Was Bryan Fogarty the Next Bobby Orr ?

[Mike Bossy*]

He had such great numbers

Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM
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1985-86 Kingston Canadians OHL 47 2 19 21 14
1986-87 Kingston Canadians OHL 56 20 50 70 46
1987-88 Kingston Canadians OHL 48 11 36 47 50
1988-89 Niagara-Falls Thunder OHL 60 47 108 155 88


Too bad hes dead

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[Lowetide]

http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=10487

Every defenseman from Denis Potvin to Lord knows who was the next Orr, but in Fogarty's case a lot of things went south for him. Legends of Hockey at the above page details it and has some nice photos iirc.

 

[Sens Rule]

Fogarty may have been a good NHL D-Man maybe a great one. But he was not even close to ever being Bobby Orr. Think the next Al Iafrate not the next Bobby Orr.

 

[Trottier]

Nearly 30 years since he retired....and no one has come anywhere near to being the next Bobby Orr.

Not even under consideration. Telling.

 

[Heat McManus]

I don't know about the Next Bobby Orr, but he could have been something amazing from what I've heard.

ESPN used to have a page that had a long long list of quotes from teammates, friends and family. (found it http://espn.go.com/magazine/vol5no20fogarty.html )His story is sad. Think Theo Fleury, but worse.

The most telling quote was this:

Mats Sundin told me this: "Bryan Fogarty could skate faster, shoot harder and pass crisper drunk than the rest of us could sober." - Max Offenberger

 

[Transported Upstater]

Still a sad story.