1974 01 24 Bobby Orr incindent

1974 01 24 Bobby Orr incindent

[@thomasgallagher7092]

Orr’s talent was light years ahead of anyone in the league back then

[@riobabic8960]

Yes

[@buckzx12r]

Except for Montreals three HOF ers Lapointe,Savard,Robinson.

[@Brian-xu9di]

He could score, he could defend, he could penalty kill, and he could fight - the complete package. The greatest ever.

[@marsters9109]

Hard to argue with that. At the end of his career, he was better on one leg than 95% of the players in the league.

[@Robert-ls9zf]

I agree. Most transformative player to ever lace up skates. And I'm a Habs fan.

[@chizorama]

Very few players changed the game, & nobody did that better than #4...

[@michellemay2081]

I saw him play at MSG many times as a kid with my father who had Rangers season tickets. Orr was the only player in my sixty years of watching the NHL who put the fear of death in me when he had the puck behind his own net, surveying the lay of the land, 200 feet from Giacomin or Villemure. The greatest ever

[@adrianpoesiat]

And he was a high level figure skater. Which explains his articulate skating style

[@jimclarence5441]

Sinden should have got a game misconduct for that sports jacket.

[@damienthorne861]

🤣😂 indeed!

[@brenthenderson3983]

Must have had Don Cherry's tailor, or vice versa.

[@briangraham1024]

Cherry had better taste than Sinden. Looks more like something from Herb Tarlek's closet. 😂​@@brenthenderson3983

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

Still sends chills up my spine when i hear: #4 BOBBY ORR!!!!

[@stevenmaw7491]

The world is auch a better place with Bobby Orr!! I dated Bobby's niece when I lived in Toronto years ago. I was fortunate enough to go to many Orr family get-togethers in Northern Ontario with the extended family, including a fishing trip where Bobby was my bunk mate. To this day I still a hand written Christmas card from Bobby even though his niece and I broke up over 30 years ago.

[@Siggi395]

WELL... your mother must have been proud of you, because I'm pretty sure nobody else cares.

[@mooncricket2311]

​@@Siggi395 was that absolutely necessary ? do you feel better about yourself now ?

[@Siggi395]

Yes, I do.... nobody cares about your personal life or who you dated, especially when the subject was about probably the greatest player to lace up skates was obviously tripped and had every reason to flip out. Now, if the subject was six degrees of separation with famous people.. sure.. why not? Maybe there was a reason they split... possible nut case?.. sounds plausible after 30 years.

[@mooncricket2311]

​@@Siggi395 i thought you would say yes. i guess the part about being included in their family outings is what you'd call an anecdote. i think you need to lighten up a little bit. the way i see it, sending cards is starting to feel like a lost art. i only get them from my parents, aunts, and grandparents. the older generations. if this guy is still on bobby orr's mailing list every christmas season, he can't be that deranged. it is possible to still enjoy the company of a person, regardless of if their relationship with someone in your family fizzled out. sounds like you're angry at the world about something in your personal life, to feel the need to come here and immaturely assume things about a person's mental health, all from them sharing fond memories with the player featured in this highlight.

[@stevenmaw7491]

@@mooncricket2311 hey thanks & much appreciated. I wasn't trying to "flex" my relationship with Bobby, I was just trying to express that as great of a player he is, Bobby is even a greater person .. and as I said in my original post, the world would be a whole better if there were more men with Bobby's character & qualities living in it. Cheers!!

[@user-sp8jm1qg4l]

Greatest player to have ever played the game. I still tear up when I describe him to my children .

[@arcticmorning]

totally unacceptable attitude.. shame on you orr

[@josephfisher3682]

Gretzky is dude. Not even close

[@Seawizz203]

Ah, Channel 38, Fred Cusick, and Johnny Pierson brings back great memories. Those Bruins teams were great back then and the hockey was superb. It was a different style then. Anyway, I watched every game and played hockey my whole life. It was, literally, a life changing experience for me.

[@karlschneider9479]

Tom Larson who did the in between periods studio broadcaster recently passed away. You may remember that Channel 38 also had a weekly Bruins wrap up program.

[@Seawizz203]

@@karlschneider9479 I do! I believe it was on Sunday mornings. And the Bruins’ original theme song was Nutsy, by the Ventures. I had it as my ringtone for a while.

