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In the months before he died, too ill to May 9, 2020, 12:31 p.m. live on his own, Frosty moved back in with the Orrs. It was the morning of May 11, 1970, after awakening at the team- designated playoff hotel in Lynnfield, when Orr first saw the famous Ray It will be a quiet Mother’s Day for Bobby Orr and wife Peggy. Fifty years Lussier picture that captured him flying through the air after knocking the after shaking down the thunder on Causeway Street with his Stanley puck between Glenn Hall’s pads. Cup-winning goal in overtime, the great Bruins defenseman will be at his winter home in Florida, heeding the social restrictions necessitated by the “My dad was there, and he had a copy of the [Record American] when I coronavirus pandemic. came down for breakfast,” Orr recalled, noting that he met Lussier later. "That was the first time I saw it. I never thought I’d see the picture so Orr frequently conjured up magic on the ice during his Hall of Fame many times.” career, but some things are beyond even the great No. 4’s vast, unworldly powers. A photo in the next day’s Globe captured Orr, amid a swarm of players and fans on the Garden ice after the game, hugging the legendary Hall, “I wish we could do a lot more, but it’s pretty quiet down here,” said Orr, who was then age 38 and a true netminding warrior, a three-time Vezina who lives in Jupiter. “When this all started, we decided to stay in Florida Trophy winner. to sit it out down here. There isn’t a lot going on. Hall, 88, still owns the NHL record of having played 502 consecutive "Maybe I’ll go outside, hit a couple of golf balls, and walk around the games in net, a mark that Orr continues to marvel over. neighborhood. We’re just trying to be very careful.” “Glenn Hall played [502] consecutive games . won Stanley Cups . I Orr, 72, chatted for some 40 minutes in a Zoom session Wednesday mean, he’s one of the great, great goaltenders of all time,” said Orr, morning with a small number of media members who cover the Bruins on chuckling. “Poor Glenn, this is now what they want to ask him about, a a regular basis. Typical of Orr, he only briefly, yet politely, touched on goal? questions that focused directly on his play, accomplishments, and legacy. "I mean, it’s terrible. Glenn was one of the greatest. Imagine, without a As in his playing days, he treated praise like a puck, moving it quickly off mask, and playing [all those] games in the NHL. Amazing! And they want the end of his stick. to talk about me and the goal. That’s just wrong.” Exhibits A and B: the two statues of Orr, one in wood and the other in The puck that Orr put in the net, along with the stick that banged it home, bronze, to be found in and around the Garden. Most players end careers are arguably the greatest sports heirlooms in the city’s history. Both with merely their names recorded on team rosters and stat sheets. remain in Orr’s possession, the puck coming his way as a gift from the Orr, who won two Cups in Boston (1970, ’72) and redefined how wife of former club owner Weston Adams. defensemen factored into offense in the NHL, has the twin life-size pillars The rest of his gear from that game, noted Orr, was ruined in the days of praise destined to stand in the Hub in perpetuity. after his retirement. The family’s then-live-in babysitter owned a cat that, “To see them is very nice,” said Orr, who arrived in Boston in the fall of unbeknownst to anyone in the house, fashioned a litter box out of Orr’s 1966 as a ballyhooed rookie from Parry Sound, Ontario. “I can assure equipment bag. you, growing up, I didn’t think one day I would have a statue in front of “All of it, gone,” he said. Boston Garden. I can assure you that didn’t happen. The Bruins of that era remain one of the city’s cherished memories. They "I did dream about being on a Stanley Cup team and skating around were joyful, brash, bold, and talented, with Orr the biggest name of the Boston Garden, following the Chief [John Bucyk] around with the Cup bunch. They were rock stars, unique in personality and skill, yet still fun, high over head. So I am honored to have those.