Chicks with Sticks

Chicks with Sticks

The puck stops here.

2005 · 99 min · ★ 5.1 · Comedy

The story takes the battle of the sexes into the hockey arena, as Paula Taymore – who almost once made the Olympic team – finds herself drawn into a challenge match against an irritating local men's squad. Fresh from a painful divorce, and doubting herself, Paula must make a winner out of an explosive, irreverent crew of women hockey players who flock to her town, Red Deer Alberta, to assemble the team.

Directed by Kari Skogland · Written by Don Truckey

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Pascale Hutton Charlene Manski
Margot Kidder Edith Taymore
Jason Priestley Steve Cooper
Jessalyn Gilsig Paula Taymore
Peter Outerbridge Curt Bonner
Juliette Marquis Felicity Carelli
Michie Mee Heather Desmond
Tanya Allen Kate Willings
Beverley Mahood Singer at dance
Andrew Chalmers Stewart Taymore
Kevin Kruchkywich
Brad Turner

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