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Odd Man Rush (2020)

Odd Man Rush poster
Directed by
Doug Dearth
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
14A
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hockey player tells his own story of growing up as a fan, playing at Harvard, and then chasing his dream in minor leagues overseas after injuries block his path to the NHL.

bittersweetnostalgicunderstatedreflectivesports-focusedpersonalrealisticlow-key

What happens

Odd Man Rush is a 2020 film directed by Doug Dearth and produced by Todd Slater, Jonathan M. Black Grant Slater, Karen Baldwin, and Howard Baldwin. The film is based on Bill Keenan's 2016 memoir, Odd Man Rush, about growing up in the 1990s as a New York Rangers fan, playing college hockey for Harvard and ending up in minor pro leagues in Sweden and Germany when injuries disrupted his dreams of an NHL career. It was released on September 1, 2020. The film's sequel, Bull Run, stars Tom Blyth and Jay Mohr and was released by Vertical in theaters and VOD on November 14, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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