[@thomasmartin7425]

Oh gosh these days were amazingly fun. I lived in Hudson, MA.

[@Brian-xu9di]

Don Earle was also in the mix for a while - right?

[@Seawizz203]

@@Brian-xu9di yes, he was the first TV play-by-play guy and called the famous Bobby Orr goal to win the Cup in 1970.

[@carbo3017]

Wally Harris the greatest Montreal Canadian fan to ever ref a games. I loved him.

[@shawnomalley7398]

when i hear Fred and John, I get absolute goosebumps and tears - all of it at once...Fred and John were the best, they are part of my childhood and the tapestry of my life...I was born in 71....did not see b's win a cup until 2011 yet my memories of the team these two guys (Fred and John) were the best....Jack Edwards....this is how it's done

[@Brian-xu9di]

I was born in 60, became a Bruins fan when we moved to the Boston area in 67. The Bobby Orr era was magical - EVERYONE was a bruins fan. Rinks sprung up all around Boston and the suburbs with all of the kids wanting to play hockey. I can remember watching the games on channel 38 on an old black and white TV with tinfoil on the antenna. We had to watch it in my little brother's room because we got the best reception there. I was 10, my little brother was 4 - my mom kept telling him to close his eyes and go to sleep - even with 5 other people in the room - hahahahahaha.

[@TheFlamingPike]

The older commentators were better because they were used to radio broadcasts where they had to be clear and precise and always deliver on time. It made the standards greater. Nowadays you can see a huge difference between tv and radio commentators, back then not so much!

[@fratzogmopars]

Hawk fan here. These two Bruins announcers sound like straight shooters. That Jack Edwards is delusional and hard to listen to.

[@detangojet]

Well Said, I can’t even listen to Edwards.

[@garycrosby1399]

I loved the radio voice of the Bruins back then. Bob Wilson was the best.

[@brianlebrun2382]

I saw this game on channel 38 that night and I've always remembered Orr slamming his stick before leaving the ice. He didn't get mad often but this was an obvious trip by Bill White.

[@rudistorm3348]

No it was channel 17 I remember

[@brianlebrun2382]

@@rudistorm3348 not in Boston. Channel 38 was the only channel.

[@rmelin13231]

@@rudistorm3348Actually, all you need to do is watch 4:50

[@brianhildreth9099]

​@@rudistorm3348they actually do a station break in the video. TV38

[@Spiritchaser649]

I met him at a nursing home in Jupiter Florida. His dad was a patient. He gave me autographed pic for my whole family and invited me out to dinner. I was star struck cause I told him how I had #4 Bobby Orr pjs when I was little.

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

Did you go to dinner with him?

[@Spiritchaser649]

@@Gregory-sm9pf no I chickened out. But I enjoyed talking to him on the phone

[@Mike___Honcho]

the game official in the blue coat behind the glass was my pee wee hockey coach in melrose, sonny hunter. he coached the melrose pee wee raiders, a wildly successful team. i think sonny did my father a favor by picking me to be on the team, as i had zero experience and limited skills, but we played so many games that i had a great chance to improve. by the end of the season, i was on the first line and in the mix of the players that would go on to win 3 middlesex high school league championships and be ranked #2 in division I going into the tournament. i loved playing hockey and i owed a great debt to sonny hunter. he raised a real nice family and was a credit to our town, too.

[@mckessa17]

You should have played for the Leafs.

[@marisalombardi385]

Orr & Esposito: what a duo...

[@user-pz8tb9jm8v]

Here we are, 50 years later and the lousy officiating hasn't changed a bit.

[@JeffHulkHemp]

Being a Blackhawks fan .Just want to say this was trip .

[@atomeyes99]

ya think?

[@chuckg6039]

da

[@robadcox5405]

atomeyes99. Yeah, you should try it sometime.

[@roberteimiller9691]

I had season tickets during all the "French Connection" years... When Wally Harris officiated in Buffalo the facility regularly rang with a loud chant over and over "HARRIS IS A BUM! HARRIS IS A BUM!" at the beginning of a next period in the game Harris was skating around the rink along the boards .. In those days the side glass on the boards in Memorial Auditorium was very low, only about 2 feet high..As Wally Harris skated but a Fan dumped a FULL cup of beer right on his head .... It was a glorious moment :) Harris was drenched, his hair soaked and he was actually sputtering like he almost drowned. Great Memory.

