10/29/1966 Bruins at Maple Leafs Bobby Orr fourth NHL game (third period)!

This video is the Hockey Night In Canada broadcast of the third period of the Oct. 29, 1966 National Hockey League game between the Boston Bruins and the Maple Leafs in Toronto (for score, see summary below). It is the fourth game of Hall of Fame defenseman Bobby Orr's rookie season, and the budding star is very active as the Bruins score twice to earn the tie.
Announcers Bill Hewitt (play by play) and Brian McFarlane (color) note how impressive his first three games had been, and that while he'd played well, he might have more to show, and indeed he does. Minutes after a great block, he rushes into the Leafs zone and sets up Johnny McKenzie with an open net (although Pie tried to pass it back to Bobby)! After another block, No. 4 makes the same pirouette move he would make in the 1972 Finals against the Rangers and rings an absolute rifle shot off the post! At game's end he makes a mad dash toward the opposition blue line, and although the play is broken up, it is an example of what looks to be a scrappy, hustling, on-the-rise squad!
The modest Orr always jokes, "Yeah, I was great, our first year we actually finished lower in the standings", and while that was true, despite Orr picking up the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year, it was obvious some pieces (Ed Johnston, Ted Green, John Bucyk, Ed Westfall, McKenzie, Dallas Smith) were there. Soon general manager Milt Schmidt would acquire Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, and Fred Stanfield, and Derek Sanderson would come on the scene, and under Harry Sinden the team would really take off.
It was a bit odd, but also very interesting, to see the players who wore 7, 8, 16, and 17 before they became famous as the Bruins won it all in 1970 and 1972. But as usual, it was hard to take your eyes off Orr, and as usual, he delivered!
Copyright National Hockey League, CBC, Hockey Night In Canada, or any other party. I don't claim the rights to, and don't profit from, this video. I just posted it for historical and educational purposes, and for those who will enjoy it as much as I did.
The summary:
www.hockey-reference.com/boxs...

[@Ape-shapedCarbon]

Two-line passes, face offs in random places, and no advertising! Good reminder of how much the game has changed. So many legendary names in one game too

[@tommyrawlings3046]

Orr is still the greatest hockey player I ever saw!

[@d.thorpe2046]

It would have been crazy if he went coast to coast on that last rush

[@bigbadbruins1]

I have seen a lot of Hockey. Orr & then Lemieux.

[@gooddognigel9992]

@@bigbadbruins1my dad said Orr was the best he had seen, until #99 took the NHL by storm.

[@kurtrindgen4708]

Played in a golf outing a few years ago. After I was at a table with a few sports writers from Philly, basically they said he was the best, especially if you had the opportunity to actually see him play.

[@user-ig1uu1kw9m]

Фирсов был, пожалуй, посильнее.

[@sisuriffs]

So nice to see the players and the puck. Clean ice. No ads. Beautiful.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Rod, where did you first learn of this vid? I only ask because over the last two weeks, I've had thousands more views, and I wonder why? Thanks!

[@sisuriffs]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 It just came up on my feed. Maybe because my wife and I recently watched some nostalgia television on KZbin?

[@RodCalidge]

It amazes me when footage like this surfaces. Without the internet, it is buried in some dusty old building for no one to see. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You're welcome. I know there's great stuff still out there, but it's hard to be in the right position to get a crack at it. TV execs, if you've got any old sports broadcasts you need catalogued, get in touch!

[@gargle99]

and no advertising crap on the boards, the ice, the glass- so enjoyable to be able to watch the game without distractions

[@dan2buys]

God,those moving digital graphics on the boards now are horrific aren't they!? Bettman says you should be focusing on the game and not obsessing on the boards,so I guess it's just us.

[@sdgakatbk]

@@dan2buys Absolutely!! I also hate the loud music bombardment at games today!! If I want to go to a rock concert with a light show and music, I'll go to a rock show! The sport doesn't need all that as it is fun to watch and can hold a fan's attention with the action and intensity alone.

[@thebenefactor6744]

No names on the backs, no constant cutting away from the ice with incessant unnecessary replays, graphics, dumbed-down strategy explanations, and vapid non- stop empty commentary; rather, just allowing you to watch the game and immerse yourself in it, without producers treating you like you have the attention span of a gold fish. This is the true pleasurable hockey viewing experience. Of course, if they ever figured out that we still actually want this, guess what, they'd try to sell it back to us as some premium package option that you'd have to pay extra for.

[@sdgakatbk]

@@thebenefactor6744 🎯 Shoot. At a rec center I used to go to, they have an ice rink. I'd check it out after my work out. Sometimes there would be a hockey game, either high school or younger kids. Sometimes I'd sit in the stands. THAT was fun to watch!! Just a great sport.

[@gargle99]

Exactly what I was thinking re the premium package. And don't get me started about how Las Vegas treats the game .... hockey for moronic children @@thebenefactor6744

[@mikelynch-zeroviewz2507]

I long for the days of zero advertising on the boards and rink surface ... it's pure

[@L1V2P9]

I may be in the minority on this, but I still think ties are not a bad thing. When two teams play equally hard against each other, why not let the game end in a tie and split the points without all the foofaraw that we go through today?

