Category: The Very Best Of
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Best actors from ECHL North Division cities
Editor’s note: This is the latest installment of a series in which a Pucks and Rec writer will select the top contemporary entertainment citizen of every city in a select minor-league hockey division. The seven current and future markets comprising the ECHL North Division are this week’s focus. All filmography and award information is courtesy…
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Best actor from each AHL Pacific Division city
Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment of a series in which a Pucks and Rec writer will select the top contemporary entertainment citizen of every city in a select minor-league hockey division. The eight markets comprising the AHL Pacific Division are this week’s focus. All filmography and award information is courtesy of the Internet…
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Best actors from AHL Central Division cities
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a four-part series in which a Pucks and Rec writer will select the top contemporary entertainment citizen of every city in a select minor-league hockey division. The seven markets comprising the AHL Central Division are this week’s focus. All filmography and award information is courtesy of the…
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Best TV/movie actor from AHL North Division cities
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a four-part series in which a Pucks and Rec writer will select the top contemporary entertainment citizen of every city in a select minor-league hockey division. The seven markets comprising the AHL North Division are this week’s focus. All filmography and award information is courtesy of the Internet…
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Best TV/movie actors from AHL Atlantic cities
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a four-part series in which a Pucks and Rec writer will select the top contemporary entertainment citizen of every city in a select minor-league hockey division. The eight markets comprising the AHL Atlantic Division are this week’s focus. All filmography and award information is courtesy of the…
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10 best Mighty Ducks quotes
The official silver anniversary of The Mighty Ducks is finally here. The NHL Network will shrewdly honor the occasion by screening the film Monday evening. Meanwhile, this site has gone on a, shall we say, Flying XXV for the last 25 days, touching on a comprehensive array of Duck-related topics. Today’s finale of the 25…
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10 best Mighty Ducks soundtrack songs
The Mighty Ducks arguably introduced Queen to the ’90s-kid generation. But other than that throwback to the 1977 two-in-one track, the film series took on and conveyed a decisive ’90s vibe for its playlist. The 1994 sequel, D2, was the first of the three movies to come with a soundtrack on CD. When the third…
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10 best Mighty Ducks parodies and cultural references
Any memorable TV or film franchise is bound to draw references in other programs or movies. The Mighty Ducks trilogy is no exception. From late-night talk shows to blockbuster movies to sitcoms, The Mighty Ducks started getting stick salutes around pop culture as early as 1994, the year its sequel came out. The references have continued long…
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10 best one-movie Mighty Ducks actors
Like all hockey franchises, the Mighty Ducks trilogy had its share of personnel changes during its run. The protagonist team dressed 19 players over the course of the three films, but only seven kid actors were in all of them. Aside from that, only Emilio Estevez (coach Gordon Bombay) appeared as the same character from…
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10 best one-time South Park guest stars
The ever-resourceful Trey Parker and Matt Stone know how to set their audience up for pleasant surprises. For 20 seasons and counting, South Park has admitted that it tends to for cheap imitations of household names. The chief exceptions came in the formative seasons and the 1999 feature film, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.…