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Overview

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6.5/10   114 votes
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Director:
George McCowan
Writer:
George R. Robertson (writer)
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Release Date:
12 November 1971 (Canada) more
Genre:
Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
Sherri Lee Nelson had sung her way to the top and risked it all by falling for hockey star Billy Duke. more
Plot:
Love story involving a Canadian professional hockey player (Billy Duke) and a hippie folk singer (Sherry Nelson)... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
For Old-Time NHL Fans only! more (8 total)

Cast

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Bruce Armstrong ... Billy at age 3
Eric Cryderman ... Father
Don Allen ... Billy at age 11
Kay Hawtrey ... Mother
Kathryn Carlling ... Estelle Age 3

Art Hindle ... Billy Duke
Steve Pernie ... Joe MacMillian
Derek Sanderson ... Himself
Trudy Young ... Sherry Nelson
Frank Moore ... Barney
George Ealsom ... Max
Robin White ... Bud
Perry Thompson ... Garry
Austin Willis ... Graydon Hunter

John Vernon ... Fred Wares
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mise au jeu (Canada: French title)
Winter Comes Early
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Runtime:
UK:85 min | USA:112 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Sweden:Btl | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada more
Company:
Agincourt Productions Limited more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
For Old-Time NHL Fans only!, 21 May 2006
7/10
Author: Jay09101951 from Brewster, ny, usa

This is a film for the 50 and over NHL fan. Although the central plot involves A love affair between a young Hockey star and a hippie rock singer, the real stars are the dozens of clips of Toronto Maple Leaf games at the old Maple Leaf Gardens and at various other arenas such as the old LA Forum and the Spectrum in Phila. This was filmed before the influx of European stars into the NHL , in the days when every Kid in Canada dreamed of playing in the NHL. You see clips of past greats like Frank Mahovlich, Darryl Sittler, Jaques Plante, Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull and many others. It's a era long gone that only us "old time hockey fans" can appreciate.

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