Let's make this birthday one to remember.

72 years old (Born on October 07, 1952)

Happy birthday to Jacques Richard—a player famous for skating faster than expectations could ever catch up! While hockey scouts once labeled you "the next big thing," you've instead skated neatly into the history books, earning admiration (and some confusion) as possibly the best NHL star who almost was.

Your potential on ice always kept fans hopeful, and your promising moments remain unforgettable stories. So here's celebrating those brief yet glorious flashes of brilliance—each spectacular goal causing us all to say: "See? I told you he had it!" Cheers to another year of surpassing reputations by gracefully sliding under them!