Hockey Musical Screws Up History (“We’re Idiots!”)

The would-be Canadian ice-rink anthem Hockey, the Greatest Game in the Land was poised to be a breakaway hit, but instead has clanked off the crossbar. When apprised of the hockey-lore inaccuracy, the film’s director, Michael McGowan, was stunned. “Oh my God, we’re screwed,” he groaned. “He [Bobby Orr] didn’t play in ’72? Well, then, we’re idiots basically. You can write that we’re complete morons.”