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Director
  
Tommy Haines

Genres
  
Documentary, Sports

Country
  
USA

8/10
IMDb

Production companies
  
Northland Films

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
2008

Writer
  
Nick Deutsch, J.T. Haines, Tommy Haines, Andrew Sherburne

Cast
  
Wayne Gretzky
,
Neal Broten
,
Marian Gaborik
,
John Mayasich
,
Jeff Sorem

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Tagline
  
The pond. This is where hockey was born-under the open sky-where the ice is gritty and so is the play.

Pond hockey movie


Pond Hockey is a 2008 American documentary film, directed by Tommy Haines, and produced by Northland Films. The film is an examination of the changing culture of pond hockey.

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Plot

Director Tommy Haines and his Minnesota crew chronicle the changing culture of hockey through interviews with Wayne Gretzky, Neal Broten and Sidney Crosby to local rinkrats. Interwoven with the story of the first ever U.S. Pond Hockey Championships. The tournament was composed of 100 teams; the film follows two of these teams: The Federal League Allstars and Sofa King Lazy.

Notable cast

  • Wayne Gretzky
  • Neal Broten
  • John Mayasich
  • Sidney Crosby
  • Marian Gaborik
  • Lou Nanne
  • John Buccigross
  • Willard Ikola
  • Phil Housley
  • Jeff Sorem
  • John "Bug" Blooston
  • Patrick Kane
  • Wendell Anderson
  • Krissy Wendell
  • Dave Miller
  • Mark Kovacich
  • Rick DiPietro
  • Charles McGrath
  • Jack Falla
  • Jordan Leopold
  • Matt Henderson
  • Dan Hendrickson
  • P. J. Axelsson
  • Jonathan Toews
  • Producers

    Director/Producer - Tommy Haines, Producer - JT Haines, Producer - Andrew Sherburne, Producer - Nick Deutsch, Executive Producer - Northland Films, Executive Producer - Philip Falcone

    Festivals/awards

  • "Best of Fest" selection at the 2008 Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival
  • Official Selection of the 2008 Rhode Island International Film Festival
  • Official Selection of the 2008 Free Range Film Festival
  • Winner of the "Audience Award" at the 2008 Landlocked International Film Festival
  • Official Selection of the 2010 Canadian Sports Film Festival
  • Philip Falcone

    The executive producer, Philip Falcone, was a college hockey stand out and graduate from Harvard University, and is currently a General Partner of the Minnesota Wild.

    Filming locations

  • Connecticut
  • Illinois
  • Minnesota
  • Massachusetts
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Nova Scotia
  • References

    Pond Hockey (film) Wikipedia
    Pond Hockey (film) IMDb Pond Hockey (film) themoviedb.org