'SLAP SHOT' AT 40: Tim Rigby takes a look back at the iconic movie "Slap Shot," which was filmed in Johnstown and released in 1977. The segment features film from the WJAC-TV archives. On Saturday, "Slap Shot" turns 40. READ FULL STORY: http://bit.ly/2lB1Is6 | WJAC-TV News

🏒🍿On February 25, 1977 “Slap Shot” was released in theaters! Directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse, Jerry Houser, Melinda Dillon, Swoosie Kurtz and M. Emmet Walsh. Slap Shot depicts a minor league ice hockey team named the Charlestown Chiefs that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town. Dowd based much of her script, as well as several of the characters, on he

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