The Bridgeport Soundtigers lost game two of their opening round playoff series to the Wilkes-Barre Penguins in OT and are down 2-0. Game three is Sunday in Wilkes Barre.
Go to www.soundtigers.com for a recap. Here's the short version: They go down 1-0 30 seconds in, Get ahead 4-2 and give up 2 in the third to force the extra period.
Highlight of the game? Jon Sim, during a scrum, getting behind one of the Penguins and shoving his helmet forward so it covers his eyes. Did it at least twice. Made me think of the movies.
What movie? The greatest hockey story ever told, that's what movie.
And what troubled me? Somebody is gonna try and do a remake of Slapshot. A REMAKE.
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/the-hanson-brother-return-a-slap-shot-remake.php
Are they nuts. Its the perfect hockey movie. And its got charm. Yes charm. Despite three goons from the Iron League, an f-bomb every 22 seconds or so and a scheming coach who sleeps with an opposing goalie's ex-wife to get inside his head, its charming.
And its part of the fabric of hockey. I play on a team called the Chiefs, guess where the name came from. On the Roadrunners (2-17-1, see the first post) you can hear stuff from the movie all the time. "Yeah, we've got a lotta losses" "The hair make me puke" "Old time hockey, like Eddie Shore"
I have a West Point hockey t-shirt that says old time hockey on it.
A remake is gonna be crap. I just know it. Its going to be like your brother goes to the machine and brings you back a stinkin' root beer.
Tony,
ReplyDeleteLove the shot of you and Dr. Hook (I'm a little concerned that you're hiding behind your daughter, but that's another story!) ... Couldn't agree with you more about "Slapshot." Not only is it the best hockey movie ever made, but it's one of the greatest sports movies ever! Years ago, he hopped aboard a trip to Montreal with a bunch of Postal workers (it's a long story) for a Bruins-Canadiens weekend (yes, the B's won, again!). We watched "Slapshot" on the way up, and everyone really got into the spirit of the weekend. On the way home, someone thought to play "Mystery, Alaska," and I thought the entire crew was going to go postal! Simply awful! Every hackneyed sports cliche ever dreamed up was crammed into that movie. And Russell Crowe skated worse than my grandmother (with her walker!). What an embarrassment!
Long live the Chiefs (the original Chiefs, not some hokey Hollywood remake!)!!!