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Originally Posted by Dion
Bobby Orr was famous for having s single strip of tape on the blade of his wooden sticks. He was not a fan of tape and liked how the puck felt on the blade of his stick. Later he went to no tape.
He also played with no socks in his skates as he liked how his bare feet felt in his skates.
Phil Esposito used to put baby powder on the tape of his sticks to prevent water build up on the blade.
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There's a story in Stephen Brunt's book about Orr about how Boston-area strippers would refer to a certain, ahem, "hairstyle" as a "Bobby Orr" ...