In reel life: The Chiefs are "goons" who play dirty and fight ... of old-time goons in the final game. In real life: Many of the "opponents" in the film were either active minor-league hockey ...

The space between his playing days and the present has softened the old goon, but in his heyday as the “Baddest Man In Hockey,” Coupal took to fighting as a means of securing his place on the ...