50 years ago today: The best hockey photo ever?

[\GoBillsInDallas/]

Maybe a close second:

[Stoner]

The beauty of hockey and its ugliness.

[SwampD]

4 minutes ago, PASabreFan said:

The beauty of hockey’s ugliness.

Fixed

[North Buffalo]

Im partial to this one: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jim+craig+hockey+usa&t=iphone&ia=images&iax=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Fww3.hdnux.com%2Fphotos%2F11%2F40%2F73%2F2494182%2F7%2F920x920.jpg

 

[mphs mike]

Another for consideration

 

[GASabresIUFAN]

47 minutes ago, mphs mike said:

Another for consideration

 

My favorite. I’ve owned a copy of this photo since I was a little kid.

Edited May 11, 2020 by GASabresIUFAN

[spndnchz]

3 hours ago, mphs mike said:

Another for consideration

 

Gonna hitch a ride... head for the other side...

[Tondas]

1 hour ago, spndnchz said:

Gonna hitch a ride... head for the other side...

I've got to crack this ice and fly!

[mphs mike]

1 hour ago, spndnchz said:

Gonna hitch a ride... head for the other side...

Photo and lyrics roughly the same vintage

[Stoner]

What strikes me about the Orr photo is how there's only a decent number of people going beserk in the crowd. It's not like the Bruins won the Cup a lot. In fact, shockingly in an era of only six teams, this was their first Cup in 29 years. Was it the fact they only had to beat St. Louis to do it? More likely, IMHO, folks weren't nearly as fanatic back then about sports.

[PromoTheRobot]

I like the commercial about the guy who went to the bathroom and missed that goal.

[thewookie1]

2 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

What strikes me about the Orr photo is how there's only a decent number of people going beserk in the crowd. It's not like the Bruins won the Cup a lot. In fact, shockingly in an era of only six teams, this was their first Cup in 29 years. Was it the fact they only had to beat St. Louis to do it? More likely, IMHO, folks weren't nearly as fanatic back then about sports.

I’m unsure if it was as much people being less fanatic or merely the slow changeover between the old school suits and ties crowd who would treat the events as something akin to a theatre production and thus weren’t exactly rowdy usually. And that of the slow creeping to the newer more fanatic jersey wearing fans who probably have some inspiration from European soccer in combination with a cultural shift away from the very prim and proper 50’s during the 60’s

[carpandean]

14 hours ago, PASabreFan said:

What strikes me about the Orr photo is how there's only a decent number of people going beserk in the crowd. It's not like the Bruins won the Cup a lot. In fact, shockingly in an era of only six teams, this was their first Cup in 29 years. Was it the fact they only had to beat St. Louis to do it? More likely, IMHO, folks weren't nearly as fanatic back then about sports.

Watching the video, the photo is maybe a second after the puck crossed the line.  Hard to judge the actually response when there hadn't been enough time for everyone to process that it actually went in. 

Patrick Kane made it to center ice in 2015 before anyone realized that he had scored (unfortunately, on the road, so there wasn't much excitement when they did.)

[Marvin]

I think I was a bit more into Cold War thinking than everyone else here.

[Claude Balls]

No!!! But only because I hate everything Boston. 

[Marvin]

On 5/11/2020 at 4:27 PM, PASabreFan said:

What strikes me about the Orr photo is how there's only a decent number of people going beserk in the crowd. It's not like the Bruins won the Cup a lot. In fact, shockingly in an era of only six teams, this was their first Cup in 29 years. Was it the fact they only had to beat St. Louis to do it? More likely, IMHO, folks weren't nearly as fanatic back then about sports.

Think of the "Original 6" as the 3 big markets (Montreal, Toronto, Detroit) versus the 3 small markets (Boston, Chicago, New York).

Teams had "territories" where they had exclusive rights to the players within them.  Because there were more young players near Montreal, Toronto, and Detroit, they tended to have stronger players in their territorial systems; meanwhile Boston, Chicago, and New York had much slimmer pickings.

[dudacek]

Also, didn’t the Norris family own most of the American teams at one point and favoured Detroit?

[Stoner]

Upon further review, the place did go nuts. Also, as much as I hate The Dunleavy non-goal goal call, Dan Kelly's call was outstanding.

Here's a neat little breakdown of why the goal is so memorable:

 

[Tondas]

1 hour ago, PASabreFan said:

Upon further review, the place did go nuts. Also, as much as I hate The Dunleavy non-goal goal call, Dan Kelly's call was outstanding.

Here's a neat little breakdown of why the goal is so memorable:

 

Certainly the most iconic photo in NHL history.  Who hasn't seen it.  Orr was my favorite player until the Sabres came into existence.  Then I cheered when Shoeny beat him up with 2 other Bruins at the Aud.  That may have been a scrap with Vadnais and Cashman though the Zamboni doors game.

[Kruppstahl]

It's tough to beat the famous photo (and film) of Number Four Bobby Orr flying through the air.

 

 

[Radar]

12 hours ago, Kruppstahl said:

It's tough to beat the famous photo (and film) of Number Four Bobby Orr flying through the air.

 

 

Although I was married and living in NY at the time I grew up on Cape Cod and Mr Orr was something to watch. One great talent.