명문 집안의 둘째 아들인 '더그 글랫'은 내세울 거라고는 강한 주먹밖에 없다. 형인 '아이라'는 촉망 받는 외과의인데 반해, 글랫은 별다른 직업없이 주먹을 쓰는 일을 전전한다. 그러던 어느 날 친구와 함께 우연히 가게 된 아이스하키 경기장에서 관중석으로 난입한 선수를 단방에 때려눕힌다. 글랫의 강한 주먹을 눈여겨 본 감독은 주먹다짐이 암묵적으로 허용되는 '인포서'로서 그를 영입하게 되는데... 과연 스케이트도 타지 못하는 글랫이 아이스하키 선수로 거듭날 수 있을까?
Exploring the rough and tumble world of hockey, Academy Award winner Alex Gibney ("Taxi to the Dark Side") looks at the world of the NHL enforcers and specifically the career of Chris "Knuckles" Nilan who helped the Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup.
The HBO Sports documentary Broad Street Bullies, a look at one of pro sport’s most polarizing teams, the legendary Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup championship squads of the 1970s. This exclusive presentation tells the backstories of these engaging and colorful athletes, who won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975 with a bold, aggressive style that sparked controversy and criticism.
A hockey player in a small town begins to lose his grip on reality, and starts to believe that he is a gunslinger in the Old West.
A hockey enthusiast since 12 years of age, Toronto-based Rajvinder Singh, even went to the extent of trimming his hair, discarding his Pagri/turban, did not complete his education, incurred the wrath of his father, Darvesh, who wanted him to be involved in the family business as well as confirm and respect Sikh religion principles and values. Hoping to play professional hockey, Rajvinder, along with other fellow Sikh players, instead finds himself treated as the object of ridicule, referred to as a 'joker', by mainstream Caucasian players. Even his friends tease him and ask him to take up 'Guli Danda' and Kabaddi', while his father makes him work for Uncle Sammy as a truck driver. He is attracted to stunning law student Melissa Winters while her brother, Dan, offers to coach Rajvinder and his team. Unable to get themselves included in any team, they form their own...
Love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles.
Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.
A Chicago hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home, where he meets the boy's mother.
Säsongen då Elitserien blev världens bästa liga. De strandade förhandlingarna mellan spelarfacket och NHL gjorde att världens största stjärnor plötsligt stod arbetslösa. Många av dem sökte sig till den bästa ligan på andra sidan Atlanten - Elitserien. Aldrig tidigare har prestigen, viljan och vinnarinstinkten varit större hos spelare, klubbar och media. Det redan glödheta intresset hos publiken blev om möjligt ännu större. Här kan du se filmen om säsongen samt massor av extramaterial - stjärnorna som kom hem, stjärnorna som hittade en ny liga, de inhemska stjärnorna som växte, det fula spelet, skandalerna, målen, passningarna, räddningarna, intervjuerna, kommentarerna och framförallt den ofattbara dramatiken i jakten på SM-guldet. Ett SM-guld som många menade var beviset på vilken klubb som under NHL-konfl ikten var världens bästa. Välkommen till en och en halv timmes hockeyaction!
Fragancia is arrested for the attempted murder of Richard Persson, the son of a powerful factory owner. During the interrogation her amazing and remarkable life story is revealed. We follow her through her impoverished childhood, her adolescence where she meets the great love of her life, ice hockey star Petterson-Jonsson and the lead up to the fatal night where the story begins.
Parler avec quelqu'un d'aussi grand que Guy Lafleur est toujours une expérience extraordinaire. Mais lorsqu'on permet à Réjean Tremblay de mener la conversation, on entreprend un fantastique voyage d'une ampleur insoupçonnée.
Seventeen-year old Farley has the stick-handling skills of the next Sidney Crosby. Not that Farley has any idea who Crosby is. He’s led a sheltered life, homeschooled by parents whose idea of homework is trips to an art gallery or ashram. His best friend is Eve, the girl who’s lived next door since they were both three. Much to the dismay of his parents, Farley loves to play shinny with the local rink rats. To their even greater dismay, Farley is signed to a major hockey league, where he achieves instant stardom, throwing him into a world of hype. Farley soon finds that hockey fame comes with a price, including the expectation to fight. Throw in a changing relationship with Eve – and Farley is losing his way.
