- Hey, I'm open.
[crowd gasps]
- That's jail time.
I don't think you can
just skate up to a guy
and wack him the face, no puck
or anything with your stick.
So, yeah that's assault.
But it's kind of hilarious.
What's up GQ Sports.
I'm Auston Matthews, from
the Toronto Maple Leafs.
And this is the breakdown.
[up beat music]
All right, first up, Miracle.
- No one has ever worked hard enough
to skate with the Soviet team
for an entire game, Gentlemen.
We are going to work hard enough.
- Yeah, obviously at that time
the Soviet Union was
kind of just so dominant
in hockey in general.
And so and I think you just kind of
laying out the groundwork
for what he believes that they have to
I guess to beat them and then
he puts them right-to-work.
which I think I find pretty realistic.
I played for coaches
that their big thing was
you know, staying in
shape and back skating us
and making sure that we
could last the whole game
and could skate.
And as far as like a speech goes
you know, sometimes it's
necessary to have one of those.
[coach] - Come on, quick feet
boys. Quick feet. Push it.
Work hard now, boys.
Come on, Strobel. Pick up your knees.
Keep your shoulders square.
- I find it pretty realistic,
cause I actually played
for coaches that, a
lot of times, you know,
they're kind of spand for bad habits
and you know botching drills
and stuff was pretty short so,
they just put us right down the line
and stuff like this.
So, I can kind of relate to it.
[interviewer] - Do you do that
no in current NHL practices?
- No, you know we don't.
I think our practices are
like pretty fast pace.
So it's not like, as necessary.
But every once in awhile.
Maybe we haven't been playing well
or botching all the drills in practice.
There's been times where we had
to do a something similar to that.
But, not really something
to happen too often.
[coach] - Go, Stay with him, Jimmy.
[whistle blows]
- Dammit!
- He got to think 40 years ago
I mean when you watch
old hockey highlights
You know, the technique
and what we have now
and you watch goalies there
just so technically sound.
And back then, mostly
just kind of stand up.
And you're not much of a technique.
Just basically try to
make a save, you know.
Even if you have to put
your face in front of it
or whatever, so.
They're using wooden sticks,
which obviously isn't really
something anybody uses anymore.
But, when you look at it in the movie
the way they kind of,
you know, stick handle
and are shooting in the
way the goalies are playing
it's kind of pretty much
exactly same and similar
to how goalies were
playing back in the 1980s.
That's the mask the goalie's
were rocking back in the day.
Not offer much protection,
but, back track even further.
They didn't even wear masks.
[exciting music]
- Yeah, actually our
goalie, Freddie Anderson
not that particular exercise,
but he does drills with
tennis balls before game.
Just to I guess test
hand-eye coordination.
But, you know, even goalies
today are doing that.
That kind of stuff so, yeah.
I mean that guy didn't look
like he was doing too well at.
But I've seen Freddie to a quite
a bit and he's pretty good.
[coach] - Pedal to the
medal intensity, boys.
Move, move, move!
There you go, there you go!
- I've never done that before,
but I've done something
similar but it's what the puck
and it's just like three
guys kind of going up the ice
and you pass to a guy and then
you go take his spot and so
like when you look at it,
it looks like everybody's
kind of inner weaving.
But, similar to that I
guess to this right here,
Maybe they just lining it up for what they
want to do with the puck.
But, I've never really just done
where you skate and
just zig-zag like that.
[exciting music]
- How's your legs?
- I'll let you know when I can feel them.
- Bunching everything I guess into hockey.
But, you know, when you doing,
what they're showing their
just constant skating
the lactic acid builds up.
I mean you're just gassed.
Your lungs and everything your
kind of just giving out, so
I think at that point they've done so much
they're just to the point of exhaustion.
And really can't feel anything.
[exciting music]
- it's funny, when I was in like Bantam.
So I was probably 14 years old.
My team we do like dry land,
which is like off ice.
And we actually had that exact exercise,
so it's kind of funny to see it now.
[coach] - take me through it here.
- I'm going to sretch the D out across.
- All this space here, what
are we going to do with it?
- I'm going to fill the open lane.
- And I'm going to fill in for Pav's lane.
[coach] - Exactly.
[exciting music]
- I think, kind of like what
I was just talking about
that one drill every kind of pass the puck
the guy he gets any kind
of cuts in the middle
and you can take his lane.
I think they're kind is
working on their whole system
and everything and making sure that guys
are always in the right position
and filling in each
other's lanes on the ice.
[interviewer] - So overall,
this training sequence
and everything they're doing on the ice,
is it realistic?
Does it happen?
- Yeah, absolutely.
I mean just that one tennis ball
that's kind of what I've seen Freddie do
something similar to that with three
so I think I remember
that this movie is kind of
based back 40 years ago so
You know the type of training
and stuff that they're doing
probably has more old school
You know, I'm not sure
how much you find teams
or coaches kind of doing
that kind of stuff.
