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Oct 28, 2016 · Ice Guardians: Directed by Brett Harvey. With Jay Baruchel, Chris Chelios, Brett Hull, Bobby Hull. 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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Nov 10, 2016 · By Kevin Crust. Nov. 10, 2016 5 AM PT. Violence has long been a controversial, even elemental aspect of hockey, and director-cinematographer Brett Harvey does not try to downplay it in the ...
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- Planning Editor
- For Love of The Game
- The Art of The Fight
- A Brotherhood Among The Fighters
- A Different Type of Ice Guardian
- No Regrets
You probably can’t find someone who loves hockey more than Westgarth loves hockey. When he speaks of the game, it is transfixing. He describes the beauty of it – from its speed to its skill to its physicality – eloquently and with passion. Growing up in Canada, the sport was integrated into his life early on. By the age of three he was on skates, a...
Always an academic, Westgarth looked at his role analytically. Over the course of his 10-year career that spanned time in the NHL, AHL, and EIHL in the United Kingdom, Westgarth fought in over 100 fights. He developed an open, easily adjustable style that always favored one side. “The way I kind of carried my hands going into the fight – my left te...
Fair to say Westgarth is not your prototypical heavyweight but he knew his place in the game and did it well. So well that the Kings petitioned to have his name on the Cupwhen they won. Westgarth initially didn’t qualify because he didn’t play enough regular season games, or a Stanley Cup Final game, due to injury. While his teammates admired and a...
Today, more than two years removed from his last fight, Westgarth has shifted his role to the NHL’s front office. As the vice president of business development and international affairs, his main role is working to grow the game across the globe. But he also continues to protect his fellow players, and the players of tomorrow, by staying engaged in...
According to Hockeyfights.com,there was an uptick this past season in overall fights and fights-per-game. But who is actually doing the fighting? The role of the enforcer as a specialized position is dwindling in the NHL. Gone are the days of organizations utilizing one of their roster spots for a player who has limited ice time, and whose sole pur...
Sep 13, 2016 · New documentary allows fans to hear enforcers and tough guys talk about fighting from their perspective as they look to change the way their role in the game, and its history, is viewed. Ryan ...
Ice Guardians is a 2016 feature documentary film directed and written by Brett Harvey about ice hockey enforcers. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The film includes interviews with former National Hockey League players including Hall of Famers Chris Chelios , Jarome Iginla , Bobby Hull and Brett Hull .
Sep 6, 2016 · Ice Guardians is an upcoming documentary film that is exploring uncharted territory: the stories of the players who are all too often forgotten — the enforcers. Producer Adam Scorgie took the...
The story of the most misunderstood position in professional sports. Year: 2016. Duration: 109 minutes. Genre: Documentary/Sports. Classification: Check the classification. Producer: Adam Scorgie. Director: Brett Harvey.
