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====1969β70: Overtime winner, first cup==== [[File:Orr Trip.jpg|thumb|Orr as he scored "The Goal," during the [[1970 Stanley Cup Finals]]]] In [[1969β70 NHL season|1969β70]], Orr almost doubled his scoring total from the previous season, to 120 points, six shy of the league record (which had been set by his teammate Phil Esposito the previous season), leading the league in scoring. Orr is still the only defenceman in history to win the [[Art Ross Trophy]] as the league's leading scorer, which he also achieved a second time, in 1974β75. In addition to the Norris and the Art Ross, Orr captured the first of three consecutive [[Hart Memorial Trophy|Hart Trophies]] as regular-season MVP and later won the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] for his playoff performance, becoming the only player in history to win four major NHL awards in one season.{{sfn |Dryden |2000 |p=72}}{{sfn|Podnieks|2003|p=33}} Orr went on to lead the Bruins in a march through the [[1970 Stanley Cup playoffs|1970 playoffs]] scoring nine goals and 11 assists. The march culminated on May 10, 1970, when he scored one of the most famous goals in hockey history and one that gave Boston its first [[Stanley Cup]] since 1941.{{sfn|Podnieks|2003|p=33}} The goal came off a [[give-and-go]] pass with teammate [[Derek Sanderson]] at the 40-second mark of the first overtime period in the fourth game, helping to complete a sweep of the [[St. Louis Blues]]. According to Orr:{{sfn|Podnieks|2003|p=33}} <blockquote>If it had gone by me, it's a two-on-one, so I got a little lucky there, but Derek gave me a great pass and when I got the pass I was moving across. As I skated across, Glenn had to move across the crease and had to open his pads a little. I was really trying to get the puck on net, and I did. As I went across, Glenn's legs opened. I looked back, and I saw it go in, so I jumped.</blockquote> [[File:orr.jpg|thumb|left|Orr, tripped after scoring "The Goal", goes flying across the ice. |alt=Group of hockey players. A hockey player in black is raised a few feet off the ice with his hands raised in excitement.]] The subsequent photograph by Ray Lussier{{sfn|Podnieks|2003|p=15}} of a horizontal Orr flying through the air, his arms raised in victory β he had been tripped by Blues' defenceman [[Noel Picard]] after scoring the goal β has become one of the most famous and recognized hockey images of all timeβand today is highlighted in the opening sequence of the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s ''Hockey Night in Canada'' telecasts.{{sfn |Simpson |2008 |p=54}}{{sfn|Podnieks|2003|p=15}}
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