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BOSTON BRUINS QUOTES Willie O'ree Jersey Retirement Tuesday, January 12, 2021 on the NHL's Social Justice Movements in 2020 BOSTON BRUINS QUOTES Willie O’Ree Jersey Retirement Tuesday, January 12, 2021 On the NHL’s social justice movements in 2020… “I thought everything went well. I thought commissioner Bettman and the committee did a fantastic job. I think everything went very well. I think everybody was pleased with the outcome. On how he got number 22… Well apparently, it was the one that was presented to me. On January the 18th, the game I played in Montreal, I wore number 18. And then when I came back up in 1960, the Bruins presented me with number 22 and I just put on number 22. I also wore number 25 for about half a dozen games, but the remainder of my stay with the Bruins, I wore number 22. On if he kept 22 when he changed teams… Well no, when I was traded from the Bruins, I was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in ‘61, I started in Hull-Ottawa with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens and then I was traded to the Los Angeles Blades of the Western Hockey League. When I went out to Los Angeles, they gave me number 20 and I wore number 20 the six years I played with the Blades in the Western League. On if he kept a Bruins jersey… Well no, the thing was, when I was traded from the Bruins in ‘61, they said, “Willie, go home and have a good summer. Look forward to coming back with the Bruins”. So, I go back to my hometown and I tell my parents and I tell my close friends, “Gosh I’m going to go back with the Bruins training camp next season.” I was home about six weeks and I was sitting in the living room with my mom, and the phone rings and my mom picked up the phone and she said, “Willie, it’s a sports writer”. And I take the phone and I say, “Hello”, and the other end, the voice said, “Willie, what do you think about the trade?” And I said, “The trade? You have me at a disadvantage”. He said, “Well you’ve been traded to the Montreal Canadiens”. I said, “I have?” He says, “Yeah, it come over the teletype.” So, I was traded. If I hadn’t known I was coming back with the Bruins, I would have taken my Bruins jersey. But I do have the Bruins jersey, the one that I wore in ‘60 and ‘61. It was given to me by a kind gentleman in Boston. I have it now, but the NHL had it in their traveling black mobile, that was traveling around. I let them have it, but then they sent it back to me. But it’s shrunk. It was a wool jersey and somebody had worn and now I don’t think I could get it on, but it is the number 22 that I wore when I went up with the Bruins. On if he would have thought when he retired in 1979 that he would have had his number retired by the Bruins… No, probably not, no. I was sitting in my backyard yesterday afternoon and Cam Neely from the Bruins called and I said, “Hi Cam how are you, how are you?” He said “Fine, I just have something special to tell you.” And he said, “The Bruins are going to retire your number.” And I said, “Oh my gosh”. I was at a loss for words there for a few seconds. And I said, “I’m overwhelmed and thrilled about having my Bruins jersey hung up in the rafters.” On if he thought his number could have been retired sooner… Well, it possibly could have happened sooner. When I went and played with the Bruins in 1958 to then ’60 and ‘61, and then when I retired from the NHL, I got a call 30 years later in 1991. I left the league in ‘61. In 1991, I got a call from the NHL inviting me to the All-Star game in Chicago. And when I picked up the phone and answered, I said, “Well, why are you inviting me? I haven’t played in 30 years.” He said, “Well, we realize that you broke the color barrier and we’d like to invite you to the All-Star game.” So, my wife and I went, had a great time. That was 30 years after I left the league. Sometimes things take a little longer. On having his name up in the rafters with some of the other Bruins legends… It’s wonderful, really. I’ve met those gentleman and Bobby has attended my Will O’Ree hockey skills tournament and weekends. I’m, as I’ve mentioned, I’m just thrilled and honored to be a part of the Bruins organization. I was a Montreal Canadiens fan in my teens because Toronto and Montreal were the only two teams in the NHL, but when I went to my first Bruins training camp in 1957, I became a Bruins fan. In ‘58 I went again. I had the highest respect and highest admiration for the entire Bruin organization, especially the guys that I played with during that time. On first arriving to Bruins training camp in 1958… I always hoped that I would have the opportunity to play in the National Hockey league. I turned pro in 1956 with the Quebec Aces. Punch Imlach was the coach and Punch told me, he says “Willie, you have the skills and the ability to play in the NHL and there hasn’t been a black player in the NHL.” And he said, “You know, you could be the first.” Well, it kind of went in one ear and out the other. I played that year, my first year of junior. We won the league. And then they invited me to the Bruins training camp in 1957, which I went and met Milt Schmidt and Lynn Patrick the GM. I just felt good about going to their training camp and maybe hopefully one day playing with the Bruins. And then, on January the 18th, the Bruins called the Quebec Aces and said, “We want O’Ree to meet the Bruins in Montreal to play two games against the Montreal Canadiens.” I took the train and when I arrived in Montreal I got together with Milt Schmidt and Lynn Patrick and they said, “Willie, we brought you up because we think you can add a little something to the team.” He says, “You’re a Bruin now, just go out and play your game and don’t worry about anything else.” And basically, I went out and just played the game and we were fortunate to beat the Canadiens. We shut them out 3-0 on Saturday night in Montreal. After the game, my parents came up from my hometown and some close friends and didn’t have much time because we were getting on the train and the Bruins had their car. And then we went to Boston and played there Sunday. And then I went back to Quebec and finished the season out with the Aces. On how he got started playing hockey… I was the youngest of 13 children. I remember my older brother – I started skating at the age of 3. I remember having the double runners on and clipping them onto my boots and skating. I had a pretty good-sized back yard so my dad flooded it and there was an instant rink there. And then I started playing organized hockey when I was five. Kind of played up through the ranks, we played on just outdoor rinks. I never played on an indoor rink until I was 15. I started playing and I was just obsessed with playing it. Once I got on a pair of skates and once I found out what you could do, skate and turn and stop and things like that. I was considered a pretty good skater and then when I was 17, I had the opportunity to go up to Quebec City and play my first year of junior with the Quebec Frontenacs. Phil Watson was the coach. I had left my hometown and went up. My brother told me, he said, “Willie, there is no substitute for hard work.” He said, “You only get out of a thing what you put into it. So when you go to camp, work as hard as you can and if they’re going to keep 20 or 22 players, make sure you’re one of the 22.” That’s the thing I kept in the back of my mind, so when I went up and then made the team and from then on, the second year I went to Kitchner and played there. Then I turned pro in 1956. I was obsessed with playing the sport. Just that burning desire. Even when I lost my eye the second year of junior, everybody said, you should quit. I said, “Well I can still see.” I just kept on playing. We didn’t wear any helmets, no face-shields and no cages back then. I forgot about being blind, I just went out and played. On if his perspective about his place in hockey history has changed as he’s gotten older… I always set goals for myself, that’s one of the things. I had set a goal that I was going to play junior hockey and hopefully play pro. The 21 years I played pro after, I really felt I had something to give back to the game and give back to the sport.
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