[@quiricomazarin476]

Let someone dump beer on your head & see if you cry or get upset....

[@roberteimiller9691]

You obviously missed it.. It's way beyond your ken. @@quiricomazarin476

[@pjwick2437]

The Aud would chant “WALLY- WALLY-WALLY !! Harris was a Bum.

[@billpierce3841]

Lol. Snowflake.@@quiricomazarin476

[@todd3563]

Bobby Orr was quiet and easy going that some players took as weak... Then they piss him off and quickly realize he's no push over.

[@RoguePatience]

Bingo!

[@mike840621]

Ask Keith Magnuson if Orr was tough...lol

[@1949LA-ARCH]

I had the joy of seeing these great players in person. These guys were tough, not like today.

[@jmachatch6696]

I remember guys not wearing helmets. Later you could tell who the new guys were because of the helmet rule.

[@Brian-xu9di]

Hockey today is nothing like it was back in the 70’s. Sucks without the fighting.

[@lennychorn147]

​@@Brian-xu9diThough fights were part of the game, there came a point where the fights were dominating the game. It became the WWF on ice. They had to put a stop to it, as it was rapidly becoming a blood sport.

[@smokejblow66]

@@lennychorn147it will always be a part of the game. Some of todays players would never even get a shot in the NHL.

[@lennychorn147]

@smokejblow66 I believe I pointed that out. But there was a period of time when the fights became the main attraction. The refs took their sweet time breaking the fights up. I grew up on hockey in the late 60s through the 70s. My grandfather was a huge Blackhawks fan.

[@billblake9665]

Even though i am a flyers fan my favorite jersey is my #4 bobby is the MAN what a talent too bad he had to take so many cheap shots...a huge loss for all fans he had to retire so soon.

[@danielgoodson703]

Idols. As a kid, used my Phil Esposito skates and Bobby Orr stick.

[@dmzabo3914]

Espo's best years were in Boston, but his fame came while wearing the Rangers blue shirt on the "Godfather line". IMHO 😎👍🏻

[@dennisbrooks8566]

Watched this live on TV channel 38 . Good ole days .

[@frankpasquale3221]

They ran into the greatest goalie of his era- Bernie Parent in the finals

[@kennethzullick6897]

😂

[@jasonfullerton7763]

Only Jesus saves more than Bernie!

[@absolutetuber]

I kept waiting for the ref to turn his mic on and announce the call. Then I remembered it was 1974.

[@jodytollefson7187]

I was born in 1975 so i never got to see Orr play i wish i had.

[@backbay2242]

Back in that era the home team wore white and the dark/colored jerseys away. I preferred it.

[@geoffoldread7684]

All I can think about when I watch this is The Friends of Eddie Coyle.😂

[@KF-ee6et]

#4 Bobby Orr. Great movie.

[@michaelm6948]

"#4 Bobby Orr, what a future that kid has..." Robert Mitchum My brother was an extra in the movie. They shot some scenes at the Boston Bowl, 5 minutes from my house. My brother got to meet Mr. Mitchum.

[@marblox9300]

Flyin through the air reminded me of the Stanley Cup picture against St. Louis.

[@elvicare35]

Me too... I've never seen him slam his stick like that... A LITTLE ticked off, eh...

[@elvicare35]

I just recently purchased (Haven't received it yet) a 1969 OPC Bill White (Los Angeles Kings) card on eBay... it's in great shape! PS The first year I bought cards, it was magical!

[@marblox9300]

@@elvicare35 ok

[@stewartsnape2936]

Love that era all those legends on the bruins

[@trevmac8362]

I remember when some kid from Cornell University with 6 games of NHL experience shut down the Big Bad Bruins in 1971 and sent them packing in the playoffs and the irony is that kid was drafted by the Bruins

[@ManOfThePeople75]

Wally Harris has to be close to meeting his maker. There are plenty of Bruins fans with full bladders waiting the coordinates.

[@willmorrison6650]

😂

[@secondguess3128]

Would speak volumes for "classy" Bruins fans . . .

