In HBO Max's excellent miniseries "Beartown," a rural hockey coach explains why his team's enforcer punches his opponents so often. "He's not fighting. He's protecting the most important investment this town has ever seen." That investment is the team's star forward, and when a parent pushes this coach to elaborate further, he responds curtly, "Either you understand that aspect of hockey or you don't."
That brusqueness, both on the ice and off, could be why there are so few hockey films. It's a sport that you either understand or you don't, a wildly popular worldwide phenomenon that still mystifies and alienates many. A recent Gallup poll had football, baseball, basketball, and soccer ranked above hockey as Americans' favorite sports despite the NHL having more reach and organizations than the Mls and Nwsl combined. That means that the best hockey films aren't just good cinema, they're a gateway to understanding...
That brusqueness, both on the ice and off, could be why there are so few hockey films. It's a sport that you either understand or you don't, a wildly popular worldwide phenomenon that still mystifies and alienates many. A recent Gallup poll had football, baseball, basketball, and soccer ranked above hockey as Americans' favorite sports despite the NHL having more reach and organizations than the Mls and Nwsl combined. That means that the best hockey films aren't just good cinema, they're a gateway to understanding...
- 10/17/2022
- by Scott Thomas
- Slash Film
NHL Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay -- who was instrumental in founding the NHL Player's Association -- died Monday. He was 93. Lindsay had been in hospice care toward the end of his life. And, that's all the family is saying right now. Lindsay is a hockey legend -- he scored 851 points in his 17-year NHL career and raised the Stanley Cup on 4 different occasions with the Detroit Red Wings, alongside teammates Gordie Howe and Sid Abel.
- 3/4/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
NHL 17 has predicted who will win the Stanley Cup this upcoming season. Nashville fans will be thrilled.
EA typically takes time for all their new sports games to run sims for any major events, and normally full seasons to predict overall winners. That is what happened with NHL 17 and there are some interesting predictions.
The Eastern Conference has a few tricky predictions. First it seems Tampa Bay will continue to be dominate and come in first in the conference. Meanwhile the Caniadians will be carried by Carry Price in second place. The interesting notes come when the simulation predicted the Detroit Red Wings will miss the playoffs, which will be a big deal considering they have had a spot stamped for 25 years. The current longest run of any team.
Also missing the playoffs in the East will be the Rangers, according to the simulation. The Rangers are going through some...
EA typically takes time for all their new sports games to run sims for any major events, and normally full seasons to predict overall winners. That is what happened with NHL 17 and there are some interesting predictions.
The Eastern Conference has a few tricky predictions. First it seems Tampa Bay will continue to be dominate and come in first in the conference. Meanwhile the Caniadians will be carried by Carry Price in second place. The interesting notes come when the simulation predicted the Detroit Red Wings will miss the playoffs, which will be a big deal considering they have had a spot stamped for 25 years. The current longest run of any team.
Also missing the playoffs in the East will be the Rangers, according to the simulation. The Rangers are going through some...
- 10/6/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Dustin Spino)
- Cinelinx
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