In ice hockey, no one is tougher than the "goon". Those players have one mission: to protect the star players at any price. Exploring the violent world of hockey fights, Academy Award winner Alex Gibney ("Taxi to the Dark Side") looks at the world of the NHL enforcers and specifically the career of Chris "Knuckles" Nilan who helped the Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup.
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- Released
- Production
- Jigsaw Productions, Locomotion Pictures
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Top Cast
Donald Brashear as Self
Marty McSorley as Self
Chris Nilan as Self
Paul Schantz as Self
Bob Probert as Self
Tony Twist as Self
Lyndon Byers as Self
Guy Carbonneau as Self
Top Crew
Alex Gibney · Director
Larry Weitzman · Writer
Jim Podhoretz · Writer
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