Squeeze Play

Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins is seen here on the left, along with his teammate, Wayne Cashman, putting the squeeze on the New York Rangers’ Jean Ratelle. In 1972 Ratelle was poised to beat out Bruins’ star, Phil Esposito, for the season scoring title, but was felled by an injury. Only Esposito, Bobby Orr and John Bucyk had before then had scored as many points in league history as Ratelle had managed in his shortened season.

Photo by Manuel V. Rubio from the SPORT Magazine Archive of news wire photographs, appeared in SPORT Magazine on page 43 of the March 1969 issue. For more information about this photograph and others from the SPORT Magazine Collection, contact Robert Patrick at 800-660-7791 or via email, info@lje.com.