The Cinema of Hockey

Iri Cermak is a media studies researcher. Her prior work has included hockey in United States and Canadian Olympic television broadcasts and documentary film. She lives in Panama.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Why Study Hockey as a Repertoire?

Hockey, Masculinity Archetypes and North American Scripts of Nationhood

Cultural Archetypes and the Quandaries of Depicting Hockey in Film

Approaching the Hockey Lineup in This Book

1. Critiques of Hockey as Aggressive Muscularity

Bully Hockey in Canadian Film: Paperback Hero, The Last Season and Gross Misconduct

Bully Hockey in Hollywood Film: Ice Castles, Love Story, The Deadliest Season and Youngblood

2. Spoofs of Aggressive Muscularity: The Pleasures of Sporting Excess

The ­Bully-Clown in Hollywood Film: Slap Shot, Happy Gilmore, Tooth Fairy and Just Friends

The ­Bully-Clown in Canadian Film: Score: A Hockey Musical, Goon,

Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story and Wrath of Grapes:

The Don Cherry Story II

3. Critiques of the Business of Hockey

The System Against the Athlete: Face Off (Winter Comes Early)

Hockey in Crisis: Net Worth and Sudden Death

The Hockey Protagonist on the Frontier: Mystery, Alaska

The Disillusioned Protagonist: No Sleep ’til Madison and Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice

4. Hockey and Family Entertainment

Disney’s Vision of Hockey: The Mighty Ducks, D2: The Mighty Ducks, D3:

The Mighty Ducks, ­H-E-Double Hockey Sticks and Den Brother

Hockey in Canadian Family Fare: Ronnie and Julie, MVP: Most Valuable Primate, Slap Shot 3: The Junior League and Sticks and Stones

5. Hockey, Masculinity and Nationhood in Quebec Cinema

Quebec and the Montreal Canadians: The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck and The Sweater

Les Boys I, II, III, IV: Hockey, Identity and Commercial Success

Il était une fois les Boys: Les Boys and the Family Genre

Quebec’s Hockey Icon and the Nation: Maurice Richard/The Rocket

Mending Canada’s Cultural Divide: Bon Cop, Bad Cop

6. Hockey Biopics and the Nation

The Memory Work of Allegiance: ABC’s Miracle on Ice and Disney’s Miracle

Negotiating the Nation: Canada Russia ’72

Coaching and Honing Character: The Hounds of Notre Dame,

Keep Your Head Up, Kid/Wrath of Grapes and Waking Up Wally:

The Walter Gretzky Story

7. Hockey, Race and Sexuality

Ethnicity and the Hockey Protagonist: The Love Guru and Breakaway/

The Speedy Singhs

Sexuality and the Hockey Protagonist: Perfectly Normal, Breakfast with Scot, Grown Up Movie Star and The Sheldon Kennedy Story

8. The Women’s Game

Forging a Path for Women in the Game? Hockey Night, Ice Angel, Go Figure, Chicks with Sticks, National Lampoon’s Pucked and Les Pee Wee 3D:

L’hiver qui a changé ma vie

9. The Hockey Spectacle in Film

The Grammar of Hockey in Film

Goal-Orientation

Toughness

The (Lesser) Role of Goaltending

The Dream and the Work Ethic

The Use of Archival Footage

Overview

Conclusion

Filmography

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index