MONTREAL - Dickie Moore was a gritty goal-scorer and playmaker on the Montreal Canadiens dynasty of the 1950s, even if he wasn’t quite as famous as some of his legendary teammates.
Moore, who died Saturday at 84, was too often a footnote in tales of the great Habs teams that won five Stanley Cups in a row from 1956 to 1960, a group that boasted Maurice (Rocket) Richard, Jean Beliveau, Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion, Doug Harvey and goalie Jacques Plante.
That is despite the fact that Moore led the NHL in scoring twice and that some, including Boston Bruins coach and general manager Harry Sinden, said he may have been the best of them all.