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Quebec dub, real hockey incidents, filming locations and Nancy Dowd’s career.
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- Nancy Dowd spent time with her brother's Johnstown Jets team and recorded locker-room conversations for the dialogue.
- The real team's Hanson brothers led the team in penalty minutes; Dave Killer Carlson draws on Dave Killer Hanson.
- The cited budget is $6 million and the gross $28 million.
- The colloquial Quebec French dub helped make the film a major favorite among French-speaking Canadians.
- Rinks included Cambria County War Memorial, Starr Rink at Colgate, Utica Memorial Auditorium and Onondaga County War Memorial as Hyannisport.
- Reggie was based on Long Island Ducks player-coach John Brophy, whose name was reused for the drunken opposing center.
- The Jets' later history included a flood interruption, a short return and closure; the Carlson brothers were born close together and led the team in penalty minutes.
- Jim Carr's toupee was modeled on Johnstown sportscaster Bill Wilson's wig.
- The Carlson brothers said extras threw real punches during the crowd-fight shoot. Summer filming required pretending it was cold in heavy clothing.
- Oglethorpe drew on Goldie Goldthorpe, credited with 25 fighting majors before Christmas in one season.
- Real crowd fights and a pregame fight triggered by opponents wearing novelty glasses supplied incidents for the film.
- Nancy Dowd's subsequent work included Coming Home and uncredited work on Straight Time, North Dallas Forty and Ordinary People, plus SNL; her brother played Oglethorpe.