Hockey Night

I loved this movie as a kid. I fell in love with the characters. At this time in history it was very hard for girls to get into sports without female teams. I really wanted to see the puppy love of Spear and Cathy grow. I am a big fan of happily ever after.

I have not seen the movie yet I just ordered it because the summery caught my eye because it is about my life,but I think it will be great!!! I am a female goalie I have been playing ice hockey for 11 years but goalie for 3 of them and I moved to a girls team because the co ed team did not let me try being goalie because I was a girl! It was there loss though. Playing goalie came natural to me and I was on the select team for new england my second year playing goalie!My dad was a goalie that is why I wanted to be a goalie, but I love that you made a movie about this topic because it really does happen in hockey and I am so excited to see the movie I bet it will be great!!!

Cathy Yarrow (Megan Follows) moves to the small town of Parry Sound from Toronto with her separated mother and little sister. She is befriended by Evelyn. Uncertain about small town life, she tries out to be a goalie on the boys hockey team since there are no girls team. Willy Leipert (Rick Moranis) is the coach. Spear Kozak is the star player. Bum Johnston (Maury Chaykin) is the play by play announcer and Bill Moss is the sponsor.

The story is pretty simple melodrama. There are no big hurdles or big surprises. The coach is supportive and the boys are not that bad. They are still boys but they're also pretty supportive of her. Follows is the best actor among the kids. The least supportive is the announcer and Chaykin tries for a little humor. The hockey action is limited to basic camera moves. There is still value in this simple movie taking on a relevant issue of its time. Filmmaker Paul Shapiro has made a living directing Hollywood TV shows after this movie.

I first saw this movie on HBO in 1984 Or 1985. I thought it was a great story because at the time I loved hockey and I liked being a teenager in love. I watched it about 20 times and never got bored. Excellent.

This is just one of those movies that meant something to me from my childhood. I used to see this movie after school on HBO and always wanted to be Kathy Yarrow. She was this girl who is displaced because of her parents divorce and in a new smaller town where they don't have a girl's hockey team. She battles to get on the boy's team and wins not only making friends and overcoming obstacles that she didn't think was possible but meeting a boy who believed in her too. I will never forget Spear. He was a major crush for me back in the 80's. When I met my husband, we both mentioned this movie and loved it! We ended up finding it in an old video store. It was just something special we had together. I highly recommend this movie and hope that you make new memories and give your kids the opportunity to create their own memories from this great family friendly movie.