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Colton "Bobby" Douglas Orr (born March 3, 1982) is a
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former professional
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player. Having played nearly 500 games in the NHL, Orr was known as an enforcer for his physical style of play and for regularly fighting. In 2019, he was named the head coach of the Connecticut Whale in the
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.


Playing career

Born and raised in
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,
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, Orr played junior hockey for the Swift Current Broncos, Kamloops Blazers and
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in
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(WHL). Orr went undrafted and signed as a free agent with the
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. He played his first NHL game against the
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, the only game he played in the 2003–04 season. He played most of the 2003–04 season, as well as the following, lockout-cancelled 2004–05 season with the Providence Bruins of the
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(AHL), playing 125 games, scoring 12 points and recording 536 penalty minutes. Orr played as regular early in the 2005–06 season with the Bruins, but was shortly waived, where on November 29, 2005, the
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claimed him off waivers. He scored his first NHL point in 15 games with the Rangers, as well as dressing for one Stanley Cup playoff game against the
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. Orr saw his playing time increase over three consecutive seasons in New York, dressing in 53 games in 2006–07, 74 games in 2007–08 and a full 82-game season in 2008–09. On December 31, 2006, Orr was suspended for five games by the NHL for a cross check to the face of Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin in the third period of a December 30 game at
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. Ovechkin was uninjured, but NHL Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations
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termed Orr's infraction "reckless." Later in the season, Orr scored his first NHL goal in a February 9, 2007, game against the
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's Johan Holmqvist, adding four more goals with the Rangers along with 478 penalty minutes in his stint in New York. On July 1, 2009, Orr signed a four-year, $4 million contract as a free agent with the
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. Orr would finish the season with career highs in penalty minutes (239) whilst adding four goals and six points. His next year with the Maple Leafs was cut short after suffering a concussion in a fight with Anaheim Ducks' enforcer George Parros. Orr was out for the year and finished the season with 46 games, two goals and 128 penalty minutes. Orr was declared ready to play at the start of the 2011–12 season, but saw a dramatically-reduced role with Toronto, playing only five games, scoring one goal and getting into one fight. On January 4, 2012, Orr was placed on waivers by the Maple Leafs, with only one-and-a-half years remaining on his contract. He was assigned to the
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of the AHL the next day. Orr played 26 games with the Marlies, scoring one goal and adding 46 penalty minutes. Orr played in 44 of 48 games in the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season with Toronto, scoring one goal and adding three assists while leading the NHL in penalty minutes, with 155. He also played in all seven of the Maple Leafs' 2013 playoff games against his former team, the Boston Bruins. On June 13, 2013, the Maple Leafs re-signed Orr to a two-year contract extension worth $1.85 million. On October 1, 2013, while playing for Toronto in their home opener against the
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, Orr engaged once again with George Parros, now of the Habs, in the third period. Parros lost his balance and fell headfirst to the ice, where he was subsequently taken off on a stretcher and later diagnosed with a
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. Orr failed to make the Maple Leafs' roster out of training camp for the 2014–15 season and was assigned to the Toronto Marlies after clearing waivers. However, he was called up on April 9, 2015, to play in the last game of the season on April 11, as appreciation for his services. On October 3, 2015, Orr signed a contract to play in the American Hockey League for the Stockton Heat, the farm team for the
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. Over the duration of the 2015–16 season, Orr played in just ten regular season games. With the diminishing role of enforcers, at season's end, Orr announced his retirement from professional hockey on April 28, 2016.


Coaching career

On May 14, 2019, the
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of the Tier III junior level
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announced that Orr had joined the ownership group and would serve as the organization's managing partner. In September 2019, the PHF's Connecticut Whale named Colton Orr their new head coach. The Whale also play home games at the Danbury Ice Arena. In his first season as coach, the Whale went 2-20-2, but were able to defeat the Buffalo Beauts in the first round of the playoffs.


Personal life

Orr has been married to wife Sabrina (née Gecaj) since 2009 and has a daughter named Charlotte. Orr is not related to
Bobby Orr Robert Gordon Orr (born March 20, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest of all time. Orr used his ice skating speed, scoring, and play-making abilities to revolutionize the pos ...
, though the Hall of Famer has served as his agent. During the 2001
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Colton Orr represented
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as a soccer goalkeeper.


Career statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orr, Colton 1982 births Living people Boston Bruins players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey right wingers Ice hockey people from Manitoba Kamloops Blazers players Premier Hockey Federation coaches New York Rangers players Providence Bruins players Regina Pats players Sportspeople from Winnipeg Stockton Heat players Swift Current Broncos players Toronto Maple Leafs players Toronto Marlies players Undrafted National Hockey League players