• Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts...
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    Slapshot (redirect from Slap shot)
    A slapshot (also spelled as slap shot) is a powerful shot in ice hockey. Its advantage is a high-speed shot that can be taken from a long distance; the...
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  • is best known as the inspiration for Ogie Ogilthorpe in the 1977 film Slap Shot. Goldthorpe, a left winger, was a notorious hockey enforcer, a man once...
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  • Slap Shot 3: The Junior League is a 2008 Canadian-American sports film directed by Richard Martin and starring Greyston Holt and Lynda Boyd. It follows...
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  • Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice is a 2002 American sports comedy film directed by Steve Boyum and starring Stephen Baldwin and Gary Busey. The direct-to-video...
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  • best known for his appearance as the lead antagonist in the hockey film Slap Shot. Apart from films, he also acted in various television series and stage...
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  • minor league ice hockey team the Charlestown Chiefs in the 1977 movie Slap Shot and its two sequels. The characters – Dave, Steve, and Jeff Hanson – were...
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  • Paul Newman Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice, a 2002 sequel to Slap Shot Slap Shot 3: The Junior League, a 2008 sequel to Slap Shot and Slap Shot 2: Breaking...
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  • an Academy Award-winning screenwriter whose credits include the films Slap Shot and Coming Home. Dowd was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, the daughter...
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  • Slap Shot is a 1990 sports video game, simulating ice hockey, developed by Sanritsu Denki and published by Sega for the Master System. Slap Shot's gameplay...
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    Millie (1967), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), Slap Shot (1977), A Little Romance (1979), The World According to Garp (1982) and...
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    (1972), Serpico (1973), The Gambler (1974), Bound for Glory (1976), Slap Shot (1977), Airport '77 (1977), Brubaker (1980), Ordinary People (1980), Reds...
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  • of the wrist shot (shot accuracy and quick delivery) and slap shot (puck speed). The snap shot is accomplished with a quick snap of the wrists while the...
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  • Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include Slap Shot (1977), Between the Lines (1977), The Verdict (1982), Prefontaine (1997)...
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    the Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Slap Shot (1977), and Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981). He also voiced Doc Hudson in...
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    1972 to 1974, followed by lead roles in the hockey sports comedy film Slap Shot (1977) and the romantic comedy Willie & Phil (1980). In 1982, he had a...
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    Christmas Story (1983). Her other film roles include Bound for Glory (1976), Slap Shot (1977), F.I.S.T. (1978), The Muppet Movie (1979), Harry and the Hendersons...
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  • a slap shot. Conversely, the reliance on wrist and forearm muscles to propel the puck causes the wrist shot to be less powerful than the slap shot, though...
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    SSSSSSS (1973). Martin later appeared in another George Roy Hill film, Slap Shot (1977), again with Paul Newman, as the cheap general manager of the Charlestown...
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  • in the movie Slap Shot as one of the three Hanson Brothers. Carlson was born in Virginia, Minnesota. He appeared in the movie Slap Shot as one of the...
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    Higginson, as the same character Steen played. She played lead roles in Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice and the Disney TV movies Smart House and Principal...
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    Judge Roy Bean (1972), The Sting (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), and Slap Shot (1977). The 1980s brought two consecutive Oscar nominations along, from...
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    Summer of '42 and its sequel, Class of '44, as Dave "Killer" Carlson in Slap Shot, and as Wally Logan, the husband of Marcia Brady, in various Brady Bunch...
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  • Operation Slapshot is the code name of an undercover police operation, spearheaded by New Jersey state police, against an illegal nationwide gambling ring...
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  • American ice hockey forward. Carlson is best known for his role in the movie Slap Shot as one of the Hanson Brothers. Carlson also played in the World Hockey...
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  • English-speaking audiences for his role as Jean-Guy Drouin in the 1977 film Slap Shot. Ponton was born in Farnham, Quebec. Ponton's acting career started in...
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    the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup he played the first ever 'Scooping Slap Shot' in a match against Zimbabwe. Aneurin Donald at CricketArchive "Aneurin...
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  • La Croix. Retrieved 15 June 2024. Bedner, Eric (22 February 2024). "'Slap Shot' actor Paul D'Amato, who had ties to CT sports, dies at 75". CT Insider...
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  • general public for his role as team captain Johnny Upton in the movie Slap Shot. Nicholls's grandfather was goaltender Riley Hern, who played for the...
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  • Slap Shot, during the scenes where the Charlestown Chiefs hockey team are traveling on their bus, and during the end credits. The VHS release of Slap...
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