A true hockey fan can watch this movie every day and recite every line word for word.....

Rating: 10/10 (2 May 2006)

I saw this movie at the drive-in when it was released in 1977. I had to go to the theater to see it again over and over to be able to hear the dialogue well enough. (I looked older than my age.) These were the days before videos and DVDs. I can recite the movie line for line, word for word. I had a HUGE crush on the Hanson Brothers! I couldn't decide which one I liked the most, and my girlfriends all called me crazy! Hey, I guess I have a thing for the long hair and the glasses....
This has to be Paul Newman's BEST movie, and he was totally convincing as a hockey coach/player. The Hanson Brothers were the funniest guys I have ever seen or heard ever!! Their scene with the toy slot cars is hilarious, a totally a classic scene. The movie was so realistic. I grew up in a hockey town surrounded by hockey players in my neighborhood, so I was impressed. They couldn't have cast this movie any better. The use of real-life hockey players and former/retired players from the minor leagues was a great idea. Things were way different back in the helmetless era of hockey, which was just winding down at about the time the movie was supposed to take place. Everything about hockey was more exciting back then. I was so impressed that a woman, Nancy Dowd, wrote this screenplay. She really humanized the players, not just portray them as "goons." I thought that the swearing and constant cursing throughout the film only added to its charm. Most guys talk like that in that kind of environment anyway. It seemed so real.
Buy or Rent this movie, pop some corn and get yourself a stinkin' rootbeer (or just beer!), and watch "Puck Talk with the Hansons" on the bonus features, too! You will laugh through it from beginning to end, even if you aren't a hockey fan.