they made this movie very real to how junior hockey is today. Not just because of the fighting, but also because of the rookie hazings, and living away from home with billet familys. They pictured this movie exactly to how Jr hockey is now a days. Kids looking to play pro or go to College.
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I agree, I play in the USHL and this is how Junior Hockey is. Playing on the road and getting booed, going to the bar and picking up dirtys, living with housing parents, only thing its missing is that all the hockey players chew
shareI would have to agree and disagree. The hazing, billets, road trips, and drinking are definately going on in Junior hockey. However, how many decades ago did a stick fight happen in Junior. Also I don't think a lot of Junior teams have try-outs a week before the play-off semi-finals. ultimately this movie was made to appeal to Americans and at the time lack of knowledge of hockey.
shareI'm also on the side of disagreeing. I absolutely love this movie and it's one of my childhood favs as a Canadian, but you would never have a young kid make a Junior A team at the end of the season, then quit because his buddy got a cheap shot and walk out of the dressing room and basically telling his coach and teammates to f*@k themslves, only to come back a couple days later and have everything be alright again. Also, you could never shoot pucks at the ref and hope to ever play again, come to practice all hung over in your first week and hope to stay with the team, or for that matter, screw the coach's daughter!!! And one final note, I couldn't see the Memorial Cup being held in a rink that hold about 100 people!! ha,ha. But I love this movie so i overlook all that crap and just enjoy it for what it is...a hockey movie!!!!
shareOf course you also have to overlook the fact that many of the players look to be in their 30s (Racki about 40). We also can't forget the vast amount of training Dean does in a couple of days before he returns to the team. That training montage is on par with the one in Rocky 4 :)
Where did you get a couple of days of training?????? Some advice don't over analyze a script just enjoy the film
shareA couple of days training = he leaves the team in the middle of the series, learns how to fight, and returns before the end of the series. That, my friend, is a couple of days.
And over-analyzing? Sorry, not really over-analyzing such a blatant part of the movie.
Perhaps you didn't see that I was being somewhat playful in my post, with the whole smiley face and comparing to Rocky 4.
I was on wikipedia trying to figure out the difference between junior hockey and minor league hockey. Aren't junior hockey league players aged sixteen to twenty? Do they get paid? Do they attend school or work at day jobs? Is junior hockey considered semi-pro?
shareYes, it's age 16 to 20 for junior league. Most of the guys looked way too old, LOL!
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In the 90s one of the low/mid USA minor leagues (Central Hockey League) would let teams add 2-3 players to their team rosters after the regular season and before the playoffs. They probably had small tryouts, doubt they were anywhere near the tryout in Youngblood. Not sure if Jr Leagues allowed that or not.
shareI always felt that this movie should have took over the span of an entire season as well not just a one month span. Oh and you could screw the coachs daughter just dont get caught. How do I know this lets just say I know and leave it at that lol
shareI wonder if they really do play games in the middle of the day; in the middle of the week, though?
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I wonder if you can knock a guy out after winning the Memorial Cup, then have him get back up and fight again without a ref or other players jumping in? Hmmmm
sharethankfully the USHL is a joke. the players on that team were to old for Juniors they would have gone to play 2A hockey by now. being as my brother played at St. Pete's I know that players are recruited young and not asked to tryout. sorry about the nag on the USHL but i played a year for the Gamblers and just felt too homesick. GO OHL all the way.
shareI don't think circling the net with the puck TWICE before finally shooting is very realistic to anything.
shareThe Junior game transcends you better into the NHL than playing in College.
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