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Best scenes and lines from 'Slap Shot'

Scott Burnside: So many to choose from, but I'll go with goaltender Denis Lemieux's studio tutorial with host Jim Ahern when Lemieux describes the finer points of the game, including vivid demonstrations of high sticking, spearing and slashing. And, of course, the important consequences of such actions. "You do that, you go to the box, you know. Two minutes by yourself, you know, and you feel shame, you know. And then you get free," Lemieux, played by French-Canadian actor Yvon Barrette, famously explained. Words to live by.