[@billpierce3841]

Aww, feelings hurt, Snowflake?@@secondguess3128

[@tomp8871]

WSBK channel 38, ahhhhhhh, when New England sports was free to watch...

[@billmaxfield7831]

Still is. I watch every Bruins game here in Houston for the bubble!.Streameast!

[@johnneal7169]

Who else remembers this considered good as far as television reception. For a while this was as clear as it got as far as receptions. Ahhhh...the good ol days. Things sure were a lot simpler.

[@paulvesterfelt8628]

Your seeing the result of him playing on bad knees for years and finally having enough of the ref's three blind mice act!

[@jaymoon5906]

Wally Harris sucked

[@TrollinThru]

He helped Canada win the Canada Cup in 1976 on one knee and still was MVP of the tournament.

[@chizorama]

@@TrollinThru He could barely walk for that tourney, but put him on skates...

[@Masterhab]

Back in the days when the arena wasn't full of rich guys in suits padding their expense accounts but had actual fans in attendance who's potential for violence gave the home team its actual home ice advantage.

[@secondguess3128]

What none of the great minds on the Boston broadcast thought to question was why the play was whistled dead if there was no penalty. Well, there WAS an infraction -- the Bruins were called for too many men on the ice. In Harris's eyes, I suspect, White's trip occurred after play was concluded -- even if the whistle wasn't heard until after, it was presumably in the process of being blown while Orr was carrying the puck -- so a penalty could not be called. As an aside, I don't think I ever saw a game officiated by Harris that failed to spiral out of control at some point.

[@billpierce3841]

BS. Fantasy.

[@secondguess3128]

@@billpierce3841 OK, then, why did the whistle blow if there was no penalty? Remember to frame your response with the knowledge that Hockey Reference confirms the too-many-men call against Boston. (Have to trust me on this, or look it up yourself. KZbin won't let me post the link.)

[@michaelolive5070]

Video would seem to show that White's move was aimed at the puck. While it is hard to tell if he made contact, this is a legitimate defensive tactic. Surely he didn't deliberately put his unprotected head in the path of Orr's skates ?

[@billpierce3841]

Doesn't matter. Learn the rules before posting.

[@michaelolive5070]

@@billpierce3841 those rules being 1. the ones the refs followed ? or 2. the ones that PRIMA DONNA ORR and Co. thought they should enforce. Many great stars were/are also amongst the top whiners. In this case, Orr put ME ahead of WE.

[@brokeeper2007]

Ironic that the same flying-through-the-air posture Orr showed here, is what contributed to his fame in another incident. One of the best.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

I had that same thought.

[@thefrase7884]

Ironic? No…..Coincidental? Yes

[@chicken_953]

Orr revolutionized the game. Such a great skater with speed, could excellerate so easily and just skate around you. Must of gave opponents fits every time on the ice

[@TomDuff-hq9hd]

I can remember when you had get up on roof to adjust the antenna,to get channel 38 so that you could watch the Bruins. Talk about reception , Shit I'm, old now lol I hate what live in Cell phones and Messed up everything like a bunch of spaghetti,wait till this country does a Casey Jones ! lol

[@jamiebowen8250]

A different era. After Orr, the NHL joined the 20th century , realizing how they fed the most talented player ever, to a myriad of low talent goons, like the Philadelphia flyers etc. Imagine if they catered to Orr, like they did to Gretzky. He might have had a longer, less injury plagued career.

[@mikeeddings432]

Perfectly said!😊

[@CJK57]

Like having Dave Semenko in your corner.

[@mckessa17]

Orr was the best player I have ever seen, amazing.

[@mikeeddings432]

@@mckessa17 I wish I could have seen him play in person.

[@jeffreyg4626]

Another thing that made Orr's career short was that at 14 yrs old he was playing against men before he got to the NHL. And the way he always carried the puck and pushed the play... he was a target.

[@flameraider6817]

How crooked the NHL was under Campbell in this era and still is even more so under Bettman

[@TomDuff-hq9hd]

Imagine Orr and Bourque playing together, it would of happened if they didnt blow Orrs knees out !The only way to stop Orr was to hurt him ,he took alot hits from pucks also . I was forunate to watch him play !

[@rushrules81]

Add Park, too. Although, if they had Orr still, they may not have made that trade.

