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- Orr Takes Flight
- 1970 Stanley Cup Final
- Orr’s Lasting Impact
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It is the most recognizable highlight in Boston sports history. The goal ranks up there with memories of the Boston Red Sox’s 2004 World Series championship, the New England Patriots’ first Super Bowl win, and the Boston Celtics’ incredible streak of eight consecutive championships from 1959 to 1966. But Orr’s goal goes beyond winning the Stanley C...
Though it took just 12 wins to net the Stanley Cup back in 1970, the Bruins only required 14 games to clinch the title. They lost just two games — both to the New York Rangers during the first round in Games 4 and 5 — before winning 10 straight en route to the championship. Phil Espositoled the team with 13 goals and 14 assists, followed by none ot...
Not only did Orr’s flying goal net the Bruins their first Stanley Cup since 1941, but it changed the landscape of hockey in New England forever. When the Bruins won the Cup in 1970, nearly every kid in the area wanted to lace them up wearing No. 4. Just like the city’s hero, hockey itself took flight in Boston.
Relive the legendary moment when Bobby Orr scored the overtime winner in Game 4 of the 1970 Stanley Cup Final, flying through the air like a Superman. Learn how Orr dominated the league, won the Cup, and became a hockey icon.
- 5 min
- 2022
On March 10, 1970, Bobby Orr flew through the air after scoring one of the most famous goals in NHL history. The overtime winner gave the Boston Bruins their first Stanley Cup win in 29...
- 6 min
- Josh Beneteau
May 10, 2020 · Number four, driven airborne by St. Louis’s No. 4 Noel Picard, scoring at 40 seconds of the fourth period of Game 4, Boston’s fourth goal winning its fourth championship at the end of...
May 8, 2020 · May 8, 2020. You don’t have to be a hockey fan to recognize the photograph of Bobby Orr flying through the air like superman after scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal in overtime on May...
