Anyone Remember The Film "Slap Shot"

self | 11/25/2012 | Self

[Little Bill]

Does anybody remember the film "Slap Shot?" I ran across a Trailer on UTUBE that brought back the Hockey Mania in Boston in the 60's and 70's.

In those days you could always get tickets to the Celtics but the Bruins were always sold out. My cousin was a Gallery God, we always got in along with an ample supply of beer from the packy across the street.

The most interesting thing I saw were the women in the crowd calling for blood during a brawl, common in the old days, reminded me of Rome.

The movie reflected alot of what I saw in those days.

[Betis70]

“They brought their f___ing toys!”

Definitely not a movie for teetotalers. That woman who owned the team reminded me so much of the 80s yuppies that lived here in Conn.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

Heard an interview once where Newman said it was hands down the film he enjoyed filming the most. Except for the trickiest of stick-handling scenes, he did all his own stuff

[Moose4]

I’m not really a hardcore hockey fan but I’ve always had a sneaking fondness for the Bruins. Maybe it’s the uniforms, maybe it was Ray Bourque (a class guy in ANY sport), maybe it was Tim Thomas telling Zero to go pound sand instead of going to the White Hut. Or maybe it was Mike Milbury whacking some idiot in the stands with his own shoe. Who knows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpbD6W7YT5A

}:-)4

[Dick Vomer]

Here's to all that S!@#th in F-L-A

Hanson Brothers debut

[libertarian27]

Hey ya think they show Speed Racer here?

One of my favorite films.

[MarkL]

What a great movie Slapshot was. Not really one of Paul Newman's best parts, but the Hansen Brothers were great. IIRC, they were in some commercials just a couple of years ago.

Mark

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Loved that movie and Kansas City Bomber!!!

[Little Bill]

The last clip reminds me of the Spokane Flyers, 1955. First hockey game.

[Troublemaker]

"Yes I am, Joe, and you know why? Because I want you to have a heart attack and die so that we never have to do this s--- again. You and your f----n' fashion shows"

[discostu]

I call that the REAL sequel to Slap Shot, which has 2 official sequels that kind of stink. A sequel to Goon has been green lit.

[Eccl 10:2]

Like “Blazing Saddles,” it couldn’t be made today.

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"She's a lesbian!"

[Wilum]

Many of the Slap shot scenes were done at the Utica Memorial Auditorium in Utica, NY. The scene where the brothers went into the crowd actually did happen at a game with Mohawk Valley Comets against the Johstown Jets (Chiefs in the movie) at the Utica Aud. Utica Police responded and a great photo was taken by the Utica Observer Dispatch which I saw hanging in their Office area in the 80’s.

$6.00 at ticket and my wife and I never missed a game.

[Gil4]

I was a big hockey fan at the time. I used to regularly go to minor league games and mixed in an occasional NHL game in Hartford after the WHA teams entered the league. I never saw the movie and can't for the life of me tell you why.

My teams are all gone now, so I don't pay much attention to hockey anymore (even on the odd occasion when they are actually playing games.) RIP Minnesota Fighting Saints, Minnesota North Stars, New England/Hartford Whalers, and New Haven Nighthawks.

[RichInOC]

Who own da Chiefs?

[ShovelPenguin]

Did someone say HOCKEY?!?! I love this movie, even though I was just a baby in the 70s. I probably should see Goon...

But honestly, the lockout this year is killing me. I hate this so much.

/miss my Penguins

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[onyx]

I remember one review, which said; “Anyone who sees this film, ought to be slapped or shot.”

[bobby.223]

Remember the WHL Totems and the Buckaroos?!

[gundog]

Maybe it’s because it was written by a woman. Hard to believe, at times, but there it is.