@57slingblade Yes I remember seeing the incident on an old game tape. Orr was a 19 year old kid who had been cheap shotted and jumped by Conacher earlier in the game, so later on, Johnny McKenzie and another Bruin held Conacher down while Orr pummeled him.
Then Ken Hodge beat the shit out of Conacher for good measure.
I guess if you jump a 19 year old superstar in the making, a tough team will hold you accountable!
@Scoclamor Reportedly, WBZ-TV Boston (which now owns also WSBK Channel 38, which carried the 1969 playoff game in question locally in Boston) will not rebroadcast, nor allow anyone else to rebroadcast, the WSBK tape of the incident because it was extremely violent.
I did see it live, and Don Earle (then TV voice of the Bruins) compared the near-riot to the previous summer's Democratic convention ("You're Not Watching A Re-Run of Last August's Chicago Convention!")
bruins were notorious for interfering by grabbing the opponents sweater.usually at the shoulder or punching elbow.look at the old tapes.i am sure they were not the only team.the older bruins have said it.they laugh about it now.i like bobby orr but that is how it was.
everytime a bruin fought there has alway a teammate grabbing the opponents jersey at the throwing shoulder.it happened all the time,not with just orr.
LOL ! Orr only "won" the fight because Pat Quinn was being pulled backwards by another Bruins.
CrociatoAzzurro 1 day ago
@57slingblade Yes I remember seeing the incident on an old game tape. Orr was a 19 year old kid who had been cheap shotted and jumped by Conacher earlier in the game, so later on, Johnny McKenzie and another Bruin held Conacher down while Orr pummeled him.
Then Ken Hodge beat the shit out of Conacher for good measure.
I guess if you jump a 19 year old superstar in the making, a tough team will hold you accountable!
BoSoxnation1972 1 week ago
How SWEET IT IS!!!!!!
Wad9591 3 weeks ago
@StaalRulz2010 You are a pathetic loser!
BostonGarden 1 month ago
@Scoclamor Reportedly, WBZ-TV Boston (which now owns also WSBK Channel 38, which carried the 1969 playoff game in question locally in Boston) will not rebroadcast, nor allow anyone else to rebroadcast, the WSBK tape of the incident because it was extremely violent.
I did see it live, and Don Earle (then TV voice of the Bruins) compared the near-riot to the previous summer's Democratic convention ("You're Not Watching A Re-Run of Last August's Chicago Convention!")
altfactor 1 month ago
bruins were notorious for interfering by grabbing the opponents sweater.usually at the shoulder or punching elbow.look at the old tapes.i am sure they were not the only team.the older bruins have said it.they laugh about it now.i like bobby orr but that is how it was.
reg5381 2 months ago
@reg5381 are you retarded?? not just the bruins
MyNameIsDuffmarn 2 months ago
This was a paybck from a game almost a year earlier when Quinn cheap shotted Orr into the boards and he was quite hurt.
jaytf1231 2 months ago
thats the it was back then . there was no 3rd man in rule yet
cclub002000 2 months ago
everytime a bruin fought there has alway a teammate grabbing the opponents jersey at the throwing shoulder.it happened all the time,not with just orr.
reg5381 3 months ago