[@bondedlockserviceinc.4583]

@@rushrules81 Yes, first thing I think of . Orr and Park played only 10 games together. Ironically, the Bruins passed on Brad Park with the #1 pick of the 1970 draft by someone I can't remember. If the Bruins had Park for his whole Career, and Orr for more than the 9 years he was able to play it would've been a different hockey world.

[@philipjohnson2652]

That belongs in the "Worst Call Ever Hall of Fame"

[@dustylover100]

They used to purposely go after Orr's knees.

[@ptech88]

I miss tv38 bruins broadcasts

[@LooseNewf]

Compared to Orr, Gretzky was AAA. G man played in a watered down league and was protected right up to the infamous '93 Cup when G Bettmore and his refs colluded to get LA into the final. Since then, it's been Hockey Not in Canada and Kerry F. is now Gary's boy - Pitiful.

[@bmoshareholderappleshareho855]

That was the time when players did not wear helmets. Scary stuff.

[@mikebritcom3171]

10 years earlier goalies didn't wear masks. oh my! you would have wet your pants.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Kind of amazing there was only 1 death considering all the games that had been played. The game was a lot slower then though. Give those guys modern gear and guys would be getting killed every year.

[@joeyparm9887]

Wayne who?.. ORR =GOAT

[@1454LOU]

Orr played most of his career against expansion teams I.e. American league teams.😮

[@joeyparm9887]

@@1454LOU Wayne played in the west the majority of the time against garbage. He was protected by the league and a numerous goons. Edmonton had 3 out if 4 lines who were basically Allstars. ORR =GOAT

[@bondedlockserviceinc.4583]

​@@1454LOU "A team of 5 Orr's on the ice vs. 5 Gretzky;'s on the ice wins 10/10 times." Don Cherry.

[@privatejets9992]

NHL RULE # 1 ; YOU don't touch Bobby orr ( or Gretzky )

[@mkenney08]

Fred and Johnny. Classic.

[@backbay2242]

I remember watching this game on 38.

[@DashMaverick456]

Watching tonigh'ts game against the Rangers, it looks like the refs were no better then than today. They used to play 'Three Blind Mice' back in the day. Hard to believe the league can't do better.

[@peteraleksandrovich5923]

Why we need video replay.

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

'Incindent'?

[@howie9751]

I'm a Ranger fan, but I think this was definitely a penalty.

[@chuckg6039]

da

[@howie9751]

@@chuckg6039 The Rangers-Bruins rivalry of the seventies?

[@ontarioguy4707]

RIP WallyHarris

[@marcweiss3098]

If that wasn’t an obvious trip I don’t know what is

[@randyholt4304]

It's really bad when the ref is blind in one eye and obviously couldn't see out of the other. In plain English the ref was a joke.

[@buckzx12r]

Talk about the WORST no tripping call ever!

[@macbirt56]

This is why I stopped watching NHL back in the '80s. It was the most pathetic excuse for officiating of any professional sport. The Refs even admitted that they hated the Bruins. And Sanderson even said, on numerous occasions, that the Refs put their whistles in their pockets during the last 2 minutes of the game because they didn't want to affect the outcome. He was talking figuratively but it was the stupidest thing any official could do, because by refusing to call penalties they were affecting the outcome of the game. Basically everyone knew that for the last 2 minutes of a close game, cheating was okay. It was awful.

[@andygrenn680]

4ever Great!

[@brucesturton8521]

I was so disappointed when orr went to Chicago. I think the bruins should have kept him . He should have retired a bruin.

[@freedom357mag4]

Sorry Wayne Robert Gordon ORR is the GOAT

[@user-lo2ce4hj2k]

Var Mikael Sjökvist med redan då?!!

[@terryj.macmullen9968]

The nhl changed to the lets look after gretzky league. Lots of crap happened to orr that never happened to others.when you play by different rules than everyone else,you can get all the records and glory .not deserved.

[@marsters9109]

Hey, Gretzky was the best...just ask him

[@terryj.macmullen9968]

I m sure he would tell you. Had a very sheltered career.

[@richardgeorge3136]

Everything on the ice except hats 😂

[@marsters9109]

Boston's coach deserved a lifetime suspension. For wearing that jacket in public.

