Hockey Night (1984)

Let's be realistic.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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 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!!!

Presaging the explosion of women's hockey and the questions arising with women playing on men's teams, this film managed to balance those issues with teen relationship angst.It's interesting to see the contrast in Follows' performance with the Anne Of Green Gables movies -- my friends and I rented Hockey Night solely to see more Follows, and because we were hockey fans -- and it's plain to see why she was cast here. She puts in quite a credible performance.About the only jarring element, though, was Cathy yelling at her boyfriend for jumping the goon that blindsided her. She's supposed to be a veteran goalie, and the ironclad rule of the era was that hockey players could never, at any level, for the fraction of an instant tolerate anything of the sort aimed at their goalies. What was notable wasn't that her boyfriend attacked the goon; the notable part was that the rest of the team didn't as well.6/10.

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.