Jo and the Motherpuckers

Summary The true spirit of hockey. Older women learned to skate in order to play hockey and their goalie comes to the game in a wheelchair. The ladies are going nowhere, not to the Olympics, scholarships or serious tournaments, but they love the game and play with excitement, energy. The goalie Jo Evans who had returned to hockey after a 20 year absence was felled by encephalitis, and despite being confined to a wheelchair and occasionally a walker for very short distances, is able to don her gear and make it onto and across the ice. The ladies are an inspiration and Jo leads the way. View more details

Jo and the Motherpuckers

Directed : Arlene Rimer

Written : Arlene Rimer Christos Tsirbas

Stars : Unknown

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Genres : Biography Sport Documentary Short

Release date : Oct 29, 2010

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Summary The true spirit of hockey. Older women learned to skate in order to play hockey and their goalie comes to the game in a wheelchair. The ladies are going nowhere, not to the Olympics, scholarships or serious tournaments, but they love the game and play with excitement, energy. The goalie Jo Evans who had returned to hockey after a 20 year absence was felled by encephalitis, and despite being confined to a wheelchair and occasionally a walker for very short distances, is able to don her gear and make it onto and across the ice. The ladies are an inspiration and Jo leads the way. View more details

Details

Genres : Biography Sport Documentary Short

Release date : Oct 29, 2010

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

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