THE REAL STORY BEHIND SLAPSHOT'S OGIE OGILTHORPE

The goon of Slapshot, Ogie Ogilthorpe, was quite the character, but so was the man that he was inspired by.
Here's the crazy, but true story of the real Ogie Ogilthorpe...Bill Goldthorpe.

[@terminator6950]

Slapshot is the greatest hockey movie of all time

[@JBTriple8]

Nah its Miracle

[@terminator6950]

@@JBTriple8 Either or, both are good

[@tudormiller887]

So what are your Top 10 hockey movies ? Me personally. 1. Slapshot. 2. Young blood. 3. The Mighty Ducks. 4. Mystery Alaska. 5. Miracle. 6. The Russian Five. 7. Net Worth. 8.The Rocket. 9.Goon. 10. Hockey Night.

[@Buffalosabskis]

@@tudormiller887 Youngblood is so hard to find. I grew up in the 90's and it was always on TV and we owned the VHS. I had the DVD in around 2008, but I moved so many times. It is never on any streaming. Even hockey films that are not a masterpiece still have nostalgic fun to them

[@chizorama]

​@@tudormiller887Good list, The Rookies(1989) & Keep Your Head Up Kid, The Don Cherry Story were good TV movies, but my vote goes for Slapshot for #1.

[@johnmason9448]

Having witnessed Bill Goldthorpe playing junior hockey in Thunder Bay and following from a distance his hockey after that, the "Slapshot" version ( aka Ogie) was pretty meek and mild compared to the real deal.

[@YurikRoss]

Jesus he sounded like a complete sociopath with ridiculous anger issues. How did he even survive this long without going on a killing spree

[@AdamDonaldson7272]

Surprisingly he never become hockey's answer to OJ Simpson

[@jdbankshot]

because he's canadian. we fight, but we very rarely kill.

[@jackbutler1038]

I’ve seen Slapshot hundreds of times and I knew Ogie was based on someone…how did it take me this long to see this?!? I love the stick boy’s only line “He’s not playin’, he’s suspended.”

[@victoriaman117]

Going into construction with those anger issues was a natural move

[@Kangal_06]

He works iron no doubt .

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

I am more shocked Bob Costas called hockey games.

[@Buffalosabskis]

I believe he did! YES!!!!!

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

@@Buffalosabskis 😂 that is more of an Marv Albert call.....YES (from downtown....and I am not a basketball fan)

[@poindextertunes]

You’re shocked? Feel these nipples

[@mrquirky3626]

That golden afro was amazing. I sure it was so thick it could probably stop pucks.

[@Peter-km7hb]

The fro was impressive😅😅😅

[@reconsoldier135]

I'm surprised the Flyers didn't offer him a contract. Back in the 70's that whole teen was a goon squad

[@jdbankshot]

whole teen? ok. those philly squads also had a ton of talent.

[@fredgervin9930]

He played in Binghamton one year. As the story goes, he got in to it with teammate Paul Stewart, future NHL referee at Funzy

[@piggyroo100]

I loved Funzys went there after concerts at the arena.

[@user-fz4nu6uj3e1]

The Sault Greyhounds had a guy in the late 80’s named Bobby Babcock who was just as scary. Alliteration is fitting for a hockey goon.

[@RaiderX948]

God Bless men like Bill, true to their own spirit.

[@aspalovin]

YES. OGILTEERP. Nice work TSN

[@brianpesci]

So many of the characters in the movie were based on actual players in the American league and Johnston players were featured in the movie.

[@ShawnOHearn]

I got to meet him last year in Ottawa, Canada......great guy.....lots of stories.

[@Sammy_Boy_Smith]

" He's not playing, he's suspended" !

[@Ziptie258]

God of course Costas is in this documentary can’t stand him

[@timh4560]

Honestly, I thought the character was based off Willie Trognitz.

[@Von45Rose]

I’ve realized my problem with Hockey in 2024. I like this guy and think the NHL needs a few around the league.

[@Jacktors]

He ruined hockey

[@ShantyIrishman]

Is this guy secretly Brock Lesnar's father?

[@ZipSlipHollingbrook]

This story is a tragedy. We might have been spared 50 years of Bob Costas.

[@bobschenkel7921]

HFS. That story by Bob Costas, and confirmed by Goldie ...WOW!!! Got "Slap Shot" in my Blu-Ray collection. Good to have the REAL story here.

[@mattski1979]

Goldthorpe's awesome!!

[@mrdynamic8678]

How’s that anger management course working out for you Goldie

[@stevenbauer4799]

'HI-buy you a soda after the game?' 'oge torpe?' 'Trade me fight fkn now'. They brought their fkn toys with them'. 'Scouts?' 'You can't put a bounty on a man's head...' 'I'll get you you little prekk'. 'here i circled the fk words for you'. slapshot-funniest fkn movie ever.

