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Old School- The Richard Riot
by Paul on 03/17/07 at 10:58 AM ET
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On St. Patty’s day, 1955, this took place…
On March 17, 1955, thousands of crazed hockey fans in the Montreal Forum went on a seven-hour rampage of destruction and looting that ended in many injuries and the arrest of 100 fans. In later years, the free-for-all euphemistically became known as “The Richard Riot.” The other team on the ice happened to be the Detroit Red Wings.
I posted this a year ago today and thought some old school KK readers may enjoy it again.
Note: the video link doesn’t appear to be working…
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