(whistle blows, crowd cheering)
("ramblin' gamblin' man"
playing)
Announcer:
This is a near-capacity crowd
At fishtown gardens tonight.
Dock rats taking on
the manayunk chieftains at home.
Vicious rivalry.
Lots of blood on the ice
tonight; two periods
Of nonstop mayhem.
Deep in the third period,
chieftains - .
Dock rats feeling the pain.
All right, flanagan,
get in there.
Try not to get hurt.
Okay, coach.
Announcer:
Shorthanded dock rats subbing in
little tommy flanagan
At the point.
Stickhandling
up to the hash marks.
Oh! He just nailed him!
Stay down, you little pygmy!
Next time, it's your head!
Announcer:
Masters all over flanagan!
Yet another penalty
on the chieftains.
Cross-checking;
two more minutes in the sin bin
For cullen masters.
(whistle blows)
Flanagan with a breakaway
on the power play,
All alone at the point!
Chance the dock rats have been
fighting for all night.
Is this flanagan's moment?
He sh**t!
No! That was a scoring
opportunity denied.
Heaton:
Flanagan!
Get your bony ass over here!
Wide open
Goal-- rookie mistake.
What the hell were you thinking,
Slap sh*t that close in?
Get your head in the game!
I'm sorry, coach.
It won't happen again.
(crowd roars, music fades)
Man (on tv):
President carter greeting
the u.S. Miracle hockey team
At the white house today
following their
Incredible upset victory
leading to a gold medal
Over the heavily favored
russians.
Cullen masters--
you ever heard of the guy?
Who'd he play for?
Manayunk chieftains.
Atlantic seaboard
hockey conference.
Bush-league,
folded in ' .
What's his story?
Well, charged
for a m*rder in .
A hockey player
named tommy flanagan,
Played for the
fishtown dock rats.
k*lled on the ice.
"opposing defenseman,
booted out of the game,
Threatens to k*ll the kid
in front of witnesses."
Rush:
Yeah, tommy's blood on
his jersey, no alibi.
Arrested him,
But the da dropped charges.
So what, is he
here to confess?
Skated on this m*rder
once already.
You sure you want
to try your luck again?
Night the u.S. Hockey team beats
the russians in the olympics,
Miracle on ice,
my life goes to hell.
February ,
The night tommy was k*lled?
Punk on a rival team
kept getting in my face.
He was five, five,
A buck-fifty.
You outweighed him by what,
pounds?
The kid didn't know
when to quit.
You're not making much of a case
for your innocence here.
Tommy got me kicked
out of the game that day.
I made a few threats.
You said you were gonna
Cave his head in.
Pretty specific.
That night the u.S. Won,
hockey players
Were like gods.
Women were going nuts.
Even a goon like me.
Saying you got lucky?
College girl from spokane.
Brenda something.
Spent the night
in the back of her pinto.
Next morning, she splits.
Tommy turns up dead.
And you're on the hook
for m*rder.
Never went to trial,
but it didn't matter.
Everybody was sure it was me,
wouldn't let me
Live it down.
Look, I messed
a lot of things up.
This is the only thing
I ever did right.
My boy, jason.
He's now.
Wants to play hockey.
I sign him up.
Junior league asked me to leave.
Won't let him play 'cause
of what they say I did.
It broke his heart.
Well, there's always soccer.
Sad kid
Ain't reason enough
to reopen a m*rder case.
I kept searching for the girl
from that night.
Internet, even hired a pi.
This "backseat brenda"?
Lives in maine.
Married, got kids.
Not too happy
about the phone call,
But she'll vouch for me
for that night.
Hmm, brenda patterson.
Look at the file.
Pull the record;
wasn't my stick k*lled him.
Whoever took
Tommy flanagan's life
is still out there.
You find him, maybe my son
Gets to believe
in his dad again.
Checked on masters' story
with brenda from bangor.
Confirmed his alibi.
Still trying to shake
the image of that man
In the backseat
of a pinto
so's she.
