The film depicts an era widely considered as a corner-stone of the NHL's history. It shows the life of The Rocket beginning with his years as a teenager, his ascension to the Canadiens, up to The Richard Riot, showing a full spectrum of Richard's career. It ends the year before Richard brought Montreal to an unrivalled record of five Stanley Cup Championships in a row. The extraordinary story of Maurice, The Rocket, Richard, whose tireless fight on and off the ice ignited and forever changed a generation. As a young boy from blue collar Quebec, Richard had a dream to play in the National Hockey League. Beneath his soft-spoken, working-class exterior burned a passion that transformed this young factory working into The Rocket. In the 1950s pre-helmet days of hockey, facing constant discrimination, The Rocket played with a finesse, speed, and fire that defied all odds and made him a legend. The dialogue and hockey scenes were produced to be as true to reality as possible; they were reviewed by Richard himself before he died and also by his wife, his children, and Dick Irvin Jr's written and recorded testimonies and memories about his father and reporters from the era. The events presented as facts and the dialogue have been researched thoroughly to present the most factually accurate film possible. Many sources were consulted for facts within the movie, including family, friends, the public, and the media recording those events, various journalists reporting on the events of that time, Richard's barber, previous teams in the juvenile league (he played for five different teams in different leagues).

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