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Henri Richard was a legend and carried himself that way, but without a hint of arrogance. EricEngels shares some personal memories and stories about the late Canadiens legend.

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MONTREAL — I met Henri Richard once. He was kind and approachable, but slightly reserved. He was a legend and carried himself that way, but without a hint of arrogance. He wore a well-tailored suit and the kind of smile that presented a youthfulness only his white hair betrayed. And this was long before Alzheimer’s disease took a firm hold of his life, but not so long ago that I’d have been too young for it to have made any tangible impact on my life.

And then there’s the story my father loved most, the one I’ve heard countless times since I was a kid — about a couple of games of tennis he once played with Richard and Canadiens legend Yvan Cournoyer. "We played a couple of games, and then they wanted to play singles. I didn’t care. I was so honoured they let us play with them. They were so gracious."Think about what he fought through to carve out his own timeless legacy.

Oh yeah, and there were the Cups. Henri won his first one as a rookie, and then sipped Champagne and beer from hockey’s holy chalice 11 more times — or more than any other player in NHL history.

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EricEngels Loved Henri Richard. So sad to see.

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