MONTREAL -(AP)- Bobby Orr, Boston’s peerless defenseman, won the National Hockey League’s Norris Trophy for a record seventh straight time Tuesday, while his teammates Phil Esposito and Johnny Bucyk, plus Henri Richard of Montreal and Denis Potvin of the New York Islanders, also received honors for the 1973-74 season. The 26-year-old Orr’s selection made him …
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Cheevers Blanks Wings 7-0 09 Feb 1976, Mon Biddeford-Saco Journal (Biddeford, Maine) BOSTON (AP) — Gerry Cheevers, the Boston Bruins’ wandering goalie who is back in good standing after 3 1/2 years in the World Hockey Association. is off to a perfect start with his old pals in the National Hockey League. Making his first …
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Bobby Orr, whose professional contract with the Boston Bruins was reported to be $50,00 over two years- the best ever offered to a National Hockey League newcomer – discovered that he was just another 18-year-old rookie at the fall training camp in 1966. Orr’s roommate in London, Ont. was the veteran left-winger Johnny Bucyk, who …
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Rookie Orr meets “Mr. Bucyk”-This Day In Hockey History-September 20, 1966
