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Monday 10 December 2012

BOBBY ORR HOCKEY HALL OF FAME

So I guess I must be missing hockey this season or maybe it's the reruns that I'm tired of watching. Either way it was about time I took a two hour drive to go see the Bobby Orr Hockey Hall of Fame in Parry Sound, Ontario. Now not too many of my friends would be up for a trip like this. But alas, one of my friends was up for the adventure with me  (and I didn't even have to bribe her), and we set out one Saturday morning on a short road trip.


Now I grew up watching Bobby Orr  and to this day I am a Boston Bruins fan. The Bobby Orr Hockey Hall of Fame is housed at the Charles Stockey Centre for Performing Arts. As luck would have it the two of us had the whole place to ourselves - I think everyone was still sleeping seeing as we were there seconds after it opened. Was I a bit excited?



The museum holds a lot of memories, memorabilia, interactive games to play, clips from past games, and of course, the "goal". As life would have it, my neighbour a few doors down from me was playing that game on the opposite team when Bobby scored the "goal". The now famous picture of Bobby flying through the air was captured and can be found everywhere - even at my neighbour's home.

 You couldn't help but let it take you back to the years when Bobby Orr was playing and when there were only the original teams. These days there are so many teams, I can't keep up. I recommend anyone who is a fan to take a trip down memory lane and visit the museum.