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Where have all the goals gone?

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, October 20, 2003

During the 1968-69 season, the Boston Bruins, led by revolutionary Bobby Orr, did something no other team in NHL history had done to that point -- they hit 300. Actually, 303 goals, to be exact, in a 76-game regular season. Two seasons later, Orr matured into a 22-year-old man and the B's exploded for 399 goals in 78 regular-season games. That was Orr's implausible 37-goal, 102-assist season as a DEFENSEMAN! Hockey was going through a revolution. The shots were flying faster and, with Orr lea ...

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