Red Fisher, the man we all knew had the best job on the planet, has died at age 91.
Red covered the Habs for the Montreal Star and Montreal Gazette, beginning in 1955 and ending in 2012, when he was 85-years old. He became one of the boys, part of the players’ and coaches’ inner circle, winning or losing money on card games while the trains took to the team to other big league cities.
His first hockey assignment was, amazingly enough, the night of the Richard Riot (March 17, 1955) at the Forum.
It had to have been an incredible time for Red, covering those Stanley Cup teams over the years and doing so in such fine and unique fashion, and at this time my thoughts go out to Red’s family and friends.