Derek Sanderson Derek Michael Sanderson , nicknamed " Turk " , ( born June 16 , 1946 in Niagara Falls , Ontario ) , is a former Canadian professional Centre who is now a bank executive and restaurateur . He played junior hockey in his hometown . He helped the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association win a Memorial Cup championship in 1965 and Sanderson won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the league ' s leading scorer . In 1967 Sanderson appeared in two games as a centre with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The following season he became a Bruin regular and was voted the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL ' s 1968 Rookie of the Year . For the next five years he was an integral part of the Bruins team that won Stanley Cup championships in 1970 and 1972 . Although he had been a leading scorer in junior hockey , his role on the high - scoring Bruins was to centre their defensive line with wingers Ed Westfall and Don Marcotte . They became one of the best defensive lines in the league and Sanderson played a pivotal role as one of the most highly regarded penalty killers and faceoff men in hockey . During the 1970 Stanley Cup finals Sanderson laid a perfect pass on the stick of Bobby Orr that resulted in the goal that not only won the Bruins their first Stanley Cup in twenty - nine years , but became the most widely published photo in hockey history . The Bruins went on to finish first in the league for the next two seasons , winning the Cup again in 1972 . Nicknamed " Turk , " Sanderson was a fan favorite who received much publicity for his flamboyant " mod " lifestyle . He drove a silver Rolls Royce , flashed diamond rings , and wore a mink coat . Named by " Cosmopolitan Magazine " as one of the sexiest men in America , he was the subject of the gossip columns , a frequent guest on television talk shows , and regularly photographed in the company of numerous beautiful women . He is famously quoted as having told a reporter who asked about his dining habits that his pre - game meal was a steak and a blonde . After the 1972 season , Derek Sanderson signed a contract with the Philadelphia Blazers of the newly - formed World Hockey Association . His $ 2 . 6 million salary made him the highest - paid athlete in the world at the time . Unfortunately , his play did not live up to the expectations of his salary — nor , realistically , could it have — and between an early - season injury , intemperate remarks to the press , and Blazer financial troubles , Sanderson was bought out before season ' s end . He promptly returned to the Bruins but was traded to the New York Rangers after the following season . Meanwhile , in a distraction from his hockey career , along with New England Patriots receiver Jim Colclough , and the New York Jets star quarterback Joe Namath , Sanderson opened " Bachelors III " , a trendy nightclub on New York City ' s Upper East Side . Negative publicity over some of the club ' s less than reputable patrons led to problems and eventually Sanderson had to get out of what went from a " goldmine " to a money - losing venture . His lifestyle arising from money and fame , combined with abuse of alcohol and drugs , resulted in Sanderson ' s health deteriorating , and his career began to go downhill . While he still played effectively when healthy , he began to be dealt from team to team and even spent some stints in the minor leagues : to the St . Louis Blues early in the 1976 season , to the Vancouver Canucks on waivers midway through the 1977 season . He signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins for the stretch run in 1978 , after which — hobbled by repeated knee injuries — he retired . He lost millions of dollars in bad investments and with the substance abuse problems , he wound up penniless , in poor health , and crippled to the point that he needed crutches to get around . Forced to accept the charity of friends who gave him a place to live , several years after his retirement , publicity about his situation brought a second chance from the goodwill of people in the city of Boston , a place of which Bobby Orr said the fans and citizens were the most loyal and decent in the world . Sanderson beat his addictions and took a job as a professional sports broadcaster . He worked for ten years in broadcasting with NESN and then helped organize State Street Global Advisors , where he was Director of the Sports Investment Group that provided professional financial advice to athletes to ensure they did not wind up impoverished as he had . Derek Sanderson is currently Vice President and Senior Investment Professional with Howland Capital in Boston , where he invests for young athletes and high networth individuals . He is involved with a variety of charitable organizations and makes a number of guest appearances at charitable events to help raise awareness and funding for their cause .