Ice Hockey Enforcer Film

In ice hockey no one is tougher than the goon.

Ice hockey enforcer film. The last gladiators nhl ice hockey documentary part 1. When such play occurs the enforcer is expected to respond aggressively by fighting or checking the offender. The following are currently active nhl ice hockey enforcers and current minor league enforcers with nhl experience listed alphabetically by their last name. The film concerns the exceedingly nice but somewhat dimwitted doug glatt who unexpectedly finds personal and professional fulfillment after becoming the enforcer for a minor league ice hockey team.

Directed by brett harvey. With jay baruchel chris chelios brett hull howard bloom. Enforcer or policeman is an unofficial role in ice hockey the term is sometimes used synonymously with fighter tough guy or goon an enforcer s job is to deter and respond to dirty or violent play by the opposition. On ice enforcers struggle to rise through the professional ranks of the world s most prestigious hockey league only to be confronted with a new found fight for the existence of the role itself.

On ice enforcers struggle to rise through the professional ranks of the world s most prestigious hockey league only to be confronted with a new found fight for the existence of the role itself. Cue some of the most incredibly violent unnecessary fight scenes seen in cinema for a long time. Enforcers are expected to react particularly harshly to. Violence has long been a controversial even elemental aspect of hockey and director cinematographer brett harvey does not try to downplay it in the incisive documentary ice guardians.

It makes a quentin tarantino film look normal. Despite receiving largely positive reviews the film was a box. Goon revolves around a very simple idea that a lovable but stupid nobody gets a chance at becoming an ice hockey champion because of his very powerful fists. Seann william scott alison pill marc andré grondin liev schreiber.

Brett harvey stars. 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. To protect the star players at any price. Jay baruchel chris chelios brett hull howard bloom.

With donald brashear lyndon byers guy carbonneau don cherry. This is a list of enforcers who have played in the national hockey league. Goon is a 2011 canadian sports comedy film directed by michael dowse written by jay baruchel and evan goldberg and starring seann william scott jay baruchel liev schreiber alison pill marc andré grondin kim coates and eugene levy.