[@tomlew55]

I went to a lot of Boston sporting events back then. The Red Sox '67 impossible dream, the Celtic dynasty years, with all those great players, later on with Brady and the Patriots but Orr was something special. Every time he flew around the back of his net and was going to carry the puck up ice the whole Garden would hold their breath. It's hard to explain the excitement he generated. Once in a lifetime player.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Yes! I say this a lot, but I feel sorry for sports fans who didn't experience that time!

[@scottgebow6539]

@@petegoodwinboston4825I’m 67, so I lived through the Bobby Orr era and the “Big Bad Bruins.”

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@scottgebow6539 Great times!

[@scottgebow6539]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 Absolutely!

[@grandpavanderhof]

I remember a game where he took the puck from behind Cheevers and skated almost all the way up to the opponents net. Some player poke checked the puck away from him and it went to Derek Sanderson. Sanderson passed it back to Orr who took it all the way back to behind Cheevers again and then took off up the ice. This time they didn't stop him and he scored. I don't care what anyone says, he was the greatest hockey player of all time.

[@johnnystones8498]

Wow!! The leafs were blowing third period leads even back in the 60's lol.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

At least they're consistent! 🤣

[@moral19D]

Thanks for the giggle. 😅

[@Levnoxious]

Too soon. 😢

[@charlesbaldo]

Except in this year (66-67) they won the Stanley Cup, so they couldn't have been playing all that bad. Haven't won it since.

[@xbman1]

It’s a Leafs tradition. It’s a must play.😂

[@thewolfdoctor761]

It's nice to see my all-time favorite player, Dave Keon.

[@negativecreep7963]

Why is he your favorite?

[@thewolfdoctor761]

@@negativecreep7963 I was a big Leafs fan back then. I think I watched every airing of Hockey Night in Canada between 1958 and 1970. Keon was my favorite. Of course, I was a fan of Mahovlich, Horton, Red Kelly, Bower, etc. as well. After that, the Leafs became my second favorite team, behind the Sabres.

[@lindsaydoke9308]

Dave Keon the best 2 way forward ever to play for the Leafs bar none.

[@thewolfdoctor761]

@@lindsaydoke9308 Yes and the best at faceoffs I've ever seen.

[@shanghunter7697]

@@thewolfdoctor761 Lifelong sabre fan here as well, my dad grew up with coach in the 50's and 60's. My dad asked for signed sticks from all 3 members of the French connection. I have them encased on my wall display. He used to take me to the Auditorium for games and wrestling matches. Nostalgic memories, hope you have great holidays.

[@shocktocker8282]

Orr was something special for sure. Unlike any player in any sport, on AND OFF the ice. Great athlete and even greater Human Being. More than I can say for most athletes.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

So much charity work there's no way to quantify it!

[@dan4345]

No annoying Ads on the ice, boards, or superimposed on the screen. The good ole' days.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You've got that right!

[@northernlight696]

I saw the Bruins a few weeks later on December 3, 1966 at the Boston Garden versus New York Rangers. It was a 2-2 tie and Orr got an assist on the first goal by John Bucyk. I was 14 and visiting Boston with my father and brother from Canada - great memory.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Awesome! Bucyk is fond of saying he scored so many goals because of Bobby Orr!

[@claudebuysse7482]

For me Orr was the best player i ever saw...The last season the Leafs won the Stanley Cup. Sad to see that franchise so deep since a long time.. It's always a pleasure to see all those great players like Mahovlich , Ellis and Kelly. Bucyck too...

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Excellent overall appreciation for the game!

[@fredtaylor5268]

This is amazing to me! #24 for the Leafs, John Brenneman is my first cousin. This is the first time I've ever seen video footage of him. Thanks so much!!! John is 80 now and still healthy. After 41 games this 66-67 season, he got dropped down to the minors (hear Brian McFarlane's comment at 21:44). Even though the Leafs won the Stanley Cup that season, John did not get his name on it. This bothers him to this day.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

OMG, that's awesome! Glad I could give you such a special discovery! And 41 games ... he should have gotten his name on the Cup! He should petition the Hall of Fame!

[@daniellinehan63]

Crappy

[@dwightropp3014]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 -- Ya, it seems like it's up to each team to do whatever the 'ell they want in that regard. If you'll recall, Don Awrey played 72 (of the 80) reg-season games for the Habs in 1975-76 but was sat out by coach Bowman for the entire Cup-playoffs, which they won, after which the Habs didn't allow Don's name to be put on the Cup either. But then, two years later, Yvan Cournoyer played 68 reg-season games and no playoff games due to his back injury, but the Habs did put his name on the Cup anyway. And then the year after that, when the Habs won their last of their four straight Cups, Cournoyer had only played 15 reg-season games and then retired due to the recurring injury, but the Habs again put his name on the Cup. And so, I'm guessing that in defence of their decisions, the team brass would have reasoned that because Awrey was a healthy scratch, presumably to a performance drop, he didn't qualify for his name to be on the Cup, whereas it was different for Cournoyer since it was due to an injury and not a performance drop that kept him off the ice.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@dwightropp3014 Good context!

[@johnsewell6593]

Thats a truly great post. And YES, if he skated with the "Big Team" at ALL-- He deserves to be engraved-for eternity-on North Americas greatest trophy....!

[@reubination]

And that’s how a tied hockey game should end.

