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Good Ol' Hockey Game

These movies range from comedies to intense dramas. They all capture the unique culture, grit, and thrill of hockey, offering something for fans of all ages and tastes.

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15 items

  • Based on the true story of the most famous team in the history of American sports: the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. Follow from the team's selection process to the ultimate victory over Finland for the gold. Also available on DVD.
    Blu-ray Disc, 2009Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Video, 2009. — MIR
  • A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.
    DVD, 2002Universal City, CA : Universal Home Video, 2002. — DVD SLAP
  • Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles stereotypes and alcoholism. Also available on DVD.
    Blu-ray Disc, 2018[Toronto] : Elevation Pictures, [2018] — IND
  • The story of the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players.
    DVD, 2015[Culver City, California] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2015] — DVD 796.962 REDA
  • In Minnesota's fabled heartland of US ice hockey, the teams of rival towns skate for a last chance to etch their names into local lore.
    Blu-ray Disc, 2022New York, NY : Greenwich Entertainment, [2022] — BLU 796.962 HOCK
  • The Russian Five

    for Detroit to Win, They Had to Become One

    In the late 1980s, the Detroit Red Wings worked to finally break their decades long Stanley Cup drought by extracting players from the Soviet Union, and in the process, changed the way North American hockey is played.
    DVD, 2019[Place of publication not identified] : Gold Star Sports Management, [2019] — 796.962 RUS 2019
  • The Rocket

    Maurice Richard

    A story about Quebec's most famous hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey League dominated by Anglophones.
    DVD, 2006Montreal : Alliance Atlantis, 2006. — ROC
  • A resilient high school kid fights to claim his spot on the varsity hockey team after moving from Minnesota following his father's death.
    DVD, 2022[United States] : Billabunny llc, [2022] — J PLA
  • A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.
    DVD, 2001Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2001] — J MIG
  • Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. Also available on DVD.
    Blu-ray Disc, 2012[United States] : Magnet : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2012] — GOO
  • Goon

    Last of the Enforcers

    A hockey player plagued by injuries is confronted with the possibility of retirement when a tough new player challenges his status as the league's top enforcer. Also available on DVD.
    Blu-ray Disc, 2017[Toronto] : eOne Films, [2017] — GOO
  • The Mighty Ducks are back and going to the Junior Goodwill Games. Can the team win despite all the setbacks?
    DVD, 2001Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2001] — J MIG
  • The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.
    DVD, 2001Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2001] — J MIG
  • Flin Flon

    a Hockey Town

    Explores a small Canadian mining town's eccentric obsession with its legendary junior hockey team, the Flin Flon Bombers, and how the team and the community thrive off one another.
    DVD, 2019[United States] : Gravitas Ventures, [2019] — 796.962 FLI 2019
  • A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy. Also available on Blu-ray.
    DVD, 2010[United States] : 20th Century Fox, 2010. — J TOO