You must definitely be a fan of "Slapshot"!
Before I fell victim to kidney stones, being hit in the big toe by a blistering slapshot ranked up there pretty high in the pain level, even wearing the goalie skates.
LOL, defensemen and blocked shots, now THAT is hazardous. At least I had padding in the right places...my best friend played hockey in league when we were in High School, and the night I told him I was joining the Navy, he had shown up at my house while I was working on my van, and he stuck his head in the door...his nose was twice its normal size and on one side of his face! I had to take him to the hospital where he got the forceps, cocaine drops and cotton up the nostrils!
This is in the days before they made the kids wear face cages...he had been skating backwards as a guy came in on him. He had his stick out in front of him, the guy fired the shot, it hit the shaft of his stick and ricocheted right into his nose!
I’m actually not a big fan of “Slapshot.” For some reason I don’t like caricatures of hockey. I prefer documentaries and more realistic stories. I’d recommend “Miracle” and “Pond Hockey” for any serious hockey fan, along with the great CBC documentary “Home Game.”