It was Picard’s number. Back in the day players put their numbers on their equipment so they could pick it out of a pile. Like baseball player’s helmets.Can you say more about the 4? I am not at all familiar with it. Was born in 71 so before my time (although this pic currently hangs on a wall in my house).
Kinda funny, with your screen name!Was born in 69. My dad was from Northampton and moved to western NY for work. He became a Bruins fan after moving watching Orr on Hockey Night in Canada. He is by far my favorite athlete I have never watched live. In my opinion the best all around hockey player of all time.
Hockey players today are indeed faster, stronger, and bigger than the days of the Original 6. Goaltending techniques have also changed dramatically, with high-tech pads playing a big role. So the gap between Orr and the other players would not be as large as it was in the late 1960's and early 1970's.Some people think that because of modern conditioning, nutrition, etc. that modern baseball players are better than players of 50 years ago (but also that this has been somewhat disguised by expansion.) Can the same thing be said about hockey? Or would Bobby Orr be, far and away, the best player on the ice today?
100% truth.For whatever reason I feel like I run into more people who have Bobby Orr stories than any other athlete, and I’ve never heard any that aren’t glowing. He might literally be the best man alive. I can’t think of anyone else that has that kind of universal acclaim.
At least now that Hondo is dead.For whatever reason I feel like I run into more people who have Bobby Orr stories than any other athlete, and I’ve never heard any that aren’t glowing. He might literally be the best man alive. I can’t think of anyone else that has that kind of universal acclaim.
Back in 70’s my aunt was diagnosed with cancer and after a relatively short time she died leaving behind my uncle and his three sons. My cousins were young but had become huge hockey fans and had started playing because that’s what happened in Massachusetts during the Orr years. Long story short my grandfather had some friends who knew some people and it was arranged to have Mr. Orr do a quick stop by their house to lift their spirits.For whatever reason I feel like I run into more people who have Bobby Orr stories than any other athlete, and I’ve never heard any that aren’t glowing. He might literally be the best man alive. I can’t think of anyone else that has that kind of universal acclaim.
Neither was mine.I was 12 years old when I witnessed this. My life was never the same.[/IMG]
Great. Now I can't get that "Nutrocker" pregame music out of my head!First game I remember watching. Was at my grandmother's apartment with her sisters and their husbands. Watched many more games at grandma's apartment as her cable came with WSBK.
That’s a nice yarn but it doesn’t really hold up. Mike Eurizione, for instance, was 16 in 1970. I don’t think he (or a 13+ year old Jim Craig, and never mind the majority- chunk of the 1980 team from Minnesota and Wisconsin) cut their teeth on rinks built by Boston fans in the early 70s.Neither was mine.
A lot of things were never the same. Within a year of that, ground had been broken on God knows how many rinks in New England...eight years later, the kids who started playing hockey on those rinks won a few high-stakes hockey games in upstate New York...
...and after that, hockey in America was never the same.
It’s my story and I am sticking to it...That’s a nice yarn but it doesn’t really hold up. Mike Eurizione, for instance, was 16 in 1970. I don’t think he (or a 13+ year old Jim Craig, and never mind the majority- chunk of the 1980 team from Minnesota and Wisconsin) cut their teeth on rinks built by Boston fans in the early 70s.
Speaking of...did anyone else here get "Orr on Ice" to figure out what equipment you needed, and how to put it on?It’s my story and I am sticking to it...
...and if you want to throw out 1980, the 1996 World Cup win (actually a more significant achievement that doesn’t get nearly enough love) WAS highly populated by those kids who started playing on those Orr era rinks...