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Ice Guardians

On-ice enforcers struggle to rise through the professional ranks of the world's most prestigious hockey league, only to be confronted with a new found fight for the existence of the role itself.

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Brett Harvey

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documentary, sport

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Score G Productions

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6 nominations

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http://iceguardians.com/

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David M. Singer

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For years after that, - Ice Guardians

For years after that,

Mats Sundin, he had Tie Domi there. - Ice Guardians

Mats Sundin, he had Tie Domi there.

It made the game easier for us to play - Ice Guardians

It made the game easier for us to play

You didn't see many teams
back in the 80s and 90s - Ice Guardians

You didn't see many teams back in the 80s and 90s

The Boston Bruins, the Detroit Red Wings - Ice Guardians

The Boston Bruins, the Detroit Red Wings

Everybody always wants to break it down - Ice Guardians

Everybody always wants to break it down

It wasn't always scoring the goal - Ice Guardians

It wasn't always scoring the goal

The tough-guys were a part of that - Ice Guardians

The tough-guys were a part of that

I think you would have
superstars at the levels - Ice Guardians

I think you would have superstars at the levels

They wouldn't be consistently
able to keep that level - Ice Guardians

They wouldn't be consistently able to keep that level

That's why I think a lot of
these superstar guys - Ice Guardians

That's why I think a lot of these superstar guys

If there's no fighting, - Ice Guardians

If there's no fighting,

Sidney Crosby has been
injured more times - Ice Guardians

Sidney Crosby has been injured more times

In one... year - Ice Guardians

Concussions are a direct
consequence of that. - Ice Guardians

Concussions are a direct consequence of that.

But at the same time,
Crosby has been hit more - Ice Guardians

But at the same time, Crosby has been hit more

If someone can get away with something - Ice Guardians

If someone can get away with something

If you penalize a player
or even suspend a player, - Ice Guardians

If you penalize a player or even suspend a player,

But, uh, if you're actually
gonna hurt the person, - Ice Guardians

But, uh, if you're actually gonna hurt the person,

Some people might not wanna hear that - Ice Guardians

Some people might not wanna hear that

You can tell me
till you're blue in the face - Ice Guardians

You can tell me till you're blue in the face

I didn't let guys on my team
run at a great player. - Ice Guardians

I didn't let guys on my team run at a great player.

Because I was gonna be
the guy inevitably - Ice Guardians

Because I was gonna be the guy inevitably

Traditionally, the enforcer is - Ice Guardians

Traditionally, the enforcer is

You will find that teams often
have particular times - Ice Guardians

You will find that teams often have particular times

Knowing that if you don't do good, - Ice Guardians

Knowing that if you don't do good,

He decked Jackson with - Ice Guardians

He decked Jackson with

Why is intimidation effective - Ice Guardians

Why is intimidation effective

Because once somebody
on your team gets hurt, - Ice Guardians

Because once somebody on your team gets hurt,

It either makes you feel like a victim - Ice Guardians

It either makes you feel like a victim

It changes the very hormonal
"sea" on which hockey is played. - Ice Guardians

It changes the very hormonal "sea" on which hockey...

You are usually either cognizant
of playing these guys before - Ice Guardians

You are usually either cognizant of playing these guys befor...

And you're very cognizant
of playing them afterwards - Ice Guardians

And you're very cognizant of playing them afterwards

How that game goes is gonna determine, - Ice Guardians

How that game goes is gonna determine,

Or, hormonally and biologically,
they are "losers." - Ice Guardians

Or, hormonally and biologically, they are "losers."...

And then Flynn goes down - Ice Guardians

And then Flynn goes down

There's a big difference between hockey - Ice Guardians

There's a big difference between hockey

Intimidation is really an effort
to dominate another person, - Ice Guardians

Intimidation is really an effort to dominate another person,

I think that's why you can't
really tell somebody about it. - Ice Guardians

I think that's why you can't really tell somebody ...

They need to live it
to really understand it. - Ice Guardians

They need to live it to really understand it.

From junior to the
East Coast Hockey League, - Ice Guardians

From junior to the East Coast Hockey League,

You had to be very careful and
not every time did it work. - Ice Guardians

You had to be very careful and not every time did it work.

There are just some fights
where it just happens - Ice Guardians

There are just some fights where it just happens

There's a lot of people that
think "momentum" is bullshit, - Ice Guardians

There's a lot of people that think "momentum"...

