Old Time Hockey

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2006)

Listed as one of my all time favorite movies.Slapshot is and will always be one of the comedy classics. Any one who has played hockey past the level of Pee Wees or who has spent any quality time in Small Town U.S.A. for that matter can relate to something in this film. Everything from the "Ratty Rinks" to the team bus rides to "Putting some "F"in Downey in these uniforms." This satire is dead on. The gritty accuracy of the struggling minor leaguers brings me back to so much I loved about playing and love as a fan. It truly is Old Time Hockey at it's finest. As a former player and a season ticket holder to the Tampa Bay Lightning I traditionally begin every season by watching this film. A must for any hockey fans movie collection.