Neglected by his father, William, a star college hockey player, also suffered harassment from his coach and some teammates. By chance of a visit to Sainte-Justine hospital, the young man, whose morale and motivation are at its lowest, meets ten-year-old Daniel, awaiting a kidney transplant. Their passion for the Habs unites them instantly and William tries, by all means, to give him hope in the face of the disease.
Two young talented neurosurgeons — Pyotr and Sasha — are enthusiastically working on a complex medical experiment. But in search of stability and a better life, Pyotr goes to work in Stockholm, Sasha becomes a major official. Pyotrr's overseas life does not add up, and he returns to Moscow. Realizing that his friend has a completely different life, Pyotr goes to Siberia, where he works on an ambulance. There he meets a girl with a brain disease, the study of which he had once been involved in, but did not finish the job. Feeling in vain of a lived, failed life, a sense of professional guilt in front of this sick girl, whom no one can help, torment him, and he again recalls his true destiny.
Former football player and wrestler Chris Nowinski's quest to publicize recent findings about the often dire consequences of head concussions sustained by athletes in contact sports — injuries that have previously been considered momentary setbacks and ignored in the name of toughness and dedication to the team.
Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship series. Just before the series starts, he is offered a bribe to throw the games but refuses. An attempt is made on his life which results in Bobby, the team's mascot, being injured. Written by Les Adams
A young orphan overhears a plot by thieves to smuggle diamonds out of Canada in the equipment of his favorite hockey team, the Montreal Canadiens.
The Soviet hockey players Fetisov, Kasatonov, Krutov, Larionov and Makarov were "The Super Five". It is a tale of sacrifice and ruthless demands, and of the revolt against the system that was set in motion by Larionov and Fetisov, and aimed primarily at Viktor Tichonov.
In this animated short, Roch Carrier recounts the most mortifying moment of his childhood. At a time when all his friends worshipped Maurice "Rocket" Richard and wore his number 9 Canadiens hockey jersey, the boy was mistakenly sent a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey from Eaton's. Unable to convince his mother to send it back, he must face his friends wearing the colours of the opposing team. This short film, based on the book The Hockey Sweater, is an NFB classic that appeals to hockey lovers of all ages.
소방수로 근무하던 대런 멕코드(장 끌로드 반담)는 어느날 대형 화재 사건에서 어린 소녀를 구하기 위해 필사적으로 노력하지만 품안에서 끝내 숨지고 만다. 그 이후로 자신의 불찰에 대한 자책감으로 소방수를 그만 두고 하키 경기장의 화재 감시원으로 일하게 된다. 화재 사건의 충격으로 가족들과도 떨어져 살게 된 그는 피츠버그 펭귄팀의 최종결승전 7차전 하키경기 티켓을 구해 오랜만에 그의 아들과 딸을 데리고 경기장에 간다. 아빠가 과거에는 자랑스러운 소방수였지만 지금은 경기장의 화재감시원으로 경기장의 전구나 갈러다니는 것을 본 아들 타일러(로스 말린거)는 아빠가 실망스럽기만 하다. 괜히 동생 에밀리(휘트니 라이트)에게 화를 내게 되고 오빠의 성화에 화가 난 에밀리는 자리를 떠나지 말고 꼭 앉아 있으라는 아빠의 말을 어기고 뛰쳐 나가게 된다. 마침 경기장에는 부통령이 결승전을 구경하고자 참관했는데 수많은 경비원들이 삼엄하게 경비를 서고 있었으나 이미 테러리스트들이 침입해 이 경기를 관전 중인 부통령과 귀빈들을 인질로 잡는다. 그들의 목적은 정부가 다른 나라 은행에 동결시켜 놓은 엄청난 액수의 돈을 챙기는데 있었다. 화가 나서 뛰쳐나온 에밀리는 뜻밖의 살인 장면을 목격하고 엉겹결에 인질이 되어버린다. 딸이 인질로 납치된 것을 알게 된 맥코드는 수많은 경찰들과 경찰차들이 에워싸고 있는 가운데 홀로 테러리스트와 쫓고 쫓기는 게임을 벌인다. 테러리스트 두목과의 하키 결승골을 계산에 둔 치열한 두뇌 싸움과 손에 땀을 쥐게하는 혈전 끝에 맥코드는 부통령과 딸을 구하고 아빠에게 실망했던 아들 타일러에게서 다시금 존경심을 되찾게 된다.
