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====1970β71==== The following [[1970β71 NHL season|season]], the powerhouse Bruins shattered dozens of league offensive records. Orr himself finished second in league scoring with 139 points (37 goals and 102 assists), thirteen points behind Esposito, while setting records that still stand for points in a season by a defenceman and for [[Plus-minus (ice hockey)|plus-minus]] (+124) by any position player. Orr's 102 assists set a league record that would not be broken until Wayne Gretzky totalled 109 in 1980β81. Orr's Bruins were heavy favourites to repeat as Cup champions, but were upset by the Montreal Canadiens and their rookie goaltender [[Ken Dryden]], at one time Bruins' property, in the first round of the [[1971 Stanley Cup playoffs|1971 playoffs]].{{sfn|Dryden|2000|p=73}} For the season, the Bruins gave Orr a solid gold puck, one of four they gave out to Bruins players β to each of the four Bruins who scored over 100 points that season β Esposito, Orr, [[Johnny Bucyk]] and [[Ken Hodge]]. Orr later gave his puck to Alan Eagleson. In 2007, Eagleson sold the puck in an auction of memorabilia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=55590450-2ecb-4f51-9656-d6406dd33251&k=2108 |publisher=Canada.com |title=Sold! to the highest bidder |date=February 24, 2007 |access-date=October 26, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215011100/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=55590450-2ecb-4f51-9656-d6406dd33251&k=2108 |archive-date=February 15, 2012 }}</ref> for {{CAD|16,500}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classicauctions.net/Default.aspx?tabid=263&auctionid=36&lotid=98 |publisher=Classic Auctions |title=Bobby Orr's Gold Boston Bruins Puck Given to Alan Eagleson in the 1970s |access-date=October 26, 2010 |archive-date=August 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804174310/http://www.classicauctions.net/Default.aspx?tabid=263&auctionid=36&lotid=98 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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