Doug smith hockey fight

See our ethics statement. When the Seann William Scott hockey film, Goon , became a cult favorite among cinemaphiles and hockey fans alike back in , most people figured it was pure make believe. Nonsensical entertainment with no real backbone. When Smith and his friend, Adam Frattasio, decided to write a book that they figured a few people would read, Hollywood got wind of it and used it as the inspiration to make a movie.

It was called Goon, and it spawned a sequel, Goon: Last of the Enforcers, which came out this summer. Earlier this month, I spoke with Smith about his early days boxing, how he got into hockey, and the whirlwind nature of life that has taken him from the ring to the ice, and now into a family man and law enforcement. Buffa: You averaged 6.

You liked to fight. Smith: I had an amateur boxing background, so I had been a boxer since I was kid.

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I knew how to fight and liked the competition. There was a role for a guy like me for when somebody on the other side acted up. I was better at it than most, and unlike most guys, I liked the position. Smith: I agree with you.

On Fight Stories Season 2 we met up with Doug "The Thug" Smith (the Real Life Doug Glatt from the movie Goon) to talk about being a hired.

Every skilled player behind closed doors will tell you the same thing. You guys just lost a real tough guy in Ryan Reaves, who went to Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are skill guys. Their coach is an old school guy named Mike Sullivan.