[@tonytroughton]

19:10 BOS Terry O'Reilly Too many men on the ice 2 min 19:10 BOS Bobby Orr Misconduct

[@garyinmarz8938]

Pretty sure that was tripping 🤣, but a bit too much drama

[@jamiebowen8250]

If White tripped Gretzky like that, he'd be thrown out of the game, after semenko got through with him

[@kellismith4329]

Gretzky would have jumped over his stick and gone in alone

[@albundy6008]

How could they not call the tripping??

[@henrydejong8448]

It appears that white was making an attempt to clear the puck. The puck was touched by white in that attemp however he didn t make much contact with it. The risk with that play is if there is no contact with the puck and the opposing player trips then there is a penalty. Maybe Orr felt white didnt touch the puck ad it had nt moved very far from the play. That rule still stands today does it not? .

[@billpierce3841]

If your stick causes a player to fall, it's a trip. It doesn't matter if the opposing player is going for or even touches the puck. End of story.

[@guitarguy5475]

The Bobby Orr non incident

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

Wally Harris was a good ref but didn’t have a good night that day. Still, he had to have balls to throw out Bobby Orr in Boston. He’s lucky he got out with his life!

[@johnschober1819]

Lost in today's game Passion!

[@Johnnycdrums]

I don't see how that was an infraction.

[@markhuru]

Not sure what was going on, it was tripping Chicago?

[@seasoundstudio6129]

Wally Harris always had it in for the Bs

[@sidDkid87]

*_sure, penalize Chicago ... no doubt, but also assess major penalties to Guidolin and Sinden for those plaid jackets!_* 😳🙈😂🤣

[@daniellysohirka4258]

Bobby Clarke is actually from hometown of Flin Flon, Manitoba. And played for the Flin Flon Bombers in the Juniors with Reggie Leach at the same time both being from Manitoba, then going on to being drafted to the Philadelphia Flyers. We've had 17 guys make it to the NHL from Flin Flon over the years.

[@jeffbooker]

Good Canadian Kids

[@markpimlott2879]

'And from a northern mining town named after a cartoon character, the inimitable Flinabotty Flonagan (sp?)!! Only in the land of Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat, Indian Head, Koocanusa, Dildo, Conception Bay, Woody Cove, Coboconk, Bobcageon, Moosomin, Slave Lake, Mayo, Faro, Carcross, Snowdrift, Hearts Content, Hearts Delight and Hearts Desire! Etc., etc.!

[@daniellysohirka4258]

@@markpimlott2879 it's actually from a story book that Tom Creighton was reading called "The Sunless City" while he discovered the Flin Flon Deposit, but later called the town Flin Flon. Short from Flintabbaty Flonatin, the underwater prospector. He was reading the book at the time he discovered Mandy Mine, and thought it better suited the town name instead.

[@drewby613]

Nice going ref. You sure screwed the pooch on that call. I think you should look into getting a cane. A white one.

[@us-Bahn]

#2 Bill White, 2-minutes for tripping.

[@000001willy]

That ref must have been on the take. That was the most corrupt non-call followed by all sorts of retaliatory penalties because the Boston players objected to the ref's non-call of a tripping penalty. The league should have intervened and suspended the ref.

[@anthonyjohnson9403]

Yeah. Orr is the best hockey player ever. Including Gretzky and Lemieux

[@squangan]

Yeah right, whatever.

[@user-zd3jd2xy1r]

Only way White could keep Orr outta the net- leg, arm & stick!! Gotta cheat to beat em smh

[@edandkarendamadio4108]

I have always blamed the NHL for not protecting Bobby Orr from this type of unnecessary roughness in the League. Orr was the top draw of fans wherever he played and he would have had a longer career if the League at least would have tried to protect him.

[@huckhockey]

yeaaaaa, probably the Worst non call i've ever seen. i remember watching that live.

[@atticusfinch3931]

If he was tripped why did the ref penalize Orr ?

[@secondguess3128]

Orr was given a misconduct for his tirade against Harris. The Bruins were penalized for too many men on the ice -- the reason for the whistle on the play. The referee must have concluded that play had been terminated before the trip -- therefore, it could not be called.

[@larrydanadavid2435]

Gordie Howe

[@nualajennings365]

Like most sports it's probably fixed

[@brokeeper2007]

How could an announcer mistake, at any point, a leg for an arm and a stick?

