6 best hockey movies

There is no shortage of great hockey movies. Whether you're into goals or fights, the Olympics or skaters, old school or newbies, if you're a hockey fan, there's a perfect movie for you, and these are the top 10.

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1. Destroyer.

The only professional team sport that allows for combat, hockey is a brutal, full-contact game. Dirty and dangerous games happen all the time, which is why most teams have an enforcer - a player who informally responds to dirty games in an even more aggressive or violent way to prevent such games from continuing. But how will this affect the psyche of the enforcer if he caused irreparable harm to another player? This question is the focus of The Destroyer, a study of systemic and institutionalized violence. The film was nominated for four major Canadian Screen Awards, and the most prestigious Canadian television and film awards.

2. Mighty ducklings.

In Disney's The Mighty Ducks, Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay, a self-absorbed Minnesota lawyer who is sentenced to community service in the form of junior hockey coaching after he is arrested for drunk driving.

3. Mystery of Alaska.

It's not the Alaskan noir plot that the title might suggest: Alaskan Mystery follows an amateur hockey team in Mystery, a small fictional Alaskan town obsessed with a weekly game of pond hockey that the locals play every Saturday.

4. Legend number 17.

The plot, which has received several prestigious Russian film awards, tells about the life and career of Valery Kharlamov (Danila Kozlovsky), one of the greatest players in the history of Soviet hockey.

5. Youngblood.

Youngblood stars Rob Lowe as a 17-year-old farm boy named Dean Youngblood who dreams of playing professional hockey. Do you need another reason to watch this movie? When the young Youngblood is given the chance to try out for a team in Canada, his fast skating earns him a place despite his lack of physical stamina.

6. Miracle.

There are all the other hockey movies, and then there's The Miracle, which tells the story of a team of ragtag American college hockey players who take on the heavily supported Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War at 1980 Olympics. An upset and the most important game in the history of American hockey.