![]() ![]() Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, and Dave Hanson continue to make personal appearances as the Hanson Brothers, typically at minor league hockey games, as of 2007. He to was also known for "dropping the gloves" Jeff Carlson also played in the World Hockey Association with the Minnesota Fighting Saints. He was very well known throught his career as an "enforcer". He was a fan favorite with his hard-hitting style, piling up 1111 penalty minutes in 508 professional games. Jack Carlson played in the World Hockey Association with the Minnesota Fighting Saints, Edmonton Oilers, and New England Whalers, and in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars and St. Steve Carlson had a few fights here and there, but was known more as a finesse player. He played in 225 combined games, the most big league games of the three brother. Steve Carlson played in the World Hockey Association with the New England Whalers, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Fighting Saints and in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings. "Putting on the foil" seems like an inside hockey statement today that became popular from the Hansons Slap Shot lines. Playing 136 games combined in the WHA/NHL to Jeff Carlson's 7 total games (all WHA). Dave Hanson actually had the the second longest career in the WHA and NHL out of three 'Hanson Brothers" in the film. Ironically, later in his pro days, Jack Carlson, the man Dave "played" in the movie, was often referred to as "Killer". The character "Killer Carlson", is based on Dave Hanson who was nicknamed "Killer" Hanson. All three played for the Johnstown Jets team Nancy Dowd wrote about. Slap Shot The movie, which stars Paul Newman, was written by Nancy Dowd, and based upon the antics of the North American Hockey League club in Pennsylvania called the Johnstown Jets, for which her brother Ned played. The Iron League, from which the Hansons are supposedly bought, may be a reference to the Marquette Iron Rangers or the Iron Range, a hockey hotbed in Northern Minnesota. The United States Hockey Hall of Fam e is located in Eveleth, Minnesota, only a few miles from Virginia, home of the Carlsons. In the movie, they speak with a typical North Central American accent, owing to their hometowns, in areas where hockey is prevalent. Jack Carlson was unable to act in the film as the Edmonton Oilers called him up for the WHA playoffs. In his place, Dave Hanson (born Apin Cumberland, Wisconsin) fulfilled the role. The brothers were all born in Virginia, Minnesota and first played together on the Marquette Iron Rangers hockey team in Marquette, Michigan. ![]() She is most known for her starring role as Diana 'Diamond' Armstrong in the feature film The Players Club.Similarly, the actress has notably starred as Neesee James in the UPN/The CW sitcom All of Us and Keisha Greene in the VH1 comedy-romance series Single Ladies. The real-life inspirations for the Hanson Brothers are Jeff Carlson (born July 20, 1953), Jack Carlson (born August 23, 1954), and Steve Carlson (born August 26, 1955). LisaRaye McCoy is a renowned American actress, model, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. The characters are based on three brothers who were actual hockey players two of which starred in the film. t he Hanson Brothers are the ice hockey playing siblings from the 1977 movie "Slap Shot" and "Slap Shot 2". ![]()
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