[@billpierce3841]

Because the game happens very fast. If you ever played, you might know.

[@kimthompson6686]

Never forget this incident. It’s the only time I ever seen Orr thrown out of a game. Buy the way, although Wally Harris (reg)blew the tripping call, he was one of the best ref’s every. He knew when to call a game tight or put the whistle away and let the boys play.

[@thetruthhurts6652]

Any ref that has different rules for different games or different periods is shit. Rules are rules. That’s why hockey is bush league.

[@shawnwells5719]

Harris was a joke. The NHL was so bad under referees like him, Canada suffered when playing internationally and actually had to follow the rules.

[@louisesblues]

Orr was thrown out against Philly too. He caught Clark on a breakaway and kinda spun him around while knocking the puck away. Orr got two minutes and went crazy!

[@patrickquintin4664]

Harris was the absolute worst. He would ignore obvious penalties late in games. The theory was that no one wanted a ref's call to influence the outcome of a game. But non-calls influence outcomes just as much as calls. If a guy gets a breakaway and you haul him down, negating a scoring chance, not calling a penalty influences the outcome of that game just as surely as calling a penalty would.

[@msbrownbeast]

The referee Fff..d up.

[@garysimard5674]

What some people aren't understanding here is that was offside. Esposito was offside and therefore the trip, which happened after the offside, isn't a penalty because it happened after the offside.

[@kellismith4329]

He wasn’t, the puck was over the line before Esposito - was kind of a dive by Orr he was trying to draw a penalty

[@garysimard5674]

@@kellismith4329I disagree. When you stop the vid when Orr moves the puck horizontally, you see that Espo is over the blue line, that's why the whistle was blown.

[@johnbarroll1120]

Did the D man intentionally use his stick to trip up puckhandler? I dont think so. Orr chose to skate through, rather than around the D man and tripped over D mans stick. No penalty. Sorry Bobby.

[@rickhilliard2545]

Tripping a guy with a stick is worse than anything thrown on the ice...gheees.

[@joeybagadonuts5774]

Sooooooo, all this over a non-tripping penalty?

[@jeffreid674]

Bill White must have touched the puck first. Saw Duncan Keith do that a ton of times over the years. Looking like a sure penalty, on the replay you would see Keith touch the puck before the attacker would go down. Only explanation I can think of, Bill White got a piece of the puck before Orr went down. Touch call.

[@huckhockey]

OR..........the ref was a complete fucking idiot ? i'm going with my view. lol

[@walkergillette3918]

I agree he did touch the puck before Orr tripped over the stick

[@johncirillo9544]

It’s close, but White never touched the puck.

[@John572d4]

There’s not really enough of a close up to see if White touched it, it looks like he didn’t though.

[@secondguess3128]

Sorry, it wasn't close. White's stick was completely off the ice, and directed entirely at Orr. That said, you would think SOMEONE on the broadcast should have wondered why the play was whistled dead if there was no penalty. In fact, the Bruins were being called for too many men (you'll notice there were 6 Boston skaters ranting at officials after the fact) -- and I suspect White's trip wasn't called because a whistle was in the process of being blown while Orr was carrying the puck.

[@jaymoon5906]

Wally the walrus

[@mrkoolio4475]

OK first of all I remember the Philadelphia Flyers winning a number of Stanley cups. Second Bobby Orr was no shrinking violet he like to check and fight as much as anybody has to your comment about protecting him like they protect their stars I don’t remember Gretzky ever getting a ton of calls I remember him staying out of trouble he didn’t go in the corners and he had McSorley watching his back but I don’t recall the refs ever calling anything when he got bumped or checked so I think that’s just a little fantasy you have because you don’t like Gretzky but Bobby Orr was something that’s for sure to me he actually looks like Gretzky before Gretzky and he was going to end the end so he’s the only person I think an argument could be made for that he’s the goat instead of gretzky these people that say Conor McGregor please

[@jcmay67]

Why do Refs go blind when they put on stripes.

[@danhoffman7364]

Bobby Orr couldnt carry Keith Magnusen's jock strap

[@bondedlockserviceinc.4583]

You ARE Keith Magnusons jock strap! Nice guy BUT KM regularly got his ass kicked. Terrible fighter and defenseman.