I don't play the
authenticity card very often - Ice Guardians

I don't play the authenticity card very often

Mike Cammalleri played here
two seasons ago - Ice Guardians

Mike Cammalleri played here two seasons ago

I remember when I got to Montreal, - Ice Guardians

I remember when I got to Montreal,

And when we played Ottawa,
every time, he goes, - Ice Guardians

And when we played Ottawa, every time, he goes,

He goes, "They don't say nothing
when you're around." - Ice Guardians

He goes, "They don't say nothing when you're ...

Was there a time when there
was no fighting in hockey? - Ice Guardians

Was there a time when there was no fighting in hockey?

The first guy on a pond - Ice Guardians

The first guy on a pond

I've been going to hockey since
the mid-60s, late-60s - Ice Guardians

I've been going to hockey since the mid-60s, late-60s

I have no idea, but hopefully
the first match they had. - Ice Guardians

I have no idea, but hopefully the first match they had.

Literally, the first time we
ever played it in an arena, - Ice Guardians

Literally, the first time we ever played it in an arena,

Sometimes, in the first few games, - Ice Guardians

Sometimes, in the first few games,

The term "enforcer" didn't come
in until maybe the 70s and 80s. - Ice Guardians

The term "enforcer" didn't come in until mayb...

But, players were protecting players - Ice Guardians

But, players were protecting players

You can't help it when you've
got skates like knives - Ice Guardians

You can't help it when you've got skates like kniv...

In the first year of expansion, - Ice Guardians

In the first year of expansion,

You added six more teams, - Ice Guardians

You added six more teams,

You had to double up the talent - Ice Guardians

You had to double up the talent

And for them to stick, - Ice Guardians

And for them to stick,

The first enforcer in the NHL - Ice Guardians

The first enforcer in the NHL

While other players were brought in - Ice Guardians

While other players were brought in

Ferguson was so effective because - Ice Guardians

Ferguson was so effective because

I think that may have started - Ice Guardians

I think that may have started

The Broadstreet Bullies, - Ice Guardians

The Broadstreet Bullies,

They had taken advantage of them - Ice Guardians

They had taken advantage of them

Mr. Snider, the owner, - Ice Guardians

Mr. Snider, the owner,

Because I do not want see - Ice Guardians

Because I do not want see

They said alright,
if the Bruins can do this, - Ice Guardians

They said alright, if the Bruins can do this,

And they drafted Schultz and Saleski, - Ice Guardians

And they drafted Schultz and Saleski,

And that became pack fighting - Ice Guardians

And that became pack fighting

Teams in those days - Ice Guardians

Teams in those days

And seriously... headlines, - Ice Guardians

And seriously... headlines,

The only people that loved 'em
were Philadelphia - Ice Guardians

The only people that loved 'em were Philadelphia

All of our guys said, look,
they think we're tough. - Ice Guardians

All of our guys said, look, they think we're tough.

They went out there with that mentality - Ice Guardians

They went out there with that mentality

That advantage of that intimidation - Ice Guardians

That advantage of that intimidation

At that time, they could do that
and get away with it. - Ice Guardians

At that time, they could do that and get away with it.

What they did was make teams... copy it. - Ice Guardians

What they did was make teams... copy it.

The Ranger-Islander games - Ice Guardians

The Ranger-Islander games

Do I even need mention what
Montreal and Quebec - Ice Guardians

Do I even need mention what Montreal and Quebec

Of those six teams,
probably half the players - Ice Guardians

Of those six teams, probably half the players

So there was that uber-violence
in the 80s as well. - Ice Guardians

So there was that uber-violence in the 80s as well.

Like anything, it became...
a culture developed around it - Ice Guardians

Like anything, it became... a culture developed around it

By... early 90s, things started
to change a little bit. - Ice Guardians

By... early 90s, things started to change a little bit.

You didn't have those
2 or 3 guys anymore. - Ice Guardians

You didn't have those 2 or 3 guys anymore.

Probably what we think of
now as enforcers. - Ice Guardians

Probably what we think of now as enforcers.

They were prototypical
fighters and tough guys. - Ice Guardians

They were prototypical fighters and tough guys.

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On-ice enforcers struggle to rise through the professional ranks of the world's most prestigious hockey league, only to be confronted with a new found fight for the existence of the role itself.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Brett Harvey

Writer: Scott Dodds, Brett Harvey

Production: Score G Productions

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 2016

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 28 Oct 2016

Awards: 6 nominations

Homepage: http://iceguardians.com/