| Tired of playoff hockey? Don’t know what to do when TV is dominated by NHL coverage. You don’t have to ignore hockey altogether, but you don’t have to watch Mystery, Alaska either.
ALTERNATE INTRO IF THE FLAMES ARE OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS
Upset about the Flames being out of the playoffs? Are all your old Don Cherry Rock ’em Sock ’em videos almost worn out? Here are some other less obvious hockey movie choices.
Clerks (1994): Kevin Smith’s low-budget debut follows the exploits of two convenience store clerks who hate the customers almost as much as they hate their jobs. Not ones to miss out on a game of ball hockey, they close their stores and have an impromptu faceoff on the roof of the Quik Stop.
Flatliners (1990): Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon play ambitious med students who use their new-found talents to induce clinical death, only to revive themselves minutes later – effectively cheating death. Playing God doesn’t come without a price and Sutherland is haunted by the ghostly presence of the hoodie-clad Billy Mahonie who subsequently goes to work on Sutherland’s face with – you guessed it – a hockey stick.
The Cutting Edge (1992): The bard on ice – Shakespeare’s The Taming of The Shrew updated with D.B. Sweeny as a hockey player whose injuries force him to leave the NHL and team up with prima donna figure skater Moira Kelly. Sparks fly, laughs ensue and there is a bunch of skating. He shoots, he scores.
Freddy vs. Jason (2003): This latest instalment in the Friday the 13th series features the hockey-mask wearing, machete-wielding Jason going head to head with Freddy Kruger, but not before wiping out dozens of not-so-innocent teens. When do NHL goalies ever come out of the net long enough to kick this much ass? |
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