Slap Shot - 1977 - 7/10

Homage to the sport I’ve always referred to as “wrestling on skates”.
Struggling minor league hockey team in a dying town.
To boost attendance, and profits, the coach tries publicity stunts.
Not much works, until he brings in the Hanson brothers.
Similar to goofy, likeable teens, except extraordinarily violent.
One of the funniest films, and depressing (where I grew up, the steel mill was finally demolished in 2021), this also revels in humanity’s bloodlust.
Paul Newman excellent in this (he ought to have done more comedies).
Mind you, once the Hanson’s arrive, they own the screen.