Editing Slap Shot (section)

==Production notes==
[[File:Paul Newman and Roy Hill, RIT NandE 1976 Jul12 Complete.jpg|thumb|right|Actor Paul Newman and director George Roy Hill during production]]
Yvan Ponton and Yvon Barrette (who played forward Jean-Guy Drouin and goaltender Denis Lemieux, the two Quebec players in the film) dubbed their own voices for the film's translated French version. The film is one of few mainstream American films that was translated in colloquial [[Québécois French]] and not [[Standard French]]. Heavy use of Quebec expressions and [[Quebec French profanity|foul language]] has made this version of the film a cult classic among French-speaking Canadians, where lines from the movie such as "Dave est magané" ("Dave's a mess") and "Du hockey comme dans l'temps" ("good old-fashioned hockey") are common catch phrases.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/urbania/201309/20/01-4691571-hubert-fielden-responsable-du-doublage-de-slap-shot.php |title=Hubert Fielden, responsable du doublage de Slap Shot |trans-title=Hubert Fielden, responsible for dubbing Slap Shot |first=André |last=Péloquin |newspaper=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] |location=Montreal |date=September 20, 2013 |via=Cyberpresse |access-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427221607/https://www.lapresse.ca/vivre/urbania/201309/20/01-4691571-hubert-fielden-responsable-du-doublage-de-slap-shot.php |url-status=live}}</ref>

The movie was filmed in (and loosely based around) Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and utilized several players from the then-active [[North American Hockey League (1973–77)|North American Hockey League]] Johnstown Jets (the team for which Dowd himself played) as extras. The Carlson Brothers and Dave Hanson also played for the Jets in real life. Many scenes were filmed in the [[Cambria County War Memorial Arena]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.warmemorialarena.com/photogallery/2005/1005/IMG_9241JPG.htm |title=War Memorial Ice 2005 Picture 8 of 10<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=January 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219235102/http://www.warmemorialarena.com/photogallery/2005/1005/IMG_9241JPG.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Starr Rink]] ([[Colgate University]]) in [[Hamilton, New York]]; the [[Utica Memorial Auditorium]] (used as Peterborough where the pre-game fight occurs and where a Hanson reprimands the referee for talking during the anthem); [[Onondaga County War Memorial]] (used as Hyannisport where the Hanson Brothers charge into the stands to accost a fan and are arrested); and in other Johnstown locales. Coincidentally, the Johnstown Jets and the NAHL folded in 1977, the year ''Slap Shot'' was released.

Although much of the film takes place during the fall and winter seasons, when hockey is in season, filming at the Utica Memorial Auditorium took place from June 3–4. Similarly, in Johnstown, Newman is wearing a coat as though it should be cold, but there is no snow on the ground and the trees are in full bloom.

The Reggie Dunlop character is based, in part, on former [[Eastern Hockey League]] [[Long Island Ducks (ice hockey)|Long Island Ducks]] player/coach [[John Brophy (ice hockey)|John Brophy]], who receives homage by his last name being used for the drunken center of the Hyannisport Presidents. Coincidentally, Brophy would later coach [[David Hanson (ice hockey)|Dave Hanson]], who played Jack Hanson, with the Birmingham Bulls in 1978.<ref>{{cite book |first=Bill |last=Boyd |title=All Roads Lead to Hockey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urXw8u8GIukC&q=hanson |date=January 1, 2006 |publisher=Univ of Nebraska Press |page=106 |isbn=978-0-8032-6252-2 |access-date=July 14, 2024}}</ref>

In one scene announcer Jim Carr remarks that Ned Braden is "a college graduate ... and an American citizen!" – both unusual distinctions for a pro hockey player of the time. In real life, [[Michael Ontkean]] is Canadian, but played hockey for and graduated from the [[University of New Hampshire]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://unhmagazine.unh.edu/w14/unh-hollywood.html |title=UNH Goes to Hollywood |first=Katharine |last=Webster |date=Winter 2014 |access-date=December 29, 2015 |journal=UNH Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=52740 |title=Michael Ontkean Hockey Stats and Profile |website=The Internet Hockey Database |access-date=October 27, 2012 |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017131809/http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=52740 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Syracuse Bulldogs rookie goon Ogie Ogilthorpe, who was mentioned throughout the film but never actually seen until the final playoff game, was based on longtime minor-league goon [[Bill "Goldie" Goldthorpe]]. Like Ogie Ogilthorpe, Goldie Goldthorpe is also infamous for his rookie season in professional hockey (1973) when as a member of the Syracuse Blazers he amassed 25 major fighting penalties before Christmas.<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/page2/s/closer/020501.html |title=Old-time hockey indeed |website=ESPN Page 2 |access-date=July 14, 2024 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427221611/https://www.espn.com/insertfiles/javascript/ua.js |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Broome County]] Blades in the film were based on the [[Broome Dusters]]. One scene was specifically drawn from events that occurred in [[Binghamton, New York]]. In the film the Hanson brothers wear black-rimmed, Coke-bottle eyeglasses, and in one game get into a fight immediately after the opening faceoff; in reality, both Jeff and Steve Carlson did wear that style of glasses, and did indeed get into a long fight right after an opening faceoff. Coach [[Dick Roberge]]:

{{Blockquote|text=We got into Binghamton about two or three weeks before the playoffs. In the team warmup, we're out there and all the Binghamton players came out with the plastic glasses and big noses, every one of them, poking fun at the Carlson brothers. We went back in the dressing room and the boys said, "Coach, as soon as that puck is dropped, we're pairing up." We had one heckuva fight. They went about 30 minutes until everyone got tired. We met them again in the [1974{{hsp}}–75 season] finals and beat them four straight.|author=''[[The Tribune-Democrat|Johnstown Tribune-Democrat]]'', as related by Coach [[Dick Roberge]]}}

A scene in the film shows the Hanson brothers jumping the Peterborough Patriots during pre-game warm-ups. This is based on events in a mid-'70s [[North American Hockey League]] playoff series between the [[Johnstown Jets]] and the [[Buffalo Norsemen]].  The Jets had a black player on their roster, and during a playoff game held in North Tonawanda, New York (a northern suburb of Buffalo where the Norsemen played their home games), a Norsemen fan held up a derogatory sign stating that blacks should be playing basketball. The next game in the series was held in Johnstown, and the Jets retaliated by attacking the Norsemen players during the warm-ups, with a huge brawl erupting.  The Norsemen players and coaches then returned to the dressing room and refused to come out to start the game.  The game was awarded to the Jets by forfeit, as was the playoff series since the "win" gave the Jets the needed number of victories to capture the series.<ref name="SI"/>

Another scene is also based on a real-life event. In the film Jeff Hanson scores a goal and is hit in the face by a set of keys thrown by a fan. The Hansons then go into the stands after the fan and Jeff Hanson punches the wrong fan. After the game the Hansons are arrested for the incident. In real life a similar incident occurred in Utica, New York, in a game between the Johnstown Jets and the [[Mohawk Valley Comets]]. Jeff Carlson was hit in the face by a cup of ice thrown by a Utica fan and went into the stands after the fan with brothers Jack and Steve. All three were arrested and Dave Hanson gathered the money for bail for the Carlson brothers.<ref name="SI"/>