Best Hockey movies

[TheChicagoFan]

I like slapshot and mighty ducks, but Miracle has to win.

 

[Bearsfanfillereste]

Miracle was pretty good, though the only hockey movie I have watched

 

[Capt. Serious]

Miracle

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[BNB]

The Tooth Fairy

Spoiler

 

[Diehardfan]

Miracle
Slapshot
Mystery, Alaska
Youngblood

Although I enjoyed the movie Youngblood....when I think about it, Im not sure why. I mean Rob Lowe as a hockey player with old Hawk Eric Nesterenko as his Dad....who teaches him how to fight? LOL, Im not sure if I EVER saw Nesterenko fight....anyone.

 

[southern_cross_116]

Slapshot -and Youngblood a little distant second ... hell it had Eric Nesterenko in it... hell I can spell Nesterenko .... who knew???

 

[DMelt36]

Miracle

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:yep:

 

[Capt. Serious]

:yep:

have it on DVD. could watch it over & over.

 

[TheChicagoFan]

Any of you guys seen slapshot 2 and 3? They're recommended for me on Netflix and wanted to know if they were any good.

 

[LonghornBob]

I tried to watch one of them and I recall turning it off after about 8 minutes. It was awful.

 

[Tazer4mvp]

Slapshot has its funny moments, but it is terribly dated and doesn't stand up to the test of time.

Could not disagree more that movie will always be a classic.

 

[LonghornBob]

Slapshot was, is, and ever will be a CLASSIC.

Sorta like Billy Jack, Animal House, or The Outlaw Josey Wales... it's never a bad time to watch one of those.

 

[southern_cross_116]

There are a few messages in Slapshot if one cares to look at things a little abstractly that absolutely translate into today's game (or really any sport for that matter).

The theme that an owner is only in it for the business... (oh I could probably sell the team, but you have to understand that my accountant tells me I am better taking the taxbreak and shutting down.)

Marketing gone insane (radio-thons, holding fashion shows... etc...) - if you can't see parallels with the current President of the Hawks... they're there. Walking the red carpet, fan conventions, creating basically some sort of "tradition" that is geared to the fair weather fans... ones that really (imo only) have zero clue about who any of those ambassador guys were....

The feeding stuff to sports reporters...

I think I could go on -but won't.

Slapshot 2 and 3 .... I seen 2, and part of 3 on TV - if you find it super cheap it is ok ... but, you know all they are doing is ripping off the Hanson characters -and the message isn't really there like in the original film.... then again, how could it be - the original had Paul Newman in it.

I think too the theme is that some people take things way more seriously than they are supposed to be ... some folks out there treat their sports teams as if it is one big soap opera... nah -they aren't ... just some guys doing a job... some are f ups, some are good, some are over achievers, some are never will be's, and some have potential... as an individual, you shouldn't get overly attached to a pro sports team -as they are just a business... not an emotional investment (leastwise I don't think trating it as some sort of emotional thing is all that healthy)... FWIW.

 

[Capt. Serious]

Mighty Ducks movies were great too.

 

[Everyday I'm Byfuglien]

Wait a second... are there people here saying that something other than Slapshot is the best hockey movie ever?

Come on people. Don't mess around like that.

 

[HawkWriter]

Slapshot has its funny moments, but it is terribly dated and doesn't stand up to the test of time.

Whoa...no.

I still play hockey and anytime someone comes out with a fro or crazy hair everyone automatically yells out...(common, someone finish it for me! I'm all Swedish and no Finish on this one)

 

[southern_cross_116]

Ogel-Torp? OgelTHORP ... as in Ogie .... although I like Gil Tunnel who hails from ... if I can read the card here... Mile 40 Saskatchewan where he runs a donut shoppe.