Now that we’ve hit the dog days of summer, it’s a good time to dive into a few hockey TV series for anyone already missing the game.

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1 > SHORESY

COMEDY; 4 SEASONS, 24 EPISODES; 2022-PRESENT

Shoresy, star of the eponymous show, is a foul-mouthed, hard-hitting team captain in this spinoff of the Canadian TV series Letterkenny. The Sudbury Bulldogs are last in the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization – a.k.a. the NOSHO. When the Bulldogs’ owner threatens to fold the team, Shoresy promises that if he is given control, the team will never lose again. He then recruits players who hate losing as much as he does and are willing to drop the gloves when necessary…and even when it isn’t. Shoresy plays out like a modern-day Slap Shot, where a losing team uses fighting to win games and win back its fans. The show is rife with crass humor and violence, but that’s what makes Shoresy so much fun. The series streams on Crave in Canada and on Hulu in the U.S

2 > ZERO CHILL

KIDS’ DRAMA; 1 SEASON, 10 EPISODES; 2021

After teenage hockey star ‘Mac’ MacBentley gets accepted to an elite hockey academy, his family relocates from Canada to England so he can pursue his hockey dreams. Meanwhile, Mac’s twin sister, Kayla, has latent resentment as she has to leave her figure-skating partner behind. Zero Chill bills itself as a teen drama, but it would be hard for anyone older than 10 to take this show seriously, as it is cringy at times, some plot lines are too far-fetched, and several characters are cliché. Nonetheless, Zero Chill does touch on some serious issues – such as earning respect from your teammates, recovering from illness and learning to trust an absentee parent – but overall it maintains a lighthearted and happy tone. The show is streaming in the U.S. and in Canada on Netflix.

3 > MAKING THE CUT

REALITY TV; 2 SEASONS, 28 EPISODES; 2004 & 2006

In the Canadian series Making the Cut, 68 players are invited to a two-week training camp overseen by coaching legends Scotty Bowman and Mike Keenan, with the six best players earning a tryout with an NHL team. Making the Cut has its fill of action and drama, as each episode consists of intense scrimmages followed by Bowman, Keenan and several other hockey minds deciding which players make it to the next round. Players who are cut are given the “dreaded black helmet” and relegated to the Black Aces squad – though they can play their way back onto the elite squad. A second season, Making the Cut: Last Man Standing, aired in 2006. While the second season isn’t available, the first season was released on DVD.

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4 > THE MIGHTY DUCKS: GAME CHANGERS

KIDS’ COMEDY/DRAMA; 2 SEASONS, 20 EPISODES; 2021-22

In this quasi-continuation of The Mighty Ducks movies, 25 years have passed, the Ducks are now a youth powerhouse team, and former coach Gordon Bombay owns a run-down rink. He also doesn’t like kids and hates hockey. Sound familiar? After her son, Evan, is cut from the Mighty Ducks, single mom Alex Morrow forms a team called the Don’t Bothers, made up of a ragtag group of kids. Fans of the Ducks movies from the 1990s will appreciate Game Changers’ numerous callbacks to the films and appearances by original Ducks players. The second season veers into new territory as the Don’t Bothers – now renamed the Mighty Ducks but without Bombay at the helm – try to fit in at an elite hockey camp. Game Changers was never released on home video, and Disney pulled it from its streaming service, but the series will likely be back on Disney+ or another service in the future.

5 > BENDERS

COMEDY; 1 SEASON, 8 EPISODES; 2015

This short-lived comedy follows four friends from New York who love drinking beer and playing for their horrible “Division Eight” rec-league team, the Uncle Chubby’s. Pretty much every beer-league mishap takes place in Benders, such as no-show goalies, terrible sub players, family matters conflicting with games and players moving up a skill level – with jealous friends going through ridiculous measures to get even. Although Benders does a good job of lampooning rec-league hockey, a bit too much of the show gets mired in the off-ice subplots. Still, at only eight 30-minute episodes, Benders can be binged in one night. It streams in Canada and the U.S. on AMC+.

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