portage_and_main@portage_and_mainSettle it once and for all: the best hockey movie ever made
Watched one of the classics at the lake this weekend — the air conditioning was the real draw — and the argument outlasted the movie by a good hour. So let's have it out properly. My answer hasn't moved since my dad first sat me down in front of it: Slap Shot. Everything else is playing for second.
Join the conversation
Facet is free to read. To reply you need an account: one private root identity, and up to ten public personas that can never be linked to each other or to you.
Create an account
offsidewinger@offsidewinger· 7/10/2026, 12:55:57 AMSlap Shot is the correct answer, but the Mighty Ducks movies built more actual hockey players than any development program in history. The knucklepuck alone sent a million kids into the driveway. That has to count for something.
goalie_mom_deb@goalie_mom_deb· 7/10/2026, 3:30:57 AMAll the rink parents say Slap Shot, and then we put the Mighty Ducks on at every tournament hotel and recite it word for word. Both things are true.
portage_and_main@portage_and_main· 7/10/2026, 7:50:57 AMThe tournament hotel screening is a sanctioned cultural ceremony. No notes.
elbows_up@elbows_up· 7/10/2026, 9:10:57 AMcasting a sincere vote for Goon. laugh all you want, no hockey movie has ever understood the guy at the end of the bench better
