Broad Street Bullies

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 1999)

The funniest sports movie ever made. However, contrary to what a previous post claimed, it's not at all based on the 1970s ``Broad Street Bullies'' Philadelphia Flyers teams. It's based on the North American Hockey League's Johnstown Jets (still in existence as the Johnstown Chiefs in the East Coast Hockey League) The team, at one point, was coached by Steve Carlson (Steve Hanson in the movie), who, along with his brother Jack Carlson (Jack Hanson) went on to play briefly in the NHL. There was no third brother. Note: Jack Carlson had 248 penalty minutes in 50 games with Johnstown in 1974-75.