When was slapshot the movie filmed

It's great for the community. Johnstown has dealt with more than its share of tragedy and adversity. In , more than 2, people died in the "Great Flood," the country's worst natural disaster until Hurricane Katrina in August Johnstown had massive floods again in and After the mills closed in the s, the town has been trying to pick itself up ever since.

A new campaign dubbed Vision is designed to make Johnstown a destination once again for industry and technology. We're starting to be a mini Pittsburgh. We're starting to make that connection and 'Slap Shot' is to Johnstown what the Steelers are to Pittsburgh.

People embrace hockey here and it's great to see. There's a lot of negativity around this small town. But the people here believe they will overcome their problems.

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Buffalo Sabres. NHL Power Rankings: poll, plus the most underrated player on every team. The people of the city took great pride in their work and their ability to rebuild after their year history was wiped out by the Great Flood of In , a smaller flood event shook the city once again, and yet another event followed in With each new flood came new adversity, with which came a renewed passion for the history of the city.

Aside from the last major flood in Johnstown's history, the year was significant for another, very different reason as well. Arguably the greatest hockey film of all time, Slap Shot , was filmed in Johnstown in The film was based on a book written by Nancy Dowd, which was based on her brother Ned Dowd's experiences in the United States' minor league hockey system during the s.

Legend has it it's not exactly "legend" per say, but we Johnstown-ers like to hold on to every little bit of glamour surrounding the movie that while Ned Dowd was playing for the Johnstown Jets, a member of the North American Hockey League, the team was nearing bankruptcy and was put up for sale by the owners. Upon hearing the news, Ned called his sister Nancy an explained the situation to her.

Nancy decided, for whatever reason, to move to the Johnstown area, where she would ultimately be inspired to write the book. The late Paul Newman starred in the film as Reggie Dunlop, the grizzled veteran player-coach of the Chiefs.

Ned Dowd landed himself a role in the movie as the goon of an opposing team, Ogie Ogilthorpe. Perhaps the most entertaining scenes in the movie included the Hanson Brothers. The Hansons in the movie were actually based on three real-life brothers who played with Dowd for the Johnstown Jets at the time the book was written, the Carlson Brothers.

Beleive it or not, some of the outrageous on-ice antics from the movie were actually based on real occurrences during Chiefs' games. Jeff and Steve Carlson played the role of their Hanson brother counterparts in the movie, but the third brother, Jack Carlson had been called up to the WHA before filming began and was replaced by professional actor Jerry Houser, to complete the Hanson trio. If you've never seen Slap Shot , rent it immediately. Not only is it one of the most hilariously funny movies you will ever watch, it is a true American classic, filmed in a classic American city.

The city would be without a hockey team until , when the All-American Hockey League granted Johnstown a minor league hockey team.

The massive success and popularity of Slap Shot within the city inspired the new owners to name their team after their big screen inspirations, and thus the real Johnstown Chiefs were born.

The Hanson characters were actually based on brothers Jeff and Steve Carlson their third brother, Jack, opted out of filming because his team was in the playoffs at the time, and had to be replaced by Jets player Dave Hanson. Rowdy, raunchy, hilarious, absurd, deeply depressing and profoundly human — often all at the same time — Slap Shot is refreshingly devoid of phony uplift or showy monologues.

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