🎥🏒On February 25, 1977 the classic hockey comedy “Slap Shot” was released in theaters! Directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman, Strother Martin and Michael Ontkean. Slap Shot depicts a minor league ice hockey team named the Charlestown Chiefs that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town. Dowd based much of her script, as well as several of the characters, on her brother Ned Dowd's playing experiences on 1970s minor league profe