Could it be something they put in the water? Or, maybe the ice?

Whatever the reason, the Boston Bruins hold the patent on superstar defensemen who spend the vast majority of their stellar careers with the same team. Can the names get any bigger than Edward William Shore, Robert Gordon Orr and Raymond Jean Bourque, Hall of Famers all? In the case of Bourque, he is a Hall of Famer in waiting. Add a fourth Hall of Famer, Aubrey (Dit) Clapper, who was merely the first guy ever to play 20 NHL seasons, 11 of them on defense. All told, you've got 55 seasons and more than 3,000 games of Bruins hockey by Hall of Famers, spanning the years 1925 to the present. Among the four greats, only Shore (10 games with the New York Americans) and Orr (26 games with the Chicago Blackhawks), and now Bourque, ever played a game outside a Boston uniform. Shore was the Bruins' first superstar, joining the team for its third season, 1926-27. They called him the "Edmonton Express," and he was all that and more -- the most rollicking, colorful player of his time who took a backseat to no one. Buy Boston Bruins Tickets.