10/19/1966 Red Wings at Bruins Bobby Orr's first NHL shift! Historic! Skirmishes w/ Howe explained!

This is a short video that includes the first shift of Hall of Fame Bruins defenseman Bobby Orr in the National Hockey League, during an Oct. 19, 1966 game against the Detroit Red Wings at Boston Garden.
It was the season-opener for both clubs, and the highly touted rookie had an assist as the Bruins beat legendary veteran Gordie Howe and the Red Wings, 6-2.
About 45 seconds into the video, Orr gives Howe a cross check to the shoulder and Howe appears to me to take a number. Whether that started the puck rolling, so to speak, as much as Orr admired Howe, the two got “into it a bit,” he said.
Later in the game Howe flattened Orr with a blindside hit as young No. 4 was admiring a pass he’d made. Teammates converged over the fallen rookie and several came to Orr’s defense. But he looked up and said, “ It’s OK, guys, I deserved that.”
Howe has said he was impressed by Orr's remark - but that didn't keep him from testing Orr again a little more than a month later. In a Nov. 24, 1966 game, Howe butt-ended Orr in the corner, stunning the Garden crowd into silence until the rookie got up and was able to keep playing. A few rushes later Orr checked Howe into the boards in the Bruins end to even things up a bit.
And after the game, Bruins coach Harry Sinden marveled at how history had repeated itself. "[Howe] did the same thing 20 years ago," Sinden said. "Orr didn't walk away from Howe tonight, and neither did Howe 20 years ago to fellows who did it to him."
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