal was scored on Nov. 26, 1958, against the New York Rangers, while his 626th, his final goal, was scored on April 12, 1960 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. No one knew his 626th would be his final goal until the following September during training camp, so 626 wouldn’t become a milestone until he retired that following fall.
So the photo showing 600 goals is probably the real thing. Unless someone had a crystal ball.
February 7th, 2012 at 3:16 am
Dennis,
We’ll have to chalk that one up to as a forgery then.
February 7th, 2012 at 8:46 am
Interesting and probably 600 is the correct one.
February 7th, 2012 at 8:51 am
Can somebody Photoshop Gomez and forge “000″ in chalk on the stick?
February 7th, 2012 at 10:56 am
I just saw that 626 photo! I swear it’s in the inside cover of the Canadiens 100 Years boxed set DVD case, but I’m at work and unable to verify. Any of you have the set to confirm?
February 7th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
It was probably doctored to sell a point but still – it does make you wonder.
The 600 one is the real one. In the 626 one you can tell it is doctored because of the tape on the stick. In the 600 one you can see the strips of tape as they are but in the 626 one they airbrushed them a bit.
February 7th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Bryan, I checked my set and you are correct. It’s at the top left hand corner when you open it up. You have to look close but it’s there! It’s the sleeves holding the precious DVD’s.
February 8th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
What’s really odd is that the photo with the 626 is on the Canadien’s website. There’s also a similar but definitely different original photo with 600. http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/player/Maurice-Richard
626 is the 6th photo and gives no information
600 is the 5th to last photo and gives AP credit
Looking through the AP images I found their copy of the photo with 600
http://www.apimages.com/OneUp.aspx?st=det&ids=RANGERS%20RICHARD%20600TH%20GOAL&showact=details&sort=date&prds=10001&intv=None&cfas=__p%2C-1&sh=10&kwstyle=or&adte=1328750829&pagez=60&cfasstyle=AND&PERSON_FEATURED_NAME=%22MAURICE%20RICHARD%22&rids=95323afa9de5da11af9f0014c2589dfb&dbm=PY2000&page=1&xslt=1&mediatype=Photo
I looked around web for more info about the 626 photo. According to a Robert Lefebvre post from Eyes On The Prize, it’s in the Hockey Hall Of Fame publication “Honoured Canadiens”.
http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2008/09/sneak-book-preview-honoured-canadiens.html
He also used it in a later post
http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2009/3/27/812188/50-goals-in-50-games-the-r
Last night I also found another photo taken at the same time, but I can’t find it today.