Hockey Night

I first saw this movie when I was a young girl. And I fell in love with it! Spear and Cathy are great. I love when they "picket" at the tournament against North Bay. And I also like Evelyn a lot as well. It is a good movie about growing up and some of the teen angst that kids used to go through. Too bad in today's society the problems they are facing kids now are drugs and whatnot. It used to be about simpler stuff like sticking up for your friends and fairness in sports. I am now 31 and it is still is one of my favorite movies. My husband bought it off of E-bay for me for a surprise Christmas gift two years ago. I was so happy. I usually end up watching this about every two months or so. Good 80's flick! I would suggest this movie to anyone.

I first saw this movie back in 1984 or 1985. It instantly became my favorite movie. I haven't seen it since. Still after all these years, I remember how as a kid this movie touched me. Everyone should see this movie at least once. Especially if you love hockey and a good clean love story.

I remember this movie from when I was a young tyke in the early 80's I think. I taped it on our vcr and I literally watched it almost everyday over summer holidays. I was huge into hockey so that helped. Great film. Highly recommend it!

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.

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.