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Among the finds was an assist on a Toe Blake goal at 10:15 of the second period of a 6-5 Boston Bruins victory over Montreal on Nov. 4, 1945, during a time when the Punch Line of Richard, Blake and Elmer Lach was terrorizing the league.
The scoresheet that night, in handwriting akin to hen scratching, correctly had Richard with the lone assist. But when it was transcribed into the league's official ledger, it was given to Emile (Butch) Bouchard — an understandable mistake.

http://www.tsn.ca/rocket-richard-s-p...o-966-1.865288

some neat facts in the article, like:

In the league's earliest days, minor penalties lasted three minutes instead of two. There were years when up to four assists were awarded on a goal.

"This is only the tip of the iceberg," he said. "There's a lot of other stuff coming.
"Now that we've got the data, we can do a lot with it."