Henri Richard left us in March 2020, and it was a very sad moment. The man who won the most Stanley Cups in NHL history passed away. A record that will never be matched, with 11 championships.
There's increasing talk about head injuries and their long-term detrimental effects on the brain. Several players have died as a result of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and Henri Richard is one of them.
While the diagnosis initially mentioned Alzheimer's disease, the family confirmed that he did indeed suffer from CTE. Unfortunately, this type of diagnosis is only made posthumously.
This suggests that the numerous blows he received to the head may have been the cause of his illness, and thus his death. Hockey brought him a lot, but it also made him very sick.
