November 8, 1952: The Montreal Canadiens beat the Chicago Black Hawks, 6-4 at the Montreal Forum. At 10:01 of the 2nd period, Maurice Richard scored for the Canadiens. It was the 325th goal of his career, surpassing Nels Stewart as the NHL's all-time leader.
Les Habitantes got goals from 6 different players, a rarity. In addition to "The Rocket," scoring for them were Dick Gamble, Floyd Curry, Elmer Lach, Dick Gamble and Paul Meger.
This was one of the earliest hockey games broadcast on television, as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had just begun television broadcasting, with Hockey Night In Canada. CBC would also cover that season's Stanley Cup Finals, won by the Canadiens.
Richard would become the 1st player with 400 career goals in 1954, and the 1st with 500 in 1957. He retired in 1960, with 544. Gordie Howe would surpass him in 1963, finishing with 801. Wayne Gretzky would break that record in 1994, and extend it to 894.
In 1999, the NHL would establish the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, for the League's annual goal-scoring leader. Richard died the next year.
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November 8, 1952 was a Saturday. One other NHL game was played that day. The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings played to a 3-3 tie at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. The New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins were not scheduled.
Baseball was out of season. The NFL played the next day, but these were among the college football games played that day:
* Number 1 Michigan State beat Indiana, 41-14.
* Number 3 Georgia Tech beat Army, 45-6 at Grant Field in Atlanta.
* Number 4 Oklahoma were upset by Notre Dame, 27-21 at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.
* Number 5 UCLA beat Oregon, 57-0 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
* Number 6 Southern California beat Stanford, 54-7 at the old Stanford Stadium in the San Francisco suburb of Palo Alto, California.
* Number 7 Kansas were upset by Nebraska, 14-7 at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.
* Number 8 Tennessee beat Louisiana State (LSU), 22-3 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
* Number 9 Purdue were held to a 14-14 tie by Minnesota at Memorial Stadium in Minneapolis.
* Number 12 Duke were upset by Navy, 16-6 at Duke Stadium (now Wallace Wade Stadium) in Durham, North Carolina.
* Number 15 Penn State were upset by Syracuse, 25-7 at Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.
* In New York City, Fordham played Clemson to a 12-12 tie at Triborough Stadium (later Downing Stadium) on Randall's Island. Columbia traveled to Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire, and lost to Dartmouth, 38-14.
* And in New Jersey, Rutgers beat Lafayette, 21-6 at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway; and Number 19 Princeton beat Harvard, 41-21 at Palmer Stadium in Princeton.
There were 4 games played in the NBA:
* The New York Knicks beat the Baltimore Bullets, 92-62 at the Baltimore Coliseum.
* The Boston Celtics beat the Syracuse Nationals, 106-83 at the Boston Garden.
* The Minneapolis Lakers beat the Philadelphia Warriors, 93-71 at the Philadelphia Arena.
* And the Rochester Royals beat the Indianapolis Olympians, 99-96 in 4 overtimes at the Edgerton Park Arena in Rochester, New York.
And in English soccer, Arsenal beat Yorkshire team Middlesbrough, 4-1 at the Arsenal Stadium, a.k.a. Highbury, in North London. Arsenal would go on to win the 1952-53 Football League title.
And actress Alfre Woodward was born on this day.
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