Word: sinden
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...record (for anybody) 87 assists and 120 points during the season, the Hart trophy as the N.H.L.'s most valuable player, the Norris trophy as the league's best defenseman, and the Smythe trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. Says Bruins Coach Harry Sinden: "Orr may be the greatest athlete who ever lived...
...rest of the team? Well, let's see, says Sinden, "they've got courage, spirit, harmony, talent, size, youth." Sinden has every right to be effusive. Since taking over the Bruins four years ago, he and General Manager Milt Schmidt have built a budding Boston dynasty. At 22, Orr is just one of a phalanx of young skaters with their best playing years still ahead of them. The flamboyant, mop-topped Sanderson, for example, at 23, is already one of the best centers in the league. He spells Phil Esposito, 28, who set two play-off records this...
...Sinden, though. At week's end the 3 7-year-old coach shocked the hockey world by announcing that he was quitting the Bruins to go into the home-building business. He explained that the "new challenges" would earn him at least double his $22,000-a-year coaching salary. Besides, he added, "what else could I do in hockey...