Maurice Richard’s hockey stick
![A hockey stick](https://www.historymuseum.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/baton_stick_50-50-196x300.jpg)
Canadian Museum of History, 2002.81.34, IMG2008-0505-0008-Dm
With this stick, on March 18, 1945, Maurice Richard scored the goal that would make him the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in 50 games. For almost 40 years, he remained the only player to hold that record.