[@mrv6968]

"Dave's a killer!" "Dave's a mess."

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@mrv6968 'get out of here you god damned parasite'.

[@richardsiemion5903]

“Would’ve. put me on the map.” 😂🤣 Something tells me he’s still alive now bc it didn’t. Kid like that wouldn’t be able to handle success of that magnitude.

[@justinkantner7162]

Please do Tommy Hanrahan next.

[@NHL94Podcast]

Ogie deserved a movie spinoff

[@RIUUI007]

Isn't this a reupload? Feel like I've watched this long ago.

[@Statsy10]

Me too. Maybe it was a different Goldthorpe tribute. I definitely think I would have remembered the hacksaw, which was a shocker to me. 😂

[@RIUUI007]

@@Statsy10 Pretty sure it's the same one.

[@RIUUI007]

@@Statsy10 "I Am Ogie" uploaded in 2015 here on KZbin. I knew I saw it before ;)

[@dc7468]

Who doesn’t have a pet duck named Patrick..

[@datroof18]

He traveled with a hacksaw??

[@jdbankshot]

no, hacksaws were just readily available, like fire extinguishers. never know when you're gonna have to amputate some limbs. it was a different time. mcdonalds was full of cig smoke, cars were tanks, kids played outside, etc... & hacksaws, lots of hacksaws.

[@JadenJDH]

Do a Slapshot quiz lol

[@aspalovin]

That would be fun but us old farts know the film line for line and all the background info. We all wanted to be the Chiefs as kids in the early 80's

[@aspalovin]

Just got home from my buddy's place.. had a few.. Putting on Slapshot while I 'Night cap'. God bless Goldie's pet Duck Patrick

[@ghostpine]

I met Goldie in Hornepayne in summer of 1971, nice polite guy

[@banzi403]

please don't stop with ogie/goldie. Next video should be on the guy who played ogie, ned dowd i think his name was. Nearly every character, actor and event in slap shot is worth a video

[@BillyBob-pu2vc]

Dr D of hockey

[@Peter-km7hb]

Just asked Reno Hightower

[@SirJaymesDAudelée]

This guy is from Horn Payne, northern Ontario???? My step mother is from there. It’s a town of about 20 people. I mean that literally. They must know one another, lol.

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

A relative perhaps?

[@BoostWholesale]

cool story, his DB is a little underwhelming not gonna lie

[@johnfranke1374]

"Who owns Da Chiefs?"

[@aspalovin]

Too bad Goldie missed Wendel n Probie.. That woulda been fun!

[@IDPhotoMan]

A hacksaw on the bus? LOL, WTF

[@dumby88]

Legend

[@tomservo5607]

Carl Racki would Zamboni the ice with Goldy.

[@chizorama]

Would love to see that matchup. Glatt might take em both, or prime Rhea.

[@josephambrosio8839]

Yikes!

[@paydrough]

Ogiltorp???

[@BillyBob-pu2vc]

Ogle thorpe

[@leafyutube]

Is it Ogilthorpe or Ogiltorpe?

[@weary1]

His “real” movie name was Ogilthorpe, however the Charleston Chiefs’ goalkeeper in the movie was from a French-speaking part of Canada. With his movie accent, he was unable to pronounce Ogilthorpe, hence we have Ogiltorpe . Slap Shot was filmed in my hometown of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The cast stayed at local hotels and ate at local restaurants. During the filming a number of people that I have known would talk about going into a bar for a beer and meeting Paul Newman there. From everything I’ve heard he was very friendly and outgoing with people who approached him. BTW, the football movie All the Right Moves, which starred (a very young) Tom Cruise, Lea Thompson, and Craig T. Nelson was also filmed in Johnstown a few years after Slap Shot.

[@fredgervin9930]

Funzy’s bar.

[@piggyroo100]

Right across from the arena.

[@fredgervin9930]

@@piggyroo100 Correct.

[@piggyroo100]

@@fredgervin9930 Used to hit it up right after concerts in the 80’s. Fifty cents for a ten ounce draft in a plastic cup! 🥴

[@mikehackenschmidt8765]

Ogletorpe?

[@GofUckyrslf]

I met goldie in kelowna. Hes was still intense in his 60's

[@ryanryan3473]

This guy has nothing to be proud of.

[@matricule69]

id love a 2024 good new version of that movie.

[@Sleezax]

Can't. World's way to sensitive.

[@shawnkennedy855]

It would be worse,way worse.

[@billbeliakoff5589]

How can anyone make a "good new version" of perfection ?

[@tudormiller887]

I've gotta watch Slapshot again. ❤🏒

[@Kangal_06]

Fckin eh .. welcome to hockey. Bet hes a ironworker. Long live both 🤪