A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. ...
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rob Lowe | ... | Dean Youngblood | |
| Cynthia Gibb | ... | Jessie Chadwick | |
| Patrick Swayze | ... | Derek Sutton | |
| Ed Lauter | ... | Murray Chadwick | |
| Jim Youngs | ... | Kelly Youngblood | |
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Eric Nesterenko | ... | Blane Youngblood |
| George J. Finn | ... | Racki (as George Finn) | |
| Fionnula Flanagan | ... | Miss McGill | |
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Ken James | ... | Frazier |
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Peter Faussett | ... | Huey Hewitt |
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Walker Boone | ... | Assistant Coach |
| Keanu Reeves | ... | Heaver | |
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Martin Donlevy | ... | Referee Hannah |
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Harry Spiegel | ... | Thunder Bay Coach |
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Rob Sapienza | ... | Thunder Bay Asst. Coach |
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A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
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ice hockey | hockey movie | hockey team | hockey coach | jock strap |Taglines:
The ice... The fire... The fight... To be the best. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
31 January 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$4,183,292, 2 February 1986Gross USA:
$15,448,384Company Credits
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Written by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson)
Performed by Diana Ross and The Supremes
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All of the teams depicted, as well as the uniforms are fictional, except one. The Hamilton Mustang's first opponent were The Toronto Marlboros, who were, at the time, a team in the Ontario Hockey League. See more »Goofs
In the fight scene, at end of movie between Racki and Youngblood. Youngblood pulls Racki's jersey over his head onto his arms, then punches Racki to the ice. When Racki is on the ice he isn't wearing his jersey anymore, then when he gets back up, Racki takes his jersey completely off. See more »Quotes
Kelly Youngblood: [walks into barn and sees Dean standing in front of a punching bag] Just hit it, pillowhands. Don't worry, it's not gonna hit you back.See more »
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Get ReadyWritten by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson)
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Rob Lowe is way too much the matinée idol type to ever be believable as a hockey player. In fact that's the story of Youngblood, that of a player who values his looks a lot more than mixing it up on the ice to help win a game.
Try as I might I just can't see Rob Lowe as a hockey player, even one who won't get down and dirty. He's a speedy fellow on the ice and it's his speed that gets him a berth on a Canadian minor league hockey team, on which he has teammates like Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves.
The best scene in the film is where Rob Lowe gets literally raped by the unofficial landlady of the team, Fionula Flannagan. Apparently she gets first dibs on all the new hockey players in helping them keep their equipment in working order. Considering before Lowe, she had both Swayze and Reeves, I'd say she's quite the mechanic.
Rob has a more serious involvement with Cynthia Gibb who is the daughter of Coach Ed Lauter. But she's also daddy's little girl which doesn't help matters.
Our Canadian reviewers say that Youngblood is a gross distortion of Canadian hockey. I'm in no position to comment, but I've seen enough to know that it's a sport where violence is the norm and if you can't mix it up and are not willing to risk your good looks, you won't last too long.
Youngblood is now 23 years old and assuming Rob Lowe's character had a decent sized playing career, I guarantee that Rob today would not look like the fellow who worked for President Martin Sheen in the West Wing.