Game On Magazine 2017 May 2017 | Page 78

STOP CONCUSSIONS ITS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF SLAP SHOT By Johnston Hall Photos courtesy of Stop Concussions Slap Shot’s 40th Anniversary on its way to Winnipeg CELEBRITY COACH DAVE HANSON, WITH STOP CONCUSSIONS IN AUSTRALIA LAST SUMMER There are some of us who consider Slap Shot to be the greatest motion picture ever made. It is, at least, the greatest hockey movie in history. Still, it’s amazing, when you watch it on late night TV these days, that the movie, made in 1977, still holds up. Yep, 2017 is the 40th Anniversary of Slap Shot and it’s also amazing that many of the motion picture’s stars are still around, bringing laughs to hockey fans everywhere. This summer, the 40th Anniversary of Slap Shot Caravan will arrive in Winnipeg for a golf tournament and an autograph session in an effort to raise funds and awareness for the Stopconcussions Foundation and the Shoot for a Cure Campaign. We can’t wait. F 78 GAME ON ore! Hey golfers, hey hockey fans, here’s a guarantee: The Slap Shot’s 40th Anniversary Golf Tournament will not disappoint.  Original cast members of the movie Slap Shot will take to the links at the St. Boniface Golf Course this coming August 22, and you could be a big part of it. Jeff Carlson and Dave Hanson, two of the Hanson Brothers, and Yvon Barrette, AKA Denis Lemieux, the famed goalie for the Chiefs, will lead a star-studded cast of Slap Shot heroes -- Allan F. Nicholls (Johnny Upton), Jerry Houser (Dave “Killer” Carlson) and Paul D’Amato (Tim “Dr. Hook” McCracken) will bring back “old-time 2017 CHAMPIONS EDITION