一名过气冰上曲棍球教练，在麻州小镇中领导一队二流球队辗转作战，终于在最后一场比赛中挽回他失落的名声。这是一部拍得相当直率粗暴的男性化运动片，冰上曲棍球的比赛场面经常可见互殴和流血镜头，加上对白的"四字经"不绝于耳，当年首映时也引起了不少争论。曾经合作过金像奖电影《刺激：骗中骗》的导演乔治·莱希尔和明星保罗·纽曼，再一次表现出卖力的成绩。
Jim Carr: I may be bald, but at least I'm not chickenshit. Reggie Dunlop: Suzanne sucks pussy. She's a dyke. I know. I know. A lesbian. A lesbian. A lesbian. [after meeting the Hansons] Reggie Dunlop: You cheap sonofabitch. Those guys are retards. McGrath: I got a good deal on those boys. Scout said they showed a lot of promise. Reggie Dunlop: They brought their fuckin' TOYS with 'em. McGrath: Id rather have em playin with their toys than playin with themselves Reggie Dunlop: They're too dumb to play with themselves. Boy, every piece of garbage that comes into the league you gotta buy it McGrath: Reg, Reg, that reminds me. I was coachin' in Omaha in 1948 and Eddie Shore sends me this guy who was a terrible masturbator. He would get deliberate penalties so he could get over in the penalty box all by himself and damned if he wouldn't... Reggie Dunlop: She underlines the fuck scenes for ya? Jesus, if she underlines the fuck scenes for ya, she must worship the ground you walk on. Ned Braden: They teach you how to underline in college. Reggie Dunlop: Not the fuck scenes, they don't. Jim Carr: Ned, what's a young man of your background still doing playing professional hockey? Ned Braden: I hate my father. Jim Carr: Is that right? Ned Braden: That's what I said, isn't it? Lily Braden: You're bullshit, you're really bullshit. Ned Braden: You're drunk. Reggie Dunlop: You're right, he's bullshit. Lily Braden: Yeah? Well, he and I are the only decent items in this town [Leaves] Reggie Dunlop: That's great. Why should she care what anyone thinks about her? Shes just scrappin' Hey, how does Braden treat her? Is he nice to her? Denis Lemieux: Oh yeah, he love her. He tell me 'I love her.' Reggie Dunlop: Well, maybe Braden's a faggot, you ever think of that? Denis Lemieux: No way, he got a big cock, like horse. [after losing at poker] Denis Lemieux: Fuck. I lose my blouse. Jim Ahern: Shirt... shirt. Denis Lemieux: Shit. Ned Braden: You take the van, I'll keep the dog. McGrath: Good crowd out there tonight, boys, let's really try to win this one. Ned Braden: You have to hand it to the old bastard, he's highly original. Jim Ahern: That man traveled 15 hours by bus to say that? [repeated line] Dickie Dunn: I tried to capture the spirit of the thing. Reggie Dunlop: I am personally placing a hundred-dollar bounty on the head of Tim McCracken. He's the head coach and chief punk on that Syracuse team. Jim Carr: A bounty? Reggie Dunlop: Yeah, a hundred bucks of my own money for the first of my guys who really nails that creep. Tim McCracken: Dunlop, you suck cock. Reggie Dunlop: All I can get. Reggie Dunlop: Lard ass Bartley Donnellson,You all saw what happened. Stick down, glvoes off He challenged the Chiefs. Called us names, but Dave was there. Dave's a killer. Johnny Upton: Dave's a mess. Reggie Dunlop: But Dave's out. Who's gonna take his place Ned Braden: Is the answer Jesus? [Reggie is trying to get his pre-game nap] McGrath: Are you crazy? We could all end up in the clinker for this. You can't put a bounty on a man's head. Reggie Dunlop: I just did. [Hangs up, Phone rings again] Dave 'Killer' Carlson: Coach, I want that hundred dollars. Reggie Dunlop: Ya gotta earn it, Killer. Dave 'Killer' Carlson: My attitude's right. [afterthe Hansons join the team] Johnny Upton: They're fuckin' horrible-lookin'. Hyannisport broadcaster: The fans are standing up to them. The security guards are standing up to them. The peanut vendors are standing up to them. And by golly, if I could be down there, I'd be standing up to them." Ned Braden: Now, they give you one phone call. Jeff Hanson: Call the pizza man. Morris Wanchuk: Call a massage parlor. Johnny Upton: What did the old man trade for these assholes, a used puck bag? McGrath: "Every scout in the NHL is out there tonight, with contracts in their pockets, and they're looking for talent. For winners. OOOOOOOOOH. All my years of publicity. Of the fashion shows and radiothons for nothing... They come here tonight... to scout the Chiefs... the toughest team in the Federal League. Not this. Buncha... pussies." Tim McCracken: Hundred bucks says you're gonna crack my skull.