But I know for myself 15, 16, 17 years ago
When I first started playing hockey
with stuff that we did on the ice.
Obviously find it pretty realistic.
When you coming back into a training camp.
You know, the practices and everything
they just continue to
get faster and faster.
And the pace is so quick
and the drills themselves kind of
work yourself into that
conditioning aspect.
But I think in a lot of the other guys,
they use that preseason
to kind of get your legs
and everything back in the game shape.
Because, you're playing games.
And that's what you doing all year, so.
The miracle pretty realistic I'd say.
Next up, The Mighty Ducks.
The most unrealistic movie.
[triumphant music]
- I want you to remember what we learned,
ducks stick together right?
- Yeah!
- I think the uniforms are awesome.
It think they look great.
The skating's not bad either.
I mean, you got to remember
they're kind of kids, so.
They're not going to be,
like, professionals out there.
But, I mean so far, like, realistic.
But, I have seen this
movie like a million times.
So what they're getting into,
I know I've never seen it before
in a real-life hockey game
or anything, so.
So right here their helmets
the masks their wearing
we call those, bubbles.
I actually used to wear one a little bit.
You basically busy wear
one up until Juniors.
And then, when you go play Juniors
you can wear like a half shield.
But then, for some reason
and you go to play college
you go back to the full cage
or you can wear a full mask, a bubble, so.
But, yeah, I've seen plenty of kids kinda
rock those growing up.
But I was more of a cage guy.
[interviewer] - What do you wear now?
- I were just a half,
like, a half shield visor.
I've been fortunate, I've
only taking a couple,
couple up in that area.
But, I mean it's kind of scary to see guys
You do get worried about that.
But, I don't know it's like,
everybody wears them, so.
I don't think, you know,
you'd probably get chirped
if you're out there wearing
a bubble or like a full mask.
- Flying V!
[triumphant music]
- Come on!
[announcer] - He's down the right side
now he'll go to the net. He scores!
- That's probably like
the most unrealistic
thing ever seen.
But it looks unreal.
As a kid when you're watching this,
it was like the coolest thing ever.
And so, like, you go
play like shinny hockey
with your buddies or just like practice
like something that really mean much.
You kind of jokingly say like, Flying V.
And try to do something sort of like this.
But, I don't think you'll ever
really see anybody do that
in like an actual meaningful hockey game.
But it looks pretty good on film.
You can do that formation.
I'm not sure like how well
it's going to work for you.
Like this guy like right here on the left
you see number 33 in Black.
Like he's just going to bulldoze them
and he doesn't have the puck
That's like that's an interference.
And then like, basically
the other guys are like
picking or blocking them
and that's also interference.
Which is a penalty.
And then suddenly, like,
this guy with the puck
just like is walking down mainstream
Like on a break away,
because his whole teammate,
his whole line is interfered
with everything other player on the ice.
But they don't have the puck.
So that's like a penalty.
It's great, I love it.
But, I don't know if
your really getting by
with that in a real life hockey game.
[intense music]
- that is exactly why the Flying V,
is no go in real life.
All right, let's fast forward here.
- You practicing that triple deke?
- Yeah.
- Then you're all set.
You may make it.
You may not.
- Yeah it's like a move that,
I mean I don't think we
call it, the triple deke.
I think it's like, I call it, dangle.
So it's basically just like a move
like with the puck.
Goes like forehand backhand
and back to his forehand
or maybe vice versa something like that.
But, I mean it's a move, it's a deke.
I mean guys deke out there so,
I'd probably say it's like
somewhat a little bit realistic.
[crowd cheers]
- Okay now, wait for my signal.
Good luck.
- So the fact that he has
no helmet on is hilarious.
Yeah this is, I mean, I guess illegal.
But, also it's like, youth hockey.
So like, they're always
could be like super like,
keep your helmet on for like safety.
Kind of Rockstar honestly.
Like I wish we could do
that like in the NHL.
Just go in there with no helmet.
But yeah, it's pretty funny.
[triumphant music]
- I think it's so funny.
Like, he's like, really close to the net.
And like, it's going to
be hard like a raise it
that high and so like then they switch it.
He shoots it and it
looks like it's going low
and then they switch it to there
and it's like going bar down.
Which is great it makes him
look like an absolute beast.
But, I mean it's a nice deke.
He got the goalie.
I also think that,
the little like the
hundred circles that he did
before he picked up the puck
Like, I definitely think
there's some sort of time limit
Like as far as like when
they blow the whistle
And when you pick up the puck.
But he just went for like a
little skate right beforehand.
And a couple circles, but, all in all,
it was a nice penalty shot.
[triumphant music]
- Yeah, I don't know
everything about goaltending.
But, they come out and
as a player goes in
there they're backing up
trying to like, I don't know, figure out
or like what you're trying
to do or something like that.
But, yeah he got him on that deke.
