But, as we all know, the pain of season's end is eased each year by the spate of blockbuster hockey movies that start hitting the theaters in June. Scotty Bowman and Arnold Schwartzenegger team up to fight back. The octopus wrestling scene alone is worth the price of admission. A neat cameo appearance by Eddie's real-life Cessna. The desperate Buffalo Sabres enlist the help of their goalie's asteroid in this sci-fi thriller.
Czechoslovakian scientists divert the rock's path to a collision course with Washington.
President Clinton, fearful his nascent love of hockey will be annihilated along with the nation's capital, recruits Olaf Kolzig to make the stop of his life. Matthew Barnaby seems like the luckiest guy on earth when he's offered a guest analyst gig on ESPN, thanks to some string-pulling by admirer Barry Melrose. But Barnaby's luck takes an unlucky bounce when he blows out his vocal chords screaming at a ref. Silent Bob and Bob MacKenzie don't get along until the two Bobs discover Doug's ability to create amazing sculptures when stacking cans of Molson. They concoct a plan to sell tickets to see the sculptures and use the money to subsidize Canadian hockey teams.