Boston was hoping to win the series in a sweep against the St. Louis Blues. This is one of the greatest moments in NHL history and it was all caught on tape.
After Game 4 having gone into overtime, Orr finished it with the same kind of pizazz he played with throughout his career. After taking a pass from Derek Sanderson, he swooped in front of the net to bury it behind St. Louis's goalie Glenn Hall. At that same moment Blues' defenseman Noel Picard upended Orr to send him flying. Arms up in celebration Orr floated across, and the image was caught on cameras, then shown on newspapers and newcasts the world around.
Bobby Orr won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player that year. A reward he would receive again when the Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 1972. He also took the game winning goal in that final too.
Orr's Quick stats are:
657 Games played, 270 goals, 645 assists.
Awards:
Art Ross- 1970,1975
Calder Memorial Trophy- 1967
Con Smyth Trophy- 1970, 1972
First All Star Team, Defense- 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Hart Trophy- 1970,1971, 1972
James Norris Trophy- 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
Lester B. Pearson Award- 1975
Lester Patraick Trophy- 1979
Lou Marsh Trophy- 1971
Second All-Star Team, Defense- 1967
Won the Calder Memorial Trophy for being the best rookie in the NHL and also earned a spot on the Second All-Star Team.
An injury to his left knee in his first season would bother him the rest of his career, saddly it would be eventually ending it.
Bobby Orr played defense in NHL over the span of 12 season's in the NHL ( he missed the 1977-1978 season recovering from a knee ingury) 10 with the Boston Bruins and 2 with the Chicago Blackhawks. Orr set practically every record in hockey that you can imagine for a defenseman. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979, that same year, jersey #4 was retired with the Boston Bruins.
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