Country was taking it
on the chin in ' :
Hostages in iran,
soviets in afghanistan,
Double-digit inflation.
Vera:
Uh-huh, and then there was
Miracle on ice.
David takes on goliath,
and we come out with a win.
We sent amateur kids,
they sent pros.
Country got some
of its pride back.
Yeah, minor leagues
like the one tommy was in,
Came and went
in the ' s and ' s.
A rough trade.
Aggressive hockey,
Lots of fights.
This kid a little small
for that bunch?
Vera: Little guys
Scrap until they're hamburger.
Dougie gilmour,
Theo fleury
in the punch-up in piestany.
Nigel dawes.
Ranger? Screw that guy.
Stillman: What'd the da's office
have to say
About dropping
the case in ' ?
Evidence against masters
was circumstantial, hearsay.
hours in
interrogation,
Guy wouldn't cr*ck.
Needed a confession
on a case like this
And they weren't getting it.
This m*rder happened late.
After the olympic game.
What's this kid doing
at the rink that hour?
Vera: Somebody had to have
access, let him in.
Coach, janitors, zamboni guy.
Let's talk to them again,
see if their stories
Still hold up,
find out who else
Could've had a key.
Took his first hit in front
Of the players' bench;
shattered the stick.
Couldn't get a clean print
off the m*rder w*apon.
Sverre...
Brand's norwegian.
Nice gear.
That's a customized hand-carved
piece of wood.
Masters said
it wasn't his stick.
Miller: Cops never figured
out whose it was.
I'll run it through csu.
See if we can get dna.
Well, tommy's
older brother, sean,
Was pretty hot at masters
after he got off.
Hassled him for months.
Let's talk to him first.
See what he knows
about thisumber.
(grumbles):
Rangers.
So, um...
You find out about
this weekend?
Yeah, veronic's
got a thing at school.
What about Tuesday?
Cle review.
What ai think I'm supposed
to teach it.
I'll try to cancel.
No.Hat ai think I'm supposed
to teach it.
I can try to get a sitter.
Maybe Thursday?
My favorite day.
Pick me up at : .
Man:
Trying to tell me
That meathead son of a bitch
wasn't the one who k*lled him?
Just asking if you know anybody
else had it in for tommy?
Me and my brother
weren't real close.
We ran in different circles,
you know?
This is the stick
that k*lled your brother.
Recognize it?
No.
Asked me that back in ' .
It's, uh, high-end stuff.
It's got a really nice
curve at the toe.
Sound like you know the game.
Played center in high school.
Got blindsided on a motorcycle
And messed my leg up
and that was that.
Ma was sick.
Tommy was kind
of a layabout.
So someone had
to pick up the slack.
So how'd tommy get into playing?
Economy's in the
crapper and no jobs.
Local leagues'd spring up,
Started tossing pennies
to anyone who'd take a hit.
Fight club on skates.
Tommy wasn't
Really cut out for it.
I tried to warn him, but...
("her strut" by bob seger plays)
(blender whirs)
Try this.
Good, right?
Chicks love the sugar.
They can't taste
the alcohol, till
"bam" it just hits 'em.
I don't know.
I mean, what do I say?
Don't gotta say nothing,
that's the beauty of it.
Listen, all else fails,
Pick up a case
of schenkers.
Get enough of that
Schuylkill swill in 'em,
they can't say no.
You are sick,
you know that?
Ow!
Sean:
Will y two marys
Keep your voices down?
You're gonna wake up ma.
Tell him, lt.
Dock rats are holding open
tryouts Tuesday.
Little tommy's gonna
get on the ice.
Now, get serious, tommy.
What're you gonna
hit them with, huh?
Elfin magic?
(snickers)
Huh?
That's better
Than just giving up
like you did.
(groans)
are you trying
to be funny?
(coughs)
Look at you--
a love tap
Like that puts you on your ass,
But you're gonna go play league
hockey with these animals?
Dock rats is
no place for you.
It's just a goon squad
looking for cannon fodder
To draw penalties.
You're too little, bro.
So hit me again, sean.
Tommy...
