The Rink

This short, silent film captures a Sunday afternoon at a community skating rink. Iconic Quebec director Gilles Carle has the camera follow toddlers learning to skate, young girls flashing their skates and boys decked out in the colours of their favourite hockey teams. A picture perfect moment on a bright winter's day.

1963-05-25 | en

La vie après

2019-09-04 | fr

The Boys on the Bus

Follows the Edmonton Oilers through the 1986-87 NHL Hockey season, as they battle towards their third Stanley Cup.

1987-05-15 | en

NHL Greatest Moments

From its inception in 1917 until today, the National Hockey League has provided unforgettable moments that turned players into legends, while capturing the hearts of hockey fans through the generations. NHL Productions has gathered these memories on one DVD "NHL Greatest Moments". Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy, Maurice Richard and Jacques Plante are just some of the hockey heroes whose breathtaking feats are celebrated. With Stanely Cup winning overtime goals, record-breaking achievements and heart-stopping goaltending greatness, every hockey fan must own this amazing retrospective.

2006-10-24 | en

Black Ice

This incisive, urgent documentary examines the history of anti-Black racism in hockey, from the segregated leagues of the 19th century to today’s NHL, where Black athletes continue to struggle against bigotry.

2023-07-14 | en

Red Penguins

Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Pittsburgh Penguins and the famed Red Army hockey team formed a joint venture that redefined what was possible in the new Russia. Eccentric marketing whiz, Steve Warshaw, is sent to Moscow and tasked to transform the team into the greatest show in Russia, attracting some of the biggest names in Hollywood and advertising along the way. He takes the viewer on a bizarre journey highlighting a pivotal moment in U.S.-Russian relations during a lawless era when oligarchs made their fortunes and multiple murders went unsolved.

2019-09-06 | en

Ultimate Gretzky

They call him "the Great One" and this is the first time ever he has told the many stories behind his greatest accomplishments and moments. Hosted by hockey personality John Davidson and Wayne's good friend, Keifer Sutherland, sports fans take a journey into the man that is Wayne Gretzky.

2003-11-18 | en

It's Our Game: Team Canada's Victory at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey

It's Our Game documents one of the Canadian national hockey teams, showcasing how passionately their countrymen love the sport. The filmmakers follow the team as they travel to Finland to play in international competition.

2004-11-05 | en

Propaganda Message

A cartoon film about the whole heterogeneous mixture of Canada and Canadians, and the way the invisible adhesive called federalism makes it all cling together. That the dissenting voices are many is made amply evident, in English and French. But this animated message also shows that Canadians can laugh at themselves and work out their problems objectively.

1974-01-01 | en

Cold War on Ice: Summit Series '72

Cold War on Ice, produced by Emmy Award-winner Ross Greenburg, chronicles the historic 27-day ice hockey Summit Series in September of 1972 between a team of NHL All-Stars from Canada and the Soviet National Team during the height of the Cold War.

2012-01-02 | en

Soul on Ice: Past, Present and Future

Soul On Ice: Past, Present, and Future is a film that presents and retells the unknown contributions of black athletes in ice hockey. For untold decades, hockey was seen as a homogeneous sport, exciting to watch but played by one kind of player. But people deserve to now know of the exploits of athletes who dared to stand out, and dared to make the sport their own. These Black athletes dared to give their sport soul.

2017-10-21 | en

Connor McDavid: Whatever it Takes

Connor McDavid: Whatever it Takes follows the most physically and emotionally challenging offseason of Connor McDavid's career. This documentary is the remarkable comeback story of one of the NHL's best players after what could have been a career ending or altering injury. A world-class medical team led by Mark Lindsay, supervised McDavid's gruelling rehabilitation program which combined advanced sport science and imaging techniques with Connor's sheer will to overcome, allowing him to return to the Edmonton Oilers lineup for the 2019-20 home opener. McDavid not only came back, but is faster and stronger than ever and having the best season of his young career. McDavid enters the 2020 All-Star break leading the NHL in scoring, and has his Edmonton Oilers in the hunt for 1st Place in the Pacific Division.

