Four decades later, ‘Slap Shot’ returns to its Johnstown roots WJAC


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The Hanson Bros. characters from iconic hockey movie "Slap Shot" are some of the most memorable figures in the sport's history. And this exclusive 2006 THN interview with the three men behind.


Bespectacled Hanson brothers still popular decades after 'Slap Shot

Hanson was signed to play one of the film's fictitious Hanson brothers, who were based on three actual brawling, bespectacled brothers named Jeff, Steve and Jack Carlson. They played on the.


PHOTOS Hanson brothers (from 'Slap Shot') meet Hanson at NYS Fair

The Carlson brothers a.k.a. the Hanson Brothers were the ice hockey playing siblings from the 1977 cult classic movie Slap Shot. The movie characters are based on three brothers who were actual hockey players; two of which starred in the film. The real-life inspirations for the Hanson Brothers are Jeff Carlson and Jack Carlson.


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The Hanson Brothers are a trio of fictional characters from the 1977 film Slap Shot. The characters—Jeff, Steve, and Ned Hansen—were created by screenwriter Nancy Dowd and are based on her brother and two cousins, who were all professional hockey players. The Hansons are known for their violent on-ice antics, which include fist fighting.


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Steve Carlson, aka Steve Hanson of Slap Shot's legendary Hanson Brothers, in 2023 portraits: on ice and with his wife, Vicki. "COVID, cancer, my teeth pulled and a bike accident… it's been.


The Hanson Brothers Autographed Slap Shot Post Fight Bloody 14x20 Photo

He is best known as one of the hard-hitting Hanson Brothers from the movie "Slap Shot". But tonight, Steve Carlson is in another fight. The 66-year-old announced he has Stage 4 cancer.


Bespectacled Hanson brothers still drawing crowds decades after Slap

Steve, of course, is one of the original Hanson Brothers characters from the 1977 cult classic hockey film 'Slap Shot'. Technically, not a Hanson himself he was cast as the third Hanson Brother. Carlson, 67, played a prominent role in Johnstown's winning the professional North American Hockey League championship in 1974-75.


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"Slap Shot" actor Dave Hanson, left, one of the 1976 movie's "Hanson brothers," met singer Taylor Hanson, whose brothers make up the "MMMBop" band Hanson, at the New York State Fair.


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To mark the 40th anniversary of "Slap Shot," the Hanson brothers are holding a reunion game in the same arena that the iconic movie was shot. Steve Carlson, aka Steve Hanson, gives us the.


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Slap Shot (3/10) Movie CLIP - The Hanson Brothers (1977) HD Movieclips 60.3M subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 9.9K Share 2.1M views 12 years ago Slap Shot movie clips: http://j.mp/1uwJbzn.


NHL Q&A with Steve Carlson, aka Steve Hanson of the Hanson brothers

Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.


The Wizard SLAP SHOT's Hanson Brother Steve Carlson

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Becoming one of the Hanson Brothers was easy for Steve Carlson. Then a 20-year-old free spirit, he was suited for his role in the cult-classic film "Slap Shot.".


Infamous Hanson Brothers to make appearance at Rush game Saturday night

Best scenes of the greatest hockey movie ever, SlapShot!(Universal PIctures 1977)Featuring the Hanson brothers and Paul Newman as Reggie Dunlop.Montage by Ma.


Four decades later, ‘Slap Shot’ returns to its Johnstown roots WJAC

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Hanson became a Hanson Brother when Jack Carlson, the real-life brother of Jeff and Steve Carlson, went from the Johnstown Jets to the Edmonton Oilers, then of the World Hockey Association, just before "Slap Shot" began filming. Hanson had originally been slated for the "Killer" Carlson role.


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Kevin Allen. Steve Carlson played one of the Hanson brothers in the iconic hockey movie Slap Shot. But Carlson was once drafted by the Detroit Red Wings (131st, 1975) and ended up playing in both the World Hockey Association and the NHL. Carlson recently announced he was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic squamous cell carcinoma.

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