Word: orr
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...believe their eyes. Nor could the Montreal players believe their ears. Ken Dryden, the league's top goaltender for the past three years, was booed out of the nets and replaced by Michel ("Bunny") Larocque. Defenseman Larry Robinson, a 6-ft. 3-in. version of the legendary Bobby Orr, suffered a special torture. He was confronted by tactics that Ranger Coach Fred Shero devised when directing the Philadelphia Flyers against Orr's Boston Bruins in the 1974 Cup finals...
...idea is simple: dump the puck to the opposition's star defenseman in his own end and make him handle it until he wears himself out. The approach worked against Orr, and with two Rangers dogging his every move, it worked against Robinson. He made two mistakes that allowed goals and-rightfully, he said later-was booed by the Canadiens' fans...
...month by his exwife, as long as he remains unmarried. She herself had proposed a payment because of his lack of income. "It was just something I wanted to do," she told newsmen. Nevertheless, the settlement occurred only two months after the U.S. Supreme Court, in Orr vs. Orr, ruled that husbands could collect alimony. "This is the beginning of a trend," said Irwin's lawyer...
...YORK ISLANDERS vs. NEW YORK RANGERS. Well, at least one thing's certain: a New York team will make the finals for the first time since Bobby Orr & Co. knocked off our friends the blueshirts in six games...
...Smythe division champs from Chicago had any pride, they would not even accept the first round bye. Eleventh overall, seven games under .500 in divisional hockey's equivalent to double-A ball, the Black Hawks have Tony Esposito between the twines, Tom Lysiak at center, Bobby Orr in the press box, and not much else. In fact, nothing else. Say good-bye to them in the quarters...