A love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player and a hippie folk singer. Their union is tumultuous, as both try to come to terms with their differences in careers and lifestyles. Several National Hockey League players also appear in the film.
Production
Actual Maple Leafs players delivering lines like they're checking into boards.
Director
George McCowan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the 1970-71 NHL season with permission from the Maple Leafs organization, making it one of the first films to feature active professional athletes playing themselves.
Released at the exact moment hockey was becoming Canada's secular religion and folk music was dying — the film accidentally documents two cultures passing each other like ships.
CA
US