[@rosswatson9144]

I was 7 then. Orr was my first hero...but the voice of the commentator is what brings me back..this voice of Toronto...the other of Montreal.. both iconic as the music on hockey night in Canada...they both started on the radio..voices of hockey back in my father's day..this is truly historic.. a time when these weekly televised games united the nation.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

I had never heard the HNIC theme song before I started posting these highlights ... now I will never forget it!

[@bombasticbushkin4985]

Toronto's Bill Hewitt (son of the great broadcast pioneer Foster Hewitt ("He shoots, he scores!"), grandson of Toronto Star journalist W. A. Hewitt) was the fabulous announcer. The articulate anglophone voice of the Montreal Canadians was Sydney, Nova Scotia born Danny Gallivan, author of the "spinarama" and pucks getting caught up in "paraphernalia".

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@bombasticbushkin4985 Legends all!

[@dm19609721]

if I am not mistaken the voice of the play by play was Bill Hewitt, son of Foster Hewitt.....hockey is not the same today.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@dm19609721 Correct!

[@MrLextune]

What an amazing piece of hockey history. Thanks for sharing it with the world.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You're welcome, MrLextune!

[@smokeymcb4553]

Stompin Tom Corners - Good Old Hockey Game kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4SWeISsmteFn7M

[@lv2keepfit493]

agree! takes you back in time... way back. Amazing how the goalies never wore a mask, bad enough the players without a helmet. Thankfully all that protection is available these days.

[@user-jj5bf4hl1v]

What a polite hockey game. And no ads, anywhere

[@1400craigger]

Lost my dad eight days after this game! Nov 6 1966 ,hunting accident in Parry Sound area. This was the last year they won the Cup. He was a leafs fan! RIP Dad/Russ B

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Sorry to hear that. Nice that you got to bond over hockey and the Leafs.

[@1400craigger]

literally , because Bond is our last name lol

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@1400craigger 🤣

[@funtimes8296]

@@1400craigger You're just making stuff up now

[@yo-yotension4613]

Love this hockey. No helmet or mask. It was hard hitting and fast up and down hockey.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Same great game, different era!

[@yo-yotension4613]

Absolutely, just it was great to see these men I remember watching every Wednesday and Saturday on Hockey Night in Canada. Really miss Saturdays with the extended family fixated on the black and white TV.

[@microy]

Foster Hewitt was a legend in Toronto and stayed as leaf radio broadcaster for years after his son Bill took over... week-days could only watch 1st period then to bed but would listen on radio under the blankets till I fell asleep...

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Awesome!

[@harryposner7584]

I was fifteen and likely watched this game. The games were easily as entertaining and hard fought as today's whistle-prone hockey. Also, in those days, the game came on the CBC, but it was about 20 minutes into the first period when the broadcast started, because of the scheduling conflicts. Oh for the good old days... the next year (1967) would be the last time the Leafs hoisted the Stanley Cup. And young folks who gobble down Tim Horton's donuts should understand what kind of a great player and decent human being he was. Most have no idea who Tim Horton was.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

I think I read once what they delayed one of the games for, and it didn't seem too important!

[@altfactor]

Even as an 18-year-old rookie in just his fourth NHL game, you can see that Bobby Orr had already mastered some of the moves and abilities that made him an all-time great.

[@matteodi555]

Great to see a young Bobby Orr but also all the future Hall of Famers.

[@miskwaad]

Watching this it's interesting to see how skilled the 6 league team players were. It was a fairly fast game...watching Horton you see how good he was.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Someone recently tweeted out a pic of Tim Horton, not an ounce of fat on him, and wondered how he ever hooked up with a doughnut franchise!

[@miskwaad]

I've seen that picture; body fat under 5%. Hull was the same. Howe was also a genetic monster. No modern training methods, no plyometrics. It's amazing to watch the speed of this game then watch the 74 cup finals as they essentially tackle Orr repeatedly. Mid 70's hockey was awful.

[@cryptohalloffame]

agreed, it's a very modern game, fast, great passing etc, the best players in canada playing, very competitive

[@larryking1108]

Original 6.

[@HerptasticVideo]

Yeah people try to dis Bill Russell because for awhile he was winning while there were only 8 NBA teams. It's like do you realize that means if there were 8 teams today 8 players on each team wouldn't be good enough to play in the NBA.

[@Imintune...]

This is when hockey was hockey.

[@jimanderson7648]

fairly fast game considering the old tube skates and 2 line offside pass is in effect.

[@jimanderson7648]

also lots of clutch and grabbing . which probably slowed the game down more than anything

[@killmesoft64]

Awesome! my family was most likely watching this game live, I would have been 2 years old, Hockey Night in Canada on Saturday evenings was a constant. I remember the names of the players, a young Bobby Orr, Dave Keon, Ron Ellis, Eddie Johnstone, Tim Horton.

[@danielstephens9748]

Hockey night in Canada...saturday night...tv set on..I was 12 and had recently 'jumped ship' from the leafs to Boston,after my dad took me to see the oshawa generals and Orr the yr before when they came to town to play the Hamilton jr. red wings

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

No kidding! That's awesome! He must have been awfully impressive, although that was a given with Bobby, even at that age!

