Fisher started on the Canadiens beat in 1955 in the era of train travel and finished it in 2012 when reporters tweeted the lines at morning skates. The man knew how to make an entrance: the first game he covered was the Richard Riot, that singular marriage of hockey, sociology and, ultimately, mythology that has marked Quebec for generations. Fisher was the link to the most glorious of the Canadiens teams — he never would refer to them in print as the Habs, one of several unwritten Red Rules — and covered 17 of their record 24 Stanley Cups.
Red Fisher passes away.
