since the offseason is right around the corner, here’s a list of hockey documentaries you can watch online for free while you wait anxiously for your team to come back:
here’s a list of 37 documentaries on players from wayne gretzky to patrice bergeon produced by the nhl (the length varies between 18 to 50 minutes)
more than a game, a documentary on the history of hockey (it also covers the place women and poc had in hockey in the 20th century which is super interesting)
here’s a documentary on the toronto lakeshore oldtimers, a team composed only of men over 43 years old. “in refusing to grow old gracefully, they feel they won’t grow old at all!”
this documentary, such a simple game, covers the symbolism of hockey for french canadians.
montreal canadiens - 100 years, 100 stars covers the century of history behind the montreal canadiens, their stars players and how they influenced québec’s culture
hockey, a people’s history: part 1 - part 2 - part 3 - part 4 - part 5 - part 6 - part 7 - part 8 - part 9 - part 10 (each part is roughly an hour). this miniseries is so interesting and it covers hockey in multiple aspects of the game from the very beginning in the 19th century to today.
here’s a short film on salisbury school varsity hockey team.
here is a documentary on the legendary wayne gretzky trade from the edmonton oilers to the los angeles kings in 1988
here’s a super cool espn documentary on the expansion of the national hockey league from 1967 to 1999.
and here’s one on goaltenders.
go learn about the history of the boston bruins: part 1 - part 2
and the toronto maple leafs
and the philadelphia flyers
and the amazing stanley cup run of the new york islanders
here’s a 96 min long documentary on junior hockey called junior. it intentionally shows no scenes of hockey being played (to focus on the off-ice aspect of these young players’ lives. a really interesting look on the crazy world of those teenagers fighting for their chance to live the national dream.
here’s a documentary on maurice richard, hockey legend, french canadian icon and awesome guy in general.
here’s a documentary that focuses on pond hockey and the unwritten rules of the backyard rink.
and here’s a documentary on sidney crosby cause why not.
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