Upon Further Review

a true class act...no one would take a run at him and no one would drop the gloves with him. # 19 is truly one of the greats.

I can remember the Habs of that era being a dominant team. Any number of them being able to turn the game at will. Having always being a Flyer fan I can tell you #19 could turn mean on you if he had to. He was always a classy guy as others have said before me. I can remember him lumbering up the ice looking a little awkward as big guys often do when they carry the puck ( being one myself) but going through the other team and the result a face off at center ice. As I stated I wasn't much of a Hab fan but seeing Larry carry that puck inspired me to do it when I got to hte rink and lo an behold I was able to enjoy the same result. In closing congratulations Larry job well done and I concur with the others it's been a long long time in coming.

Growing up in Laval, playing hockey outdoors, racing home to see the Habs of the 70's on t.v., the team that had it all, came back like a rush watching Larry and his number 19 retired to the rafters. Thanks Larry, a class act.
p.s. Schultz was never the same after that!

Big Bird should've had no. retired couple yrs ago. Gainey's should be nxt.

I'll never forget the night that Stan Smyl crashed into the end boards, trying to get a piece of Larry. Smyl was in obvious pain, (he broke his foot??), and Robinson being the class act he is, bent over, and realized the situation, immediately summoned the Canuck training staff.
The guy was/is a monster, but, was one of the classiest guys on and off the ice. The Habs of the 70's were the best ever, and he was one of the reasons why.

Maybe a little known fact, but Big Larry only played one season here in Kitchener for the OHL'S Rangers. I watched Larry play for Montrael's farm team in Halifax (my home town) and Al McNeil, his coach at the time is credited with turning Larry into one of the premier defencemen of the era as well as getting him to "turn a little mean" on the ice. I watched many a good "tilt" between Larry and guys like John Wensink, Terry O'Rielly,Stan Johnathan,etc. The best thing about players of that time was that they always respected each other, regardless of the on-ice frolics. Here's to you Larry, thanks for the memories. GO HABS

I must say that this ceremony for Larry Robinson is well worthy for one of the most talented top ranking defencemen to ever lace up a pair of skates. Im a Maple Leaf fan and have been all my life and to boast a Hab is unheard of. Robinson was a force in many ways when he played the game. No doubt about it, the big bird was due.

Larry,
Just one comment:Thanks for the memories.Enough said.

It seems to me before Larry went to LA, Larry wanted assurances from the Habs that his number would be retired. They would not give him that guarantee so he left for LA and a great run to the Cup finals. It is too bad that Larry could not have played his entire career for the Habs. Well deserved honour for one of the classiest guys to ever lace them up.

Growing up as a kid,I was always a HABS fan! No one messed with the bird!! Tall, tough a man with class!!Watching Larry,Lafleur,Dryden,The road Runner and Scotty at the helm,what a great line!!!Larry you deserve the honor!!CONGRATS!!!
Although I live in Vancouver now, I WILL FOREVER BE A HABS FAN!!

I just had a interesting comment about Larry's fight with Schultz......Larry actually told my father that he was in the locker room for an equiptment fix when that brawl broke out, that is why he was so late into the fighting. He said at the time he was afraid he was going to fall right over because he didnt even have time to tie up his skates before skating out and hammering Schultz. lol

I grew up listening to the Habs on the radio by my bed when Mom and Dad thought I was sleeping. I never contemplated having a "favourite" but when I got to watch them play on TV for my first time I saw this monster of a guy wearing number 19 cut across the ice and make a hapless Bruin a part of the furniture I figured he had to be my favourite. Not a bad pick as it turned out.

I am not sure who this reference should be attributed to but I heard someone say once that you could put a chimpanzee in net behind Larry and Serge and he would still win the Vezina. Imagine what they could do with a great like Dryden then. What a team.

I'm glad he got his number retired he was a great player.

One of the best defenceman to ever play the game. skilled tough with alot of class.The canadiens of the 70s were the most powerful and talented team ever put on ice. And Danny Gallivan made them gods.Which they were to alot of people in a past generation.Thanks for the memories Larry Robinson!

One of the best defenceman to ever play the game. skilled tough with alot of class.The canadiens of the 70s were the most powerful and talented team ever put on ice. And Danny Gallivan made them gods.Which they were to alot of people in a past generation.Thanks for the memories Larry Robinson!