[@danielstephens9748]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 yeah...my whole family, including grandparents were mad at me for 'leaving' the leaf camp..lol

[@patrickregan3463]

Nothing like. Hockey night...the "Game". An old movie afterwards....pop corn... falling asleep with the TV on... sleep overs. Sunday morning Breakfast....yep. Simple. But Fun

[@steveotterbeinhopealivemus53]

Tim Horton! I was 11 then and likely watched this game. Great memories

[@dhosquet]

This is a beautiful pace for hockey. Remember when you could get a whistle simply by 'freezing' the puck along the boards. No constant pushing and shoving and yacking after every whistle. Sticks down, beautiful game.

[@dhosquet]

oh, and a game could end in a tie!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Agreed!

[@terryblake5076]

'sticks down'. I take it you have. never heard of the Green/Maki or the Ziedel/Shack or the Richard/Laycoe fiascos. And none of them had helmets. Ted Green wound up with a metal plate in his head. Sticks down... lol

[@yuckyool]

That's what I notice. Sticks down . . . High sticking was 2 minutes for good reason (no helmets or face-guards).

[@peterdefabio9470]

Agree, too...the game I grew up loving. Just clean and fluid.

[@marisalombardi385]

Bobby Orr, will forever be #1 ❤❤❤❤❤

What are you talking about, he was #4

[@SetInStoneNow]

No ads on the boards or ice, organ music, no flash no trash, just good old fashioned NHL hockey. The good old days.

[@robertkabatoff817]

I was probably watching this on TV. I was a hockey fanatic. Orr, Hull, Keon , and Bower were just a few of my idols . Mom would be in the kitchen, my sister would be playing with with her dolls and maybe my dad would be watching the game with me. That was my perfect world....love and miss you every day mom and dad

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Great family memories though hockey ... love it!

[@KIIDKYAAS]

That was a great hockey game. Check out that spinarama moves then rang it off the post. Orr was spectacular and it was apparent that he would be the greatest

[@daniellinehan63]

Loved seeing his Chicago Blackhawk jersey in the HOF

[@gobobbyorr2928]

He made his career with the Bruins. Screwed by his agent. Never cashed a Hawk check knowing he didn't earn them. Once a Bruin, always a Bruin. Dream on Hawk fan, you got nothing!@@daniellinehan63

[@acousticshadow4032]

This is wonderful footage, for which I am most grateful. My earliest memories of watching hockey was when we got that guy from Parry Sound. Orr changed everything in Boston.

[@Zobrisdj01]

If i had a time machine.....one of the 1st things id do is go to an NHL game in the 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s. It just looks so badass.

[@whackattack4634]

I like the boards being free from advertising

[@Glennstestsite112]

Wonderfully, beautifully sloppy hockey! Great! Refs let 'em play; no whistle every nine seconds for something. Love the commentary about "getting their sticks a little high!" MLG announcer's voice gave me chills...how many times did I hear that voice...Thank you for posting.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You're welcome! The PA guy was Paul Morris!

[@RobbyByrne]

Yes and no. Those quick whistles when players from both teams were tied up with the puck along the boards slowed down the play significantly.

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

@@RobbyByrne Yeah but the officials dropped the puck with speed. Now, they hold the puck up along the boards forever, like 30-40 seconds, at 20 seconds, I think freezing the play is preferable to watching a fishing derby.

[@RobbyByrne]

@@20thCenturyManTrad I hear you. I wish the writers for my favorite team would ask one of the centers what's going on during the face off circles these days that wasn't going on 3 years ago. I understand it's all about fairness, but the delays are getting worse.

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

@@RobbyByrne As long as it isn't blatantly illegal, just drop the puck and get on with it. Also players still pin the puck up against the boards, it just takes forever to get a whistle, which as I said, by the 20 second mark, blow it dead, have a face off and get the game going again.

[@BearBreath70]

I remember watching this game on our B&W TV. My late mother’s 1st cousin was #23 for Boston, Ron Schock.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Awesome! He had a bunch of solid seasons!

[@37BopCity]

I sure do love these old hockey games on KZbin. They take me back to the '60s when I was a teenager and I had all the Original Six hockey cards and I was a totally dedicated young hockey player and NHL fan. I recognize the names of all the players on both teams. However, all these years later there's something that I would sure love to see ---- all these great historic games colorized, speed-corrected, and cleaned up for a modern audience. It would be fantastic to see those legendary players in modern high-resolution digital video.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

One day, maybe!

[@davidthompson62]

Thank you for this post as it is the earliest game of Orr’s career that I’ve seen. Sometime in 69, my father and I had the opportunity to see Orr in most of his home games and away games when they were televised. For those who never seen much of him, he was a must see as he would often do something you never saw before on the ice either defensively or offensively. Gretzky, being a forward, scored more goals and was also incredible, Orr was often off the charts with the moves he would make.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

He checked every box, but mostly it was that skating! And doing it as a defenseman! Completely transformative!

[@michaelleroy9281]

His first game was on October 19, 1966 at Boston Garden against the Red Wings, the Bruins won the game 6-2

[@gord8382]

Paul Morris is the MLG announcer , bloody marvellous he his.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Legend.

[@Shadowwolf7774]

I went to hockey games in the 60's. I was in awe as a little 8 year old. I still have a puck from back then.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Tremendous keepsake!

[@Shadowwolf7774]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 I saw Ross Lonsberry and Glen Sather in their 18's and 20"s.

[@Shadowwolf7774]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 Thank you. Boston and the Stars are my favorite teams.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@Shadowwolf7774 The North Stars, with the Gumper and Maniago in net, occasionally would give the Bruins fits!

