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Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman and Michael ... Like Ogie Ogilthorpe ...
The comedy movie Slap Shot was made while Goldthorpe was still an active player. According to Ned Dowd, brother of "Slap Shot" writer Nancy Dowd (and a hockey player in his own right), the "Ogie" Ogilthorpe character incorporated elements of Goldthorpe (especially his wild demeanor and frizzy, Harpo Marx-like
The film, Slap Shot (1977), written by his sister, Nancy Dowd, is based in part on his experiences playing in the minor leagues. Dowd appeared in the film as notorious hockey player Ogie Ogelthorpe. His wife, Nancy N. Dowd (not to be confused with his sister), also appears in the movie.
The Hanson Brothers are a fictional trio of siblings who played for the fictional minor league ice hockey team the Charlestown Chiefs in the 1977 movie Slap Shot and its two sequels. [1] The characters – Dave , Steve , and Jeff Hanson – were based on real-life siblings Jack , Steve , and Jeff Carlson, who played for the 1974-75 Johnstown ...
Retired ice hockey player Goldie Goldthorpe (who served as the inspiration for Ogie Ogilthorpe in the 1977 film Slap Shot) was born in Hornepayne. Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations for NHL Kris King, was raised in Hornepayne.
Paul D’Amato, best known for playing Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken in hockey comedy “Slap Shot,” died after a four-year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disease, on ...
In this photo from December 2010, Worcester native Paul D'Amato, right, who played Tim "Dr. Hook" McCracken in the 1977 movie classic "Slap Shot," poses with the Worcester Sharks' Mike Moore after ...
The Dusters played in the NAHL, which served as the inspiration for the movie Slap Shot, which includes a "Broome County" team.One scene in the film was specifically drawn from events that occurred in Binghamton.