One unique memory was how Robinson in a 1979 playoff series with Toronto restrained Tiger Williams from attacking the referee when he got a penalty in overtime, he put him in bearhug and talked him out of whatever he was going to do. I can think of no other player who would have done this. Tonight Robinson joins his brother Moe as having worn a retired number with Montreal (Moe played one game for Montreal and it was in Edmonton when the Habs were devastated by the flu and he wore #2 which earlier was Doug Harvey's number before it was retired).

Congratulations to Larry,I watched a game years ago don't remember the team the habs were playing,but one of the players on the opposing team was behind the net and was falling back Larry reached over and grabbed his head from behind to avoid the player from hitting his head on the back bar of the net,they did not have a lot of players with helmets then,i remember thinking what a classy guy,a real gentleman.

Larry was one of the best. I remember him as being as solid as rock on the Hab's blueline.

I was just visiting Canada from England during 1976 when I got a little bit interested in ice hockey watching Montreal Canadiens playing some other team I can't remember. To me Larry Robinson & Rod Langway were the twin towers of strength & skill. Best players of any sport deserve the recognition. I yet have to hear any bad publicity about Robinson like other star players.

GO ROBINSON GO.

Good for # 19 . Even with Bouchard and
Lambert , he was still the toughest of the
bunch. Not a lot of scraps because not a lot
of challenges. Many of the Habs played bigger
when he was in the line-up. Montreal do take
their sweet time in honouring their greats.
Nice oldtime hockey videos . Good times.
Still a couple more jerseys yet to be retired for Montreal. Robinson compared with
Probert.....C'mon, get a grip ... Probert
was a toughguy and nothing else.

Robinson deserves the honour! I grew up watching the Habs teams of the '70s and in my opinion very few players now or then could match what the Big Bird brough to the table. I also remember when CBC alternated broadcasts every Saturday so Leafs and Habs fans could enjoy their teams every second week. It's been a sad degeneration of the airwaves to be subjected to the Leafs every weekend for the past number of years. Hopefully that'll change. Meanwhile, I've found other things to do with my Saturday nights.

Although there is certainly proof to the contrary, I can remember Dick Irvin saying on HNIC when I was a kid that, "...No one drops his gloves to Larry Robinson." I met him once when I was 8 or 9 during the off-season. He was bigger than my dad, which made him the biggest guy I ever saw.

One of the best leaders the Habs have ever had. No. 19 was a rare combination of skill, toughness and class. No one was more respected around the league.

Larry Robinson deserves to have his number retired. I grew up watching the big man gracefully dominate on HNIC and can't wait to see what the classiest organization in hockey has in store for Big Bird.

Larry Robinson deserves to have his number retired. I grew up watching the big man gracefully dominate on HNIC and can't wait to see what the classiest organization in hockey has in store for Big Bird.

There's a story from back in the 70's, when the flyers were dominating the NHL.
One night, Gary Dorhoeffer was coming in towards Robinson and Larry checked him into the boards. Gary later said he felt like he ran into a tree. After that hit, it was the flyers who were afraid of MTL and HABs won 4 cups in a row after that.

Other than Orr, Harvey & Bourque, not to many better than number 19.

Larry Robinson reminds me of Bob Probert - both can fight and have skill... except Robinson had a more balanced temperament.

Larry was by far my favorite player growing up. I have almost all the cards of this Norris trophy winner. I remember watching his defensive moves on Saturday nights and emulating them in the gym the next day. The big bird has one of the biggest hearts for playing hockey. I will always remember his last Stanley Cup in 86...Thanks for the memories Larry....

Growing up as a kid, I was a BIG Les Canadiens fan. Fortunately, my developing interest in hockey coincided with Montreal's run of Championship Cups in the 1970's. Those Montreal teams with Lafleur, Shut, Gainey, Dryden, Savard, and Larry Robinson were "argueably" some of the finest ever in NHL history. Larry was a key component and certainly one of the top 10 defencemen to ever to play in the NHL. A class act and professional all the way - congradulations Mr. Robinson; you deserve this honour for all your hard work, dedication to the game and team leadership you provided over the years... ENJOY!!!!!

Perhaps the best part about that Flyers mêlée featuring Schultz and Robinson (and just about everyone else in the rink) was the moment when Robinson takes a breather by the boards and enjoys a refreshment with the fans. Classic.

I was born in Lachine near Montreal.
A Hab fan for years...I think too many nbrs have been retired,they should have stopped after #7,#9 & #4.

Although not a Montreal fan by any stretch of the imagination, I bleed Bruins black and Gold, I have always been a fan of Robinson. I thought he was a classy player on and off the ice, and I think this is a well deserved honour.

it's about time that the no.19 is retired it sould've been done a long time ago