2020-01-24 | en

Zlato doma

Ten men who brought Czech hockey back to the top talk about the 2024 World Championships in Prague. They share interesting details and stories about how the team of future champions came together and, at least for a time, united the entire hockey-loving nation around them. During the 17 days of the tournament, it became clear that the World Ice Hockey Championships are most at home in Czechia... The first sports documentary in which the Czech anthem is played, just like after the final victory.

2024-12-22 | cs

Ice-Breaker: The '72 Summit Series

September 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the Summit Series, the iconic hockey tournament that pitted the best players from Canada against the best from the Soviet Union. This documentary enlarges the canvas to tell the story from the unique perspectives of a diverse group who are rarely, if ever, heard: diplomats, NHL hockey legends, Soviet players, journalists, fans, broadcasters, business leaders and Team Canada’s Chairman – all reveal untold stories about what happened before, during, and after September ‘72.

2022-09-06 | en

Names on the Cup

Every player in the NHL dreams of winning a championship and having the honor of their name engraved on hockey's most prestigious trophy. Here are the stories of those, legends and the lesser known, who achieved the ultimate goal in the sport.

2017-05-30 | en

Two Nil

Pavel Abrahám’s football documentary offers 22 different viewpoints of who is watching. At a match between Sparta and Slavia, the filmmakers used 22 cameras to film the spontaneous reactions of various visitors, fans, tourists, VIPs, intellectuals, and security guards over the course of the entire game. This experiment with the Czech Republic’s national sport shows football as a game around which the viewers create a whole range of other, highly diverse games.

2012-10-25 | cs

Washington Capitals 2018 Stanley Cup Champions

For the first time in franchise history the Washington Capitals are Stanley Cup Champions. NHL Original Productions provides an all-access pass behind the glass, on the bench and into the locker room as the Capitals embark on an unforgettable journey through the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs. Led by captain and Conn Smythe Trophy winner Alex Ovechkin, All-Star goaltender Braden Holtby and dynamic center Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets, the defending Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Cinderella expansion team the Vegas Golden Knights en route to hoisting the most coveted trophy in sports - the Stanley Cup Exclusive interviews with players, coaches and Capitals legends provide an in-depth narrative of Washington's first championship. Experience this victorious season through the voices who ended a 44 year Stanley Cup championship drought in the nation's capital.

2018-07-31 | en

Red Alert: Hockeytown 3

Winning the final game of the season and being crowned champion after an illustrious career is the dream of every athlete and coach. It is accomplished by very few. After 30 years behind the bench, the final nine in Hockeytown, Scotty Bowman skates off the ice one final time with the Stanley Cup raised triumphantly. Red Alert: Hockeytown 3 chronicles Detroit's incredible regular season and dramatic playoff run culminating with Bowman's record-setting 9th Stanley Cup win along with first-time Cup lifters Dominik Hasek, Luc Robitaille, and Steve Duchesne. "Let 'em see Red," proclaimed Red Wings fans throughout the playoffs. When captain Steve Yzerman hoisted Lord Stanley's Cup for the 3rd time in six years, 29 other NHL clubs were green with envy as Detroit showered hockey's Holy Grail in Red and White. Now, the Winged Wheel faithful can relish another Stanley Cup Championship season with exclusive interviews and footage only available in Red Alert: Hockeytown 3.

2002-07-30 | en

Broad Street Bullies

The HBO Sports documentary Broad Street Bullies, a look at one of pro sport’s most polarizing teams, the legendary Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup championship squads of the 1970s. This exclusive presentation tells the backstories of these engaging and colorful athletes, who won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and 1975 with a bold, aggressive style that sparked controversy and criticism.

2010-05-04 | en

The Nagano Tapes

Five Rings Films presents the inspiring story of how Czech Republic won gold at the first Olympics to feature professionals from the NHL.

2018-02-22 | en