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Things In This Movie That Would Never Happen In Reality

posted 2 years ago by riraho (141)
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-Iceland is a hockey super power
-The lady from Law and Order doesn't even know what a line change is, but she coaches the team to a win
-They find a kid playing street hockey in LA and they let him join the team
-Adam Banks is the best player on the team and gets hurt but when he is healthy enough to return Bombay tells him his roster spot is taken
-The cowboy kid gets called for lassoing a player and isn't thrown out of hockey forever
-Team USA switches uniforms in the middle of the game
-Goldberg switches gear with the LA kid on the ice and no one notices
-Bombay takes out his goalie and puts in ice cold Julie the Cat to take the tournament and gold medal deciding penalty shot

[–] WandererFromYs (2403) 2 years ago

-The lady from Law and Order doesn't even know what a line change is, but she coaches the team to a win

Its actually Charlie that coaches the team to a victory. She just yells out what he tells her. Right after this he has the line that he would make a better coach than a player, and he recruits Russ Tyler. Than he gives up his Roster spot to Banks, so that he could help coach the team in the championship.

[–] daveyh (640) 2 years ago

Yeah, it's a nice bit of development for Charlie that's kinda ruined in the 3rd movie, when there's no reference to him coaching or wanting to be a coach at all, and in fact seems convinced that he's a good enough player to go pro

[–] daveyh (640) 2 years ago

to your last point, I'd point out that it happens in soccer quite often that a manager will bring on a different goalkeeper just before the end of a game if it's about to go to penalties. I'm personally not a fan of this move - even if the side go on to win the shootout, it can undermine the confidence and morale of the substituted goalkeeper in the next game.

I'll add to the list though,
- Gordon and most of the team are selected to represent the country after winning one championship in an upset after finishing second bottom of their league. Jack Riley won 20 championships in a row and still coaches pee wee hockey, and none of the Hawks players were called up despite their league record. (unless you count Banks)

- coaching pee-wee hockey at the junior goodwill games gets you several lucrative endorsements and a Malibu beach house to stay in for the duration of the tournament