[@KOZMOGRAFX]

1966? That is surprisingly good footage... doesn't have the usual "flicker" from old cinescopes of that era. White boards, low glass, no helmets, serious back-checking, MLG's nasally sounding PA announcer! (And man, watching this, I can almost smell the winter cold that leaked through the windows while watching HNIC as a kid on the prairies!) As some have noted, original 6 hockey looked really fast back in the 60s, before the game was diluted by expansion and eroded by the goonery of the 70s. But I'm glad they stopped doing that quick camera close-up of the goalie whenever there was a shot on goal... you never saw the actual save!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Great observations!

[@rogerdennison8154]

Question for Pete Goodwin: If this is 1966, Bobby Orr is already playing as an 18 yo before expansion?? Wow. It was hard for anyone to break into a 6 team league back then. Mind you, it wasn’t exactly an international (professional) game back then as the league was about 99% Canucks. 😉

[@wallyedmonds8199]

I was born the next year , love watching all these old games .

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

It's a lot of fun! Wish there were more out there!

[@thefozzybear]

Many of today's NHL defensemen skate and move the puck like Bobby Orr. That's how he revolutionized the game.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Agree!

[@davideaston6944]

Uhm... TRY TO, anyway.😋

[@user-uy7sz2mu2i]

Too bad he supports trump......hello?

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@user-uy7sz2mu2i I certainly didn't agree with his choice, but I'm the forgiving type, Roberta.

[@AdrienneMonestere]

You can tell Orr wasn't allowed to take over the game yet because he was such a kid. They had him sitting back playing defense. No Espo, Cashman, Hodge, Stanfield, Sanderson or Cheevers yet. This is so cool to watch. Thanks for posting.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Thank you. And yes, he was definitely under wraps for a while there.

[@NickMasseyRideon]

wow I remember listening to this game on the radio

[@hannover5551]

Orr was the greatest shot blocker in NHL history. Amongst his other incredible talents

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Nobody better at it, at the least! Fearless!

[@jamesanthony5681]

He was good, as was Bob Goldham who stopped some with his chest.

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

I love Bobby, he's one of the best, but he doesn't hold a candle to Bob Goldham and Al Arbour, those two blocked shots like goalies. This in no way takes away from Orr, but I gotta set the record straight here.

[@hannover5551]

@@20thCenturyManTrad If Ed Johnston says Orr block as many shots as anyone whoever played the game, I’m going with him not you

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

@@hannover5551 I'm not saying different, Bobby blocked a lot of shots, but Terry Sawchuk, and Glenn Hall said the same about Goldham and Arbour. All contemporaries of the era agreed as much. I'm not hating on Orr, he was a good shot blocker, he merely wasn't the best at that facet of the game. Bill Gadsby was a great shotblocker too, great number 4 too, he had the same description as Orr. This isn't coming from me. It's coming from guys who played with these guys. When Marcel Pronovost one of the best Defensemen ever says that Goldham and Arbour were the greatest shotblockers, I'll go with him, because he played with both of them.

[@jemsmay2167]

I was 8, living in Rochester NY with a friend (nicknamed “Bailey” cause his brother called him Ace…) whos dad had a fancy tv antenna so we could watch HNIC from Toronto. I grew up a Montreal fan for some reason, but really like watching the Bruins back then. This vid takes me back, interesting how much the game has changed and how much it is the same.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

I'll excuse you for the Montreal thing, and agree that it's fun to look back at old-time hockey!

[@bbb462cid]

This is actually pretty fair coverage. I miss the clean boards. Fun to see all the famous players. Keon, Bucyk, Orr, Mahovlich, Kelly, Green, Horton....Jesus all of them really. As a Bruins fan I know all the names and as a historical NHL fan the Leafs are here in a great season that wins them the Cup. Punch Imlach at the bench, Bower and Sawchuk in net, this was a great team. Good goal by Bruin Eddie Westfall, he was a very good player who gets overlooked. The Big M was really exciting to watch when he had the puck, eh?

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Like you, I've been steady in my praise of Eddie.

[@robhurley5258]

Thanks very much for this video. I'm a huge fan of Bobby Orr and the old Bruins teams. #4 truly was the best ever. If you have any more, please upload! Many thanks for all you do :)

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You're welcome! A few more treats in the pipeline, but it takes a while!

[@robhurley5258]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 agreed, I upload old videos myself and understand the time and effort involved

[@henryniznik406]

I remember watching that game and saying re Bobby Orr ; " Look how good he is !"

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You called it!

[@danh5150]

Every time they called "Horton" I had the urge for coffee and a Canadian maple. ;o) Seriously though, cool seeing all these legends in action.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Ha!

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Nice to see Ted Green 👍

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Yes! That was something, being able to see him in his early years!

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 absolutely 💯 thanks ✌

[@heywoodplanes6651]

these are some of the players that inspired me to play this game. Miss the blank boards and two-line passes, Love that those offside faceoffs were spotted where the passes originated, the refs only used the dots if they weren't certain. I am lucky to have been able to play every position through the years that I played this game for fun - beer leagues and youth hockey. We played in the backyard in Ontario in 1966, 67, 68 and 69. on a rink our Grandfather would make in the winter. My first pair of skates were Bauer's - Sherwood sticks and Cooper pads. CCM, and Winwell came later - you had to curve your own stick blade, fellers - they were all straight back then. It's one thing to hear these names spoken in a roll call of hockey legends - and something else entirely to hear them called in the game by the announcers as they played the Game. So glad this was found and posted on YT - Good on ya Pete Goodwin. Gerry Cheevers was a favorite goalie of mine.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Great stuff, Heywood, and thank you. I was unable to play hockey (asthma), but my two brothers did, and I remember one of them lighting a burner on the stove to curve his stick!

