"Slap Shot," a feature film about a minor league hockey team starring Hollywood icon Paul Newman, opened in theaters on Feb. 25, 1977. The film got a strong review in The New York Times from Vincent ...
'70s Week: "Slap Shot" could've been just another low-rent sports movie, but screenwriter Nancy Dowd saw it as a chance to give shape to a generation of nonconformist yearners. “I was thinking about ...