NHL star Bob Probert, one half of the “Bruise Brothers,” was widely considered one of the toughest and most violent ice hockey players of all time. His role as the hard-hitting enforcer of the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, as well as his hard-living ways and death at age 45, is the subject of a new documentary; wathc the trailer above.
Tough Guy is directed by Geordie Day, who previously co-directed Goalie, a film on former NHL goaltender Clint Malarchuk and produced Reelz’s Charles Manson: Final Words. It is based on a book by Day’s mother Kirstie McLellan Day, who co-wrote it with Probert, who died after collapsing on his boat on Lake St. Clair in 2010. Probert’s widow Dani exec produces the film, which premieres on Canada’s Superchannel on December 14 and will air in the U.S. in 2019. It explores Probert’s career, which included being...
Tough Guy is directed by Geordie Day, who previously co-directed Goalie, a film on former NHL goaltender Clint Malarchuk and produced Reelz’s Charles Manson: Final Words. It is based on a book by Day’s mother Kirstie McLellan Day, who co-wrote it with Probert, who died after collapsing on his boat on Lake St. Clair in 2010. Probert’s widow Dani exec produces the film, which premieres on Canada’s Superchannel on December 14 and will air in the U.S. in 2019. It explores Probert’s career, which included being...
- 11/26/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
E:60 will air Tuesdays through Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. Et on Espn. The program will re-air on Mondays at 11 p.m. on ESPN2. Former NHL Star Theo Fleury spoke to E:60 about his addiction to drugs, alcohol and sex. When he had the moment of his career after scoring an overtime goal in the 1991 Stanley Cup playoffs, Theo Fleury produced an iconic image. Off the ice however, the former NHL star careened out of control as he slid deeper into addictions of alcohol, sex, drugs and gambling. With the release of his new book, Playing with Fire, by Theo Fleury with Kirstie McLellan Day, Harper Collins, 322 pages, Fleury reveals the source of his demons:...
- 10/25/2009
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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