[@heywoodplanes6651]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 yeah that's how we did it too! Here's the thing about all that hockey playing - it took a toll on the ol' Buick, if you know what I mean. She don't run so good, suspension is shot, and the frame is about done. I wouldn't trade those days for anything - but it WAS a trade off.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@heywoodplanes6651 I've outgrown my asthma, and the other day I thought, why not try to learn the game ... but I can't afford to get hurt if I can help it.

[@heywoodplanes6651]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 I played in several recreational leagues over the years - some were friendlier than others. Best to play with people you know. If that's less than doable you just have to make the best of whatever situation and bail out if the knuckleheads outnumber the reasonable players. Attitude is latitude. On the other hand if you can find a rink that offers 'sticktime' where the fellers can just skate around with sticks n pucks thats a good alternative

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@heywoodplanes6651 Thanks for the 411!

[@paulya1269]

I grew up in Montreal. When I was about 7 or 8, my father came home from work with a pair of tickets for the Habs vs. Bruins for that night. I couldn’t believe I was going to see Bobby Orr play in person. I’ve never been more excited to see a hockey game, and I’ve seen many. Probably my fondest sports memory. I’m a lifelong Habs fan, but back in his prime, everyone loved Bobby and wanted to see him play. My friends and I would pick NHL stars when we played street hockey and we always argued over who’d get to be Bobby Orr. Good times, long ago.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Awesome!

[@robgraham5016]

That was awesome! No helmets, no masks, no glass and most noticeable - no ads on the boards! They look almost naked, don't they? How about the random face-off spots too and "freezing the puck"?

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

LOL! The freezing the puck thing freaked me out!

[@tomtalley2192]

And two line offside. I was 10 at the time and a couple of years before channel 38 started televising Bruins games and I was hooked on hockey as well as all New England. As a side note, the Celtics were in a run of championships, and couldn’t sell out theGarden, while the perennial loser Bruins always sold out the Garden.

[@robgraham5016]

@@tomtalley2192 Uh ... The Leafs haven't won the cup since 1967 (I can hardly remember it) and sell-out every game since!

[@molnya2]

Boy this brings back memories. All those players, Armstrong,Ellis,Keon, Mahovllich, Pappin, Horton and for the Bruins, Westfall, Bucyk,Orr,Oliver,McKenzie,Green and longtime referee Bruce Hood, as a young linesman. Those iconic announcers, Hewitt, McFarlane, and I wish I could remember his name, longtime PA announcer at MLG.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Paul Morris!

[@molnya2]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 That's it. Along with Claude Mouton in Montreal, they were like Saturday night guests at home. Such legends.

[@techheaven8132]

Thank you for this. I was only a few months old when this aired, so I am happy to see this now.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

YW! I'm a little older, but I feel the same way when I watch the OG stuff!

[@rmelin13231]

Amazing footage, and priceless, to say the least. Thanks for all these gems you've provided!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You’re welcome!

[@moon-unit-zappa]

I was 10 days old when this game was played. 😮

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

😆

[@rastapete100]

Bobby Orr was the best player on the ice that night and it was only his fourth game. He was always the best player on the ice ever since then too.

[@user-uy7sz2mu2i]

He lost me when he endorsed trump

[@neilkonitshek2906]

Crazy that players protected everything else but their head. Bucyk nice play to Westfall for the goal

[@user-db6pt7vr3l]

It's ok they all survived.

[@giuseppenero110]

@@user-db6pt7vr3l : minus their front teeth--of course

[@giuseppenero110]

For that reason the hits were generally less brutal with no intent to injure

[@dwightropp3014]

@@user-db6pt7vr3l- Well, all except one, of course, he being Bill Masterson of the Minnesota North Stars, who died in January of 1968 after falling and hitting his head on the ice during an NHL game. The Bill Masterson Memorial Trophy is awarded at each season's end since then as a result.

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

@@dwightropp3014 Likely because he was playing with another injury, Cesar Maniago, said during skating drills Bill Masterton's face would turn blue, before his tragic injury. So, it's likely that something else caused him to black out on what was an ordinary hard body check, which was why he didn't fall properly.

[@canuckowl]

Incredible! I know every name. It's cool to see some of the players on Boston that I actually know better from other places they played. Like Ron Shock for the Penquins and Wayne Connelly for the Red-wings. Bob Dillabough for the Oakland Seals. What a feast for the eyes and ears. Classic!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

First I'd heard of ol' Bob, actually!

[@canuckowl]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 well, where I lived every pack of hockey cards seemed to have a Bob Dillabough in it. That's how i recall him.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

🤣@@canuckowl

[@macbirt56]

This was definitely a trip down memory lane for me. This is actually 2 years before I became a Bruins hockey fan to be honest. I was just 10 in 1966, so all I could play in my small town was baseball or football. But after hearing about Bobby Orr and seeing a couple of games in 1968, all I wanted to do was play hockey. Except for the officiating, I still think hockey is the best sport of all. But I don't want to get into any debate here. This was a very pleasant surprise and a very nice one, thank you so much.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You're welcome! Thanks to the star power of Orr, rinks were springing up all over Greater Boston!

