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When Slap Shot was released on Feb. 25, 1977, it was a middling success. Despite mostly negative reviews that tended to focus on what they saw as the film's glorification of violence, it eventually went on to earn $28 million at the box office against a $6 million budget. In the following decades, its popularity exploded as it became a textbook example of what makes a cult-classic movie. The film was conceived of by screenwriter Nancy Dowd, whose brother Ned was playing for the Johnstown Jets minor-league hockey team in Pennsylvania. Her access to this world gave the film an...

Does anybody remember the film "Slap Shot?" I ran across a Trailer on UTUBE that brought back the Hockey Mania in Boston in the 60's and 70's. In those days you could always get tickets to the Celtics but the Bruins were always sold out. My cousin was a Gallery God, we always got in along with an ample supply of beer from the packy across the street. The most interesting thing I saw were the women in the crowd calling for blood during a brawl, common in the old days, reminded me of Rome. The movie reflected alot of...

Dede Allen, the film editor whose seminal work on Robert Rossen's "The Hustler" in 1961 and especially on Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967 brought a startling new approach to imagery, sound and pace in American movies, died Saturday. She was 86.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The script was perfect for the first NHL goal by the son of one of the notorious Hanson brothers from the movie "Slap Shot." Christian Hanson got it against his favorite player, Martin Brodeur, and the Toronto Maple Leafs rookie didn't seem to care it didn't come on a slap shot. "To be honest I would have taken it any way it would have gone in. Off my head, off my butt, off my skate, and luckily it went off my stick," said Hanson, whose backhander capped a three-goal first period that led Toronto to a...

Died last night...confirmed by spokesman. Paul Newman has died.

<p>An unconfirmed report just came in from AD reader Kubrickguy. Newman was battling cancer but must have lost the fight. Long live Paul Newman.</p>

Vikings Go On Rampage At Lodge Presumedly seeking revenge against the Mid-Atlantic Hockey League for calling it quits in the middle of the season, several players with the Jamestown Vikings trashed the historic Vikings Lodge on the corner of Washington and West Fourth Street early Thursday, leaving most of the building in shambles. Trash and debris were everywhere, especially on the second and third floors where the stench of beer and rotting food was almost overpowering. Bar stools were smashed through doors, and virtually every piece of glass in the building had been shattered, the broken shards unavoidable underfoot. ‘‘They...

NewsFlash Home | More Michigan News Hockey coach suspended for offering bounty on rival player 2/22/2005, 10:17 a.m. ET By DEE-ANN DURBIN The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Motor City Mechanics coach Steve Shannon has been suspended without pay for the rest of the season for offering his players a $200 bounty to take out Flint Generals forward Kevin Kerr on the ice, United Hockey League Commissioner Richard Brosal said Tuesday. Brosal said Shannon never admitted to offering the money, but a UHL investigation found that he placed the bounty Feb. 2, when the Mechanics played the Generals in Flint....