As a kid growing up in Bethel Park, PA, I was an avid baseball and basketball fan. In fact, I paid little attention to hockey until I was in my teens.
When I was 15 years old, I had an emergency appendectomy. During my hospital stay one of the TV networks happened to televise a Penguins-Bruins game. The thing I remembered most was a big brawl involving two of our players, Duane Rupp and Darryl Edestrand, which inspired the following piece.
Hooked a brand-new hockey fan, too.
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Perhaps no player in the annals of hockey history had a more profound influence on the game than former Boston Bruins great Bobby Orr.