[@macbirt56]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 I remember well. On a side note, my friends used to tease me because I was a decent street hockey player in my hometown when we didn't have any ice, so they called me "Birt on tar." If you know, you know. lol

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@macbirt56 Ha! That's tremendous!

[@davidbalfour9109]

Thanks for posting!

[@steveperry1344]

my heyday too as a school boy hockey player, took a lot of inspiration from the bruins and bobby orr and all the players in the nhl which was still a six team league. great memories. i got to go to some of the boston games between 1960-1968.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

No better place to watch a game than the Garden in those days!

[@steveperry1344]

13909!!!@@petegoodwinboston4825

[@samsantucci1044]

Remember this - the Leafs would go on to win the Stanley Cup later that season - the last time the Leafs won the Cup.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

That is hard to believe, but true. If the Bruins can't do it, I root for the Leafs ... but then again, Toronto is usually making tee times before Boston!

[@saifonlawrence2044]

It will NEVER happen again

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@saifonlawrence2044 LOL. Don't be like that!

[@michaelleroy9281]

And they're the oldest team to win the Stanley Cup the whole team the average age was 32 years old Terry Sawchuk was 37 years old Johnny Bower was supposedly 40 his exact age was never known George Armstrong was around 40

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@michaelleroy9281 Wow! Graybeards!

[@jorgejohnson451]

This is hockey gold. Thanks for posting.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

TY, Jorge!

[@danholtby1635]

What great nostalgia!! Those great play by play voices!! No helmets. Wooden hockey sticks, with no curves. And Bobby Orr. Mahovlich. Horton. Keon. Shack. And the rest of those great players.

[@Jamie-1985]

Classic Orr Spin-O-Rama @ 30:30

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Yes! He pulled that out again in 1972 against the Rangers! Brilliant!

[@whitneymacdonald4396]

More historic than this being Orr's fourth game, the Leafs were good! The excitement every time Orr had the puck, even in an away arena, was something to hear. Ted Green before he had his head bashed in... Gump Worsley without a mask... Great stuff. Thanks.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Great stuff from you as well!

[@mikem820]

I think Orr would still own today’s game

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

There's no doubt in my mind!

[@garyambrosi2075]

Refs stopped play much quicker. I still can’t believe no masks for the goalies. I remember watching these games on tv and being so excited. Great hockey. And yes, no ads all over the ice and boards.

[@unsafe_at_any_speed]

I was only 6 months old when this game was played. I was too young to remember the last time the leafs won the cup. I have a whole lifetime watching the leafs lose. This was real hockey! It's a shame what hockey has become in the 21st century.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Just think how great it'll be when they win it!

[@brsfan66]

I love the fact that Orr wasn't such a sensation but his teammates know he was. He just made everybody better and you could see it in this game. Great video! I was only three and a half months old when this went on. He was just a baby going into a grown world and yet he's probably still the greatest player of all time if not then he was the most talented.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

He was very humble for somebody who had to know he was better than everybody else!

[@GodsInTheMachine]

Having Bobby Orr on D is like having a second goaltender.

[@willbyrd5717]

I had more interest in hockey cards and hockey coins back then than I have in the hockey today

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Hockey coins?

[@cryptohalloffame]

the leaf's announcer has been around for- evvver

[@thecount1001]

these guys skate faster than i imagined. passing isn't all that impressive, but the skating is.

[@jimanderson7648]

one of the reason for the passing being off is the clutch and grabbing

[@mrktyb]

true

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

The passing being less impressive is due mostly to the fact that the game was played in a tight defensive manner, particularly by the Leafs of the 1960s. It's very hard to get a sustained clean pass off, when you have every player covering their man like white on rice.

[@garyhenson117]

The Bruins were my favourites during the Orr era. The best team in hockey when his left knee gave out in autumn 1972; I still remember the catastrophic hit he sustained to his knee near the centre circle on one of his patented end-to-end rushes that effectively began the slide. It was fun while it lasted!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

If only today's medical procedures were available then. But what we got was absolutely spectacular!

[@7777shayna]

Thank you for sharing this!!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You're welcome Shayna!

[@mikem820]

Wow no 20 minute commercials!! Wish we could say that nowadays

[@waynepratt9735]

I was 12 and for sure watched this game with my Dad . Orr was the best player ever ,no one in his limited time playing was even close . Dad was a big Leafs fan so guys like Keon and Horton were good but not like Orr ! Amazing film thanks for posting this !

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You're welcome! Awesome that you watched the games together! And yes, nobody came close to Bobby.

[@willbyrd5717]

Doug Harvey could play better defensively and control the game better the best Defenceman ever

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@willbyrd5717 He was great, but no match for Orr offensively IMO!

[@MarcelaR-dh1ok]

Great era,,,NFL was 6 teams back then. Saw my first Bruin game at the Garden 67...vs Black Hawks...We had loge box seats and Bobby Hull passed by as we entered.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Awesome memories!

[@MarcelaR-dh1ok]

@@petegoodwinboston4825 He was all smiles before the game as well

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@lanceb. Man, you have great recall!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

@@lanceb. Ha! You do!

