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Ice Guardians: Directed by Brett Harvey. With Jay Baruchel, Brett Hull, Brett Gallant, Bobby Hull. On-ice enforcers struggle to rise through the professional ranks of the world's most prestigious hockey league, only to be confronted with a new found fight for the existence of the role itself.
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- Documentary, Sport
- Brett Harvey
- 2016-10-28
Ice Guardians is a 2016 feature documentary film directed and written by Brett Harvey about ice hockey enforcers. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The film includes interviews with former National Hockey League players including Hall of Famers Chris Chelios, Jarome Iginla, Bobby Hull and Brett Hull.
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- An Attraction to Violence
- The Pain of Trying to Hold on
- The Role of The Enforcer
- It’S Not them, It’S Us
- A Film of Contradictions
One reason is that fans like it. There is an attraction to violence that is part of us, no matter how much we would like to deny it. The film describes the “electric” atmosphere when it appears a fight is going to happen. In a fascinating moment, Jeff Marekconsiders his own interest in the emotional space and the slice of time before they engage an...
The film is nominally about enforcers in the NHL. It is really about the pain of failing to achieve your dream and finding a way to hang on anyway. This is the sadness that runs through Ice Guardians. The injuries and the psychic pain of waiting all day to find out who you had to fight to be able to support your family. As Geno Odjcik says “It is a...
Through the film, Brett Harvey makes a case for the role of an enforcer. In sum: fighting or the threat of a fight mitigate more serious violence. In a game that is so fast, there is a significant danger that when cheap shots and dirty play become part of a team’s tactics, players suffer. The film compares Sidney Crosby’s multiple concussions to Wa...
The film includes commentary that suggests that the first hockey game ever recorded ended in a bench-clearing brawl. Indeed, enough players, fans, and folks begrudgingly admit there is a role for fighting in the game. Indeed the film provides a justification for fighting that most fans that hate fighting can’t easily dismiss. If we want speed and s...
You don’t have to love fighting to respect those who were forced to make their living that way in the NHL. Viewers may feel conflicted that they try to square their revulsion at fighting with their respect for those who battle night in and night out to protect their teammates and contribute as best they can to their team. Other contradictions exist...
Aug 26, 2016 · An in depth look at the misunderstood role of NHL enforcers. Who's Involved: Rocky Mudaliar, Brett Harvey, David Singer, Kelly Chase, Chris Tavlarides, Scott Dodds, Adam Scorgie, Jimmy Lynn. Release Date: October, 2016. N/A NOT AVAILABLE MPA.
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