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Bespectacled Hanson brothers still drawing crowds decades after Slap

The Carlson brothers a.k.a. the Hanson Brothers were the ice hockey playing siblings from the 1977 cult classic movie Slap Shot. The movie characters are based on three brothers who were actual hockey players; two of which starred in the film. The real-life inspirations for the Hanson Brothers are Jeff Carlson and Jack Carlson.

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NHL Q&A with Steve Carlson, aka Steve Hanson of the Hanson brothers

The Hanson Bros. characters from iconic hockey movie "Slap Shot" are some of the most memorable figures in the sport's history. And this exclusive 2006 THN interview with the three men behind.

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Star of 'Slap Shot' shares battle with throat cancer. The moment you experience that changes your life forever is impossible to forget. For Steve Carlson, a professional hockey player, he thought it was being cast as a Hanson Brother in the 1977 film "Slap Shot.". "It changed my life a lot because everyone thought I was tough," Carlson.

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Kevin Allen. Steve Carlson played one of the Hanson brothers in the iconic hockey movie Slap Shot. But Carlson was once drafted by the Detroit Red Wings (131st, 1975) and ended up playing in both the World Hockey Association and the NHL. Carlson recently announced he was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic squamous cell carcinoma.

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Steve, of course, is one of the original Hanson Brothers characters from the 1977 cult classic hockey film 'Slap Shot'. Technically, not a Hanson himself he was cast as the third Hanson Brother. Carlson, 67, played a prominent role in Johnstown's winning the professional North American Hockey League championship in 1974-75.

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Steve Carlson, aka Steve Hanson of Slap Shot's legendary Hanson Brothers, in 2023 portraits: on ice and with his wife, Vicki. "COVID, cancer, my teeth pulled and a bike accident… it's been.

PHOTOS Hanson brothers (from 'Slap Shot') meet Hanson at NYS Fair

Slap Shot: Directed by George Roy Hill. With Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren. A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.

Bespectacled Hanson brothers still popular decades after 'Slap Shot

The Hanson Brothers are fictional characters in the 1977 movie Slap Shot. The characters are based on the Carlson brothers, who were actual hockey players. The movie, which stars Paul Newman, was written by Nancy Dowd.

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- Becoming one of the Hanson Brothers was easy for Steve Carlson. Then a 20-year-old free spirit, he was suited for his role in the cult-classic film "Slap Shot.".

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Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.

PHOTOS Hanson brothers (from 'Slap Shot') meet Hanson at NYS Fair

Hanson became a Hanson Brother when Jack Carlson, the real-life brother of Jeff and Steve Carlson, went from the Johnstown Jets to the Edmonton Oilers, then of the World Hockey Association, just before "Slap Shot" began filming. Hanson had originally been slated for the "Killer" Carlson role.

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He is best known as one of the hard-hitting Hanson Brothers from the movie "Slap Shot". But tonight, Steve Carlson is in another fight. The 66-year-old announced he has Stage 4 cancer.

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"Slap Shot" actor Dave Hanson, left, one of the 1976 movie's "Hanson brothers," met singer Taylor Hanson, whose brothers make up the "MMMBop" band Hanson, at the New York State Fair.

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The Hanson Brothers make their debut.