Bruins to unveil Bobby Orr statue outside TD Garden

by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 28, 2010 8:23 PM EDT

The Bruins will honor Bobby Orr and commemorate "The Goal" by unveiling a statue that depicts an airborne Orr after his Stanley Cup winning goal against the St. Louis Blues in 1970. The bronze statue that will be unveiled on Monday, May 10th will be a permanent fixture outside the TD Garden on the west walkway facing Causeway Street.

The statue was sculpted by Harry Weber, who has created several other statues and sculptures of sports figures including the Doug Flutie statue outside Alumni Stadium on the Boston College campus, memorial pieces honoring Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitcher Nick Adenhart and golfer Payne Stewart, several statues for the St. Louis Cardinals including Stan Musial, Jack Buck, Ozzie Smith, and Bob Gibson.

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Thatll be a pretty dope presentation before game 5 or 6

by BlueNGoldBomber on Apr 28, 2010 8:36 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Game 5.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 29, 2010 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions

I know we're getting ahead of ourselves....

But if there’s no game, might they hold off?

by 13_Legion on Apr 29, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions

No, because May 10th is the 40th anniversary of the ’70 Stanley Cup.

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by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 29, 2010 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Ah, that’s true. Slipped my mind.

by 13_Legion on Apr 29, 2010 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions

I have to admit I haven’t been to the Garden this season, but it sounds like Jacobs & Co. are trying to make the space outside a bit more than the concrete and left over Big Dig fencing wasteland it’s been in years past. Progress!

Oh, and this statue is a few decades overdue.

by Arenacale on Apr 28, 2010 10:41 PM EDT reply actions

Booby Orr?

by monkra on Apr 29, 2010 8:27 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, don’t you remember everyone chanting “BOO-BY BOO-BY BOO-BY” at the winter classic?

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 29, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh, you didn't know?

That was Derek Sanderson’s nickname for him. Before games, for good luck, Derek would discretely tweak Bobby’s right nipple, and shout “Booby Orr!” He got both nipples the night of “The Goal”.

/completefabrication

by Arenacale on Apr 29, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Hell Yeah, Orr was the greatest.

When I read the headline I hoped the staue would depict “the goal”, and it does! That is the greatest hockey photo ever taken. It has always been my “commenting photo”.

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by hockeydekefreak on Apr 29, 2010 11:31 AM EDT reply actions