"Who own de Chiefs?"

"Owns! Owns!"

Slap Shot's enduring legacy as the definitive hockey movie is made so by the amount of quotes countless heaps of hockey players have parroted in locker rooms, at bars, and wherever else hockey players congregate.

"Puttin' on the foil, coach"

The plot is the somewhat familiar rags-to-riches or in sports terms, cellar-to-top, story of a down and out team and hard luck captain/coach. You've seen that before and since, but it works well here for one reason: the characters are extremely rich and textured. The story progresses almost like a comic book, the characters every bit as colorful.

Paul Newman connoisseurs may think this is a vulgar role for an otherwise distinguished actor, but I see vigor and intensity in his acting, I can just visualize his excitement during the movie when the Chiefs began doing well.

"They brought their f*ckin' toys!"

This movie wouldn't be the hockey cult icon it is without the inclusion of trio called the Hanson Brothers (if you think I am referring to the pop music youngsters, go flush yourself down a toilet). While characters such as Newman's, the sleazeball, the goalie Denis Lemieux, and the rogue's gallery at the end of the movie ("Ogilthorpe?")are incredible deep and funny to me, its the Hanson's that are the signature of Slap Shot. Their antics and "old tyme hockey" style are what most people remember from this movie.

And for the hockey fan, the timeless issue of fighting is even brought forward and debated through the actions of the characters. Neither side is chosen however, leaving you to decide how you feel about it.

If you are a hockey fan and haven't seen this movie, be prepared to be humiliated out of the locker room into the penalty box.

"You go to de box and you feel shame"