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Names on the Cup

May 2017 •English

Every player in the NHL dreams of winning a championship and having the honor of their name engraved on hockey's most prestigious trophy. Here are the stories of those, legends and the lesser known, who achieved the ultimate goal in the sport.

Století Dynama

March 2024 •Czech

It's Our Game: Team Canada's Victory at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey

November 2004 •English

It's Our Game documents one of the Canadian national hockey teams, showcasing how passionately their countrymen love the sport. The filmmakers follow the team as they travel to Finland to play in international competition.

Don Cherry's Rock'em Sock'em Hockey 3

June 1991 •English

Highlights from the 1990-91 NHL season. Narrated by Don Cherry.

The California Golden Seals Story

February 2016 •English

A look at the bizarre history of the defunct NHL team: The California Golden Seals. (1967-76) Famous for their white skates and losing record, the club tried desperately to compete, only to face an almost unbelievable string of obstacles.

The Rink

May 1963 •English

This short, silent film captures a Sunday afternoon at a community skating rink. Iconic Quebec director Gilles Carle has the camera follow toddlers learning to skate, young girls flashing their skates and boys decked out in the colours of their favourite hockey teams. A picture perfect moment on a bright winter's day.

Untold: Crime & Penalties

August 2021 •English

They were the bad boys of hockey — a team bought by a man with mob ties, run by his 17-year-old son, and with a rep for being as violent as they were good.

La Coupe Stanley à Montréal en 1993

January 2008 •French

Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72

January 2012 •English

Cold War on Ice, produced by Emmy Award-winner Ross Greenburg, chronicles the historic 27-day ice hockey Summit Series in September of 1972 between a team of NHL All-Stars from Canada and the Soviet National Team during the height of the Cold War.

Soul on Ice: Past, Present and Future

October 2017 •English

Soul On Ice: Past, Present, and Future is a film that presents and retells the unknown contributions of black athletes in ice hockey. For untold decades, hockey was seen as a homogeneous sport, exciting to watch but played by one kind of player. But people deserve to now know of the exploits of athletes who dared to stand out, and dared to make the sport their own. These Black athletes dared to give their sport soul.

Ultimate Gretzky

November 2003 •English

They call him "the Great One" and this is the first time ever he has told the many stories behind his greatest accomplishments and moments. Hosted by hockey personality John Davidson and Wayne's good friend, Keifer Sutherland, sports fans take a journey into the man that is Wayne Gretzky.

New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup 2002-2003 Champions

July 2003 •English

Chronicles the latest chapter of the Devils’ third Championship in nine years

My Oh My!

December 1995 •English

Relive the Unbelievable Ride - from 13 games out in mid-August to the A.L. West CHAMPIONSHIP! Thrill again to the jubilant play-by-play calls of the legendary Dave Niehaus and Rick Rizzs as you see your Seattle Mariners climb from worst to first, uniting the country in a "Mariners nation". You'll see all the highlights, the season and the stretch drive to the A.L. West Championship, beginning with Ken Griffey, Jr.'s dramatic ninth-inning home run against the Yankees on August 24th. You'll relive the ecstasy of the pitchers' duel-turned-rout as the Mariners crushed the Angels in the one-game A.L. West tie-breaker. You'll experience once again all the emotion as the Mariners lived up to the fans' "REFUSE TO LOSE" slogan, defeating the Bronx Bombers in what many are calling the best playoff series ever!

June 17th, 1994

June 2010 •English

Do you remember where you were on June 17, 1994? Thanks to a wide array of unrelated, coast-to-coast occurrences, this Friday has come to be known for its firsts, lasts, triumphs and tragedy. Arnold Palmer played his last round at a U.S. Open, in Oakmont, PA, the FIFA World Cup kicked off in Chicago, the New York Rangers celebrated on Broadway, Patrick Ewing desperately pursued a long evasive championship in Madison Garden and Donald Fehr stared down the baseball owners. And yet, all of that was a prelude to O.J. Simpson leading America on a slow speed chase in a white Ford Bronco around Los Angeles.

Kings Ransom

September 2009 •English

On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles Kings in a multi-player, multi-million dollar deal. As bewildered Oiler fans struggled to make sense of the unthinkable, fans in Los Angeles were rushing to purchase season tickets at a rate so fast it overwhelmed the Kings box office. Overnight, a franchise largely overlooked in its 21-year existence was suddenly playing to sellout crowds and standing ovations, and a league often relegated to “little brother” status exploded from 21 teams to 30 in less than a decade.

The Nagano Tapes

February 2018 •English

Five Rings Films presents the inspiring story of how Czech Republic won gold at the first Olympics to feature professionals from the NHL.

Pušky, puky, pivo a psi

August 2013 •Czech

Jaromír Jágr: stále na vrcholu

February 2013 •Czech

Of Miracles and Men

February 2015 •English

On a Friday evening in Lake Placid, New York, a plucky band of American collegians stunned the vaunted Soviet national team, 4-3 in the medal round of the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey competition. Americans couldn't help but believe in miracles that night, and when the members of Team USA won the gold medal two days later, they became a team for the ages. This film explores the "Miracle on Ice" through the Soviet lens. While focused on the game itself, the journey of the stunned Soviet team didn't begin -- or end -- in Lake Placid.

The NHL: 100 Years

November 2017 •English

A documentary chronicling the highs and lows of the first century of the National Hockey League, featuring interviews with noteworthy players, coaches and experts.