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Slapshot III, Anyone?
by Alanah McGinley on 06/11/08 at 06:37 PM ET
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From Mike Mastovich at the Tribune-Democrat:
Imagine the tough-as-nails Hanson Brothers as a trio of pacifists more into meditation and world peace than putting on the foil.
It might be difficult to believe, but the Hansons have a mellow mentality at the outset of “Slap Shot: The Junior League,” the third installment of the motion picture “Slap Shot” originally filmed in Johnstown in 1976.
Former Johnstown Jets star and ex-Johnstown Chiefs coach Steve Carlson revealed that filming of the movie concluded on June 1 in Surrey, British Columbia. Carlson plays Steve Hanson in the movies “Slap Shot,” “Slap Shot II: Breaking the Ice,” and “Slap Shot: The Junior League.”
more... and the movie is to be released straight-to-dvd later this summer, with cameos from Mark Messier and Doug Gilmour.
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No good reason that I can think of. Oh. Wait… probably this. 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 06/11/08 at 06:27 PM ET
Oy, Slapshot II was such a dog that it couldn’t have made much, could it? Why on earth would anyone think Slapshot III would rake it in? I would buy Slapshot I 10 times over before I’d spend a cent on the sequels. And are Messier and Gilmour hurting for cash to allow themselves to be in this crap?
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 06/11/08 at 06:33 PM ET
I’m pretty sure Chelios and several other players were in Slapshot II (I fell asleep and never finished watching it). I’m sure that like Cheli and the others, Messier and Gilmour did it on a lark, out of fondness for the original.
Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 06/12/08 at 09:32 AM ET
Hmmm .. I live in Surrey and a few months ago I ran into the Goldy Goldthorpe (the inspiration for Oggie Ogelthorpe) at the local pub, selling t-shirts with his picture and the caption “old time hockey”. He still looks like you don’t want to mess with him, even though he’s likely in his sixties now.
Posted by Hams from Surrey on 06/12/08 at 04:18 PM ET
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Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 06/11/08 at 05:45 PM ET