Overall, the Mighty Ducks
probably have to say not
the most realistic movie.
But, for myself, it was on
of my personal favorites
growing up, so.
Watching it now, years later, I love it.
Find it a little bit funnier now, but.
You know, all in all,
I love the movie, so.
Next up we got the movie, Goon.
[interviewer] - Goon is about enforcers.
What do enforcers do?
- So an enforcer is basically a guy that
plays pretty physical,
finishes his hits, fights.
In my experience I've played
with a guy named, Matt Martin.
Whose now in New York.
But, he's kind of a guy that
they'd call an enforcer.
So, get a lot of young guys
their other teams other
players that take runs at us.
And he was kind of guy that would step in
and you know, fight or kind of
step in as far as that goes.
But they definitely do you exist.
People tend to think that
they're on their way out,
but I think it's still kind of
an important part of hockey
to have a guy like that.
That can step up it in times like that.
[crowd cheers]
- It looks like men's league,
because they're all like old dudes.
Out of shape, but,
I mean everything that's
happening on the ice
like could I guess happen
in like a real life game.
But, it's just funny that like,
they're all out of shape and kind of old.
[goalie] - Come on now.
Let's go.
Clear it out.
Clear it out.
Give me the puck.
- Clear the crease!
- Yeah, so what he's doing is actually
like fine and pretty realistic.
It's more like kind of
getting body position
and he just doesn't want
them in front of goalie
like kind of screening him.
So he can see the puck.
But, I mean that's not
necessarily a penalty
if you're just kind of
like, cross checking him.
You're just trying to move him.
But, if it kind of gets like really,
like physical and like
borderline dangerous.
Then that's kind of when they
step in and call a penalty.
But, for the most part of the refs
just kind of let it go or
just like a net-front battle.
It's just funny that it's like,
Stifler from American Pie that's doing it.
[crowd cheers]
[goalie] - I'm down, I'm down!
- Yeah pause it.
It's goalie interference,
that would have been blown down already.
But, obviously it
doesn't and then he takes
like 15 shots his mouth.
Yeah, like if that happened,
just like right now,
like they'd stop it right away.
Because, you know, they'd be
calling like the medical guys
to be out and get on the ice
and kind of assess, or
like, help the situation
or whatever is going on.
Now in the NHL,
unless you've been grandfathered in,
so if you wore no mask
before they made the rule that, you know,
wearing a visor was, like you had to.
You don't have to wear it,
but if you're just coming in,
like for myself, like I have to wear it.
For the most part everybody
pretty much where is a visor.
[interviewer] - Are there
a lot of teeth injuries
in the NHL?
- Yeah, there is.
Quite a bit, not like on a nightly basis.
But every once in a while you
see something kind of gross
like, not like that.
But, like the other night,
when Stastny got a puck in the mouth.
And he's picking up his teeth off the ice.
But, you know, a lot of little stuff.
Like, you know, taking
a stick in the mouth
or something like that
And you your tooth ends
up being dead or whatever.
With this kind of stuff,
I think were getting out of the
point is not very realistic.
[crowd cheers]
- Dougie, Doug.
[interviewer] - Why are you allowed
to hit people on the ice?
- Yeah, I think that's just like a thing
it's been in hockey for so long.
I think fans like find it
really cool and entertaining.
But, I mean I never
seen anything like this
where like, the game ends
in like the whole team
just sheds their gloves
and it's just an absolute brawl.
I mean there's been like line
brawls and stuff like that.
But, a full like bench clearing
I mean it happens maybe every blue moon.
But the way they're doing it,
like this is like assault.
Like you're going to jail for
half the stuff they're doing.
So, yeah, a bit unrealistic.
Next up we got Young Blood.
- Hey, I'm open!
[crowd gasps]
- that's jail time.
I don't think you can just
skate up to a guy and wack him
in the face, no puck or
anything with your stick.
So, yeah, that's assault.
But it's kind of hilarious.
[player] - Use that
whistle for christ sakes.
It's a five minute major, he's
bleeding all over the ice.
- Like if you get a 5
minute major for fighting.
So it's like if you do
something like really,
like illegal, you wouldn't necessarily
get kicked out for it.
But it's like, you know,
pretty like gruesome I guess
something like that,
like, where you wack a guy
in the face with your stick,
that's a five minute major.
[crowd cheers]
[player] - Got get em' Ray.
[intense music]
- If you don't have your strap on you.
I'm not sure if it's
a penalty or anything.
But, I think the ref will just say, like,
he'll tell you put it on or something.
But, if you're not strapped,
you gotta stay strapped.
[crowd cheers]
- It was a nice shot, yeah.
That's a pretty good shot.
Pretty realistic.
Little too much time coming through
the middle of the ice for that guy.
But, he made the most of
it, it was a nice shot.
I'll give him that.
All right guys that's it.
Thanks for watching me break down
some hockey scenes
we'll see you on the ice.