[@drobson8004]

NFL had 6 teams? False

[@floofycatz]

It just seems like the game flowed much more smoothly back then :) Love the maskless goalies, a true sport then.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

There *was* a great flow to the game then. Good call, Floofy!

[@nosny3570]

my grandfather would sometimes see Bobby Hull on the tractor working the family farm during the off season outside of Belleville ON on the island. Bobby's $80 million contract if he played today would never allow that (or Bobby Orr's $100 million contract). These players played for something back then that was much more meaningful than the giant salaries and giant ticket prices of today

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Agreed!

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Toronto rink annoucer ...1 of a kind ✨ like a voice from hockey 🏒 heaven 😍 😅

[@johnmacmillan1436]

The p.a. announcer was Paul Morris. Bill Hewitt calling the game.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

@@johnmacmillan1436 yuppp...I heard Paul Morris at a game featuring Rick Vaive, Ian Turnbull ...when I saw 👀 classic Maple Leaf gardens, and heard Paul announce ...I knew I was at the BIG SHOW 🎪😁

[@patb5266]

Awesome upload thanks, I was almost 3 when this game was played but these guys kept going for another decade. Amazing hockey!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Glad you liked it, Pat B! The play is not so fast that I can't think along with each player and what he was trying to do, which I find enjoyable.

[@johnprociuk8352]

Pete, thanks for another great video! Always look forward to these.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed!

[@billr6983]

Bobby looked pretty good. The Bruins at this point hadn't figured out yet to pass the puck to Bobby more often, or to let him carry it more. Tim Horton looked pretty slick at times too, he never gets credit for the puck carrying ability he had. I found the amount of holding, hooking, slashing and interference they just didn't bother calling amazing. Almost no whistles for penalties. And how quick they were to whistle down freezing the puck along the boards. So many times the players from both sides sort of loosely held the puck against the boards then they'd all look to the officials for a whistle like it was a mutual agreement by both teams it was time for a break. Also no on the fly changes. Offside at the centre line, ARRGH! And the casual nature of how the players took the faceoffs even in critical situations. These days every faceoff looks like a life or death situation compared to these guys. I really nice look at the past of the game and how things have changed and evolved.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Excellent points all. I couldn't believe the level of freezing the puck. And I still wonder if there was a gentleman's agreement not to go top shelf if the goalie wasn't wearing a mask.

[@dwightropp3014]

Yes, as a youth I hated those quick whistles for freezing the puck against the boards, especially when I was listening to games on the radio! The play constantly being stopped drove me crazy! Now, they won't call it no matter how long the dang disc is trapped there by several players at once. Huge chunks of time are wasted for a team behind in the score and the time ticking away on their chances of tying it up. Seems like there has been no happy medium, sheesh! And also yes about Horton, who could niftily carry the puck up-ice, though he couldn't hold onto it in enemy traffic as long as Orr could, of course. But he was a very esteemed D-man in the '60s, being named to the year-end First all-star team three times and to the Second team on three occasions as well. In fact, his final two First-team selections was along with Orr both times in the late-'60s, thus being viewed as the 2nd-best D-man for those two seasons...after Orr as #1, of course.

[@rogerdennison8154]

@@petegoodwinboston4825I kind of doubt that. A number of players in your video were already using the slap shot. And you can’t account for deflected pucks. This was a transitional era, what with expansion, curved blades- tho still wood- and the slap shot, and more goalies were getting hurt-like Sawchuk, Plante. Just observing both goalies handle the puck with one hand is funny to see. I’m not actually sure how they did that- maybe they were putting 2 or more fingers on paddle?

[@tedebayer1]

My father was a leafs fan in those days so we likely watched it if it was on Hockey Night In Canada....(living in the Ottawa valley in those days, so it was unfortunately mostly Montreal games televised in our area) ...often we were holed up in the kitchen listening on the radio to leafs games. I remember the ice and boards in those days, no ads littering everything.. no helmets, no facemasks, goalies who actually moved to stop a puck

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

I am just loving all of the Canadian fans telling their stories of watching hockey back in the day!

[@JPMadden]

Even though I'm old enough that I witnessed it myself, I still find it hard to believe they played without helmets.

[@roberttooth360]

You won't see another D man that good on all areas of the Game.! Shack playing some tight D Awesome footage 😅

[@giuseppenero110]

clear the track--here comes Shack

[@jimbo1959]

Wow!, Most of these players wouldn't make the NHL these days.The caliber of Hockey has greatly increased since then.Nice to see the players I grew up watching again! Thank You!

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

You're welcome! It's definitely a faster game today.

[@stevenking9357]

Thanks for posting this, it brings back lots of memories.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

YW!

[@johnmortin5603]

I was 3. My first hockey memory was my Dad telling me to watch #4 for the Bruins. A lot of familiar names Cashman, Bucyk, Dallas Smith, Orr, Keon, Mahovlich and Hewitt and McFarlane from Hockey Night in Canada on our one station every Saturday night at 6 pm in Saskatchewan. No masks on the goalies still amazes me. I remember Cheevers and Dryden. Even with their masks a shot to the face would have been like a punch. I was surprised to see Orr was playing for the Bruins before Esposito.

[@petegoodwinboston4825]

Dads always know, right!

[@seanmcateer7982]

This is awesome![