You know I can take
anything you dish out.
'cause I'm still a flanagan.
they love to watch
her strut.
I don't know what got into him,
but he took it real serious.
Any idea what he was doing
on the ice that night?
I don't know...
Practicing, maybe.
How'd he get into the rink
that late?
Tommy's idiot
friend, dwight.
Two of them were
a regular frick and frack.
Dwight had a key made
So he could play asteroids
in the lobby all night.
He try out
for the dock rats, too?
Dwight? Please.
Ma on her deathbed
ran a quicker .
Closest he ever got was
Dealing pot to the team.
Hey, buddy!
You want to pay for that
thing now that you got
The pages all sticky?
Valens:
Magazine racket
Ain't what it
used to be, huh?
The frickin' internet.
Everybody thinks they can
get their jollies for free.
Well, what can I do for you,
Blue eyes?
Tommy flanagan.
Remember him?
Sure, tommy was my boy.
Buds since the third grade.
Lost my best friend the night
that masters tool took him out.
And where were you?
Driving a snowplow.
There was a big storm
that night.
I was clearing
parking lots till dawn.
Anybody else come to mind
have a beef with tommy?
You saying masters didn't do it?
Saying we're looking into it.
Answer the question.
Could've been any one
of those guys on the team.
My stupid idea, him trying out
for those bunch of thugs.
And you'd know--
dealing weed and pills to them.
Whoa, wait. You know,
so I did a little business.
I mean, come on,
the economy sucked.
You had your own key
to the place.
Come and go as you pleased.
So did half the team.
Let me tell you something.
Those characters
were marginal to begin with.
And everybody likes
an underdog
Until he starts making
them look bad.
("rock and roll never forgets"
by bob seger plays)
Dwight:
Let's go, tommy!
That's my boy out there,
in the blue. See him?
Little tommy.
The shrimpy guy?
I thought he was a mascot.
(indistinct shouting)
Check out charlie hustle.
Scrub with the shiny,
new skates.
Nice gear, little man!
That necklace
is beautiful.
What is that, lapis?
Matches your eyes.
Say, you two ever
do any modeling?
you better get yourself
a partner
go down to the concert
or the local bar
Whoops, there they go!
check the local newspaper
Hit him, tommy!
(whistle blows)
(indistinct shouting)
yeah, the rafters
will be ringing
Hey, that's enough!
That's enough!
Come on!
That's enough!
That's enough! Hey! Hey!
You got my attention.
Krause, hit the showers.
Hit the showers!
if you need a fix
Get done,
see me in my office.
you can come back, baby
rock and roll never forgets
ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
oh, yeah
oh, yeah.
They all said little t
pushed too hard.
He never knew
when to dial it back.
The ass-clown who picked
the fight, he get cut?
Krause.
(scoffs)
He was too old to be taking
the kind of hits
That league dished out.
Always shying away
at the boards.
Coach put him
out to pasture.
Yeah, and he
gave tommy
His spot on the line.
Krause, you know,
He... He asked the coach
for, like, an assistant job,
But he had to settle
for equipment manager.
So his job to order
the sticks for the team?
Messed with tommy's gear, too.
Dropped his helmet
in the john one time.
Valens:
The cops talked to you
Back in ' --
never thought to mention this?
They never asked.
And with a scumbag
like masters on the hook...
Who's gonna listen?
Ladies are bringing it!
Yeah, we got a sh*t at division
ii championship this winter.
Work 'em harder,
see if they want it bad enough.
Miller:
Work harder?
Sounds like something
Tommy flanagan
might have said.
Kid ever give you
trouble, krause?
Tommy? Nah.
Way we heard it, he took
your spot on the line
After you went to seed.
Little guy
Had no business out there,
but he played hard,
He sucked it up,
left it all on the ice.
Sounds like you respected him.
I did.
That why
you dropped
A deuce in his helmet
back in ' ?
We all hazed tommy.
It wasn't personal.
Recognize this stick?
Yeah. Sverre.
Too rich for that bunch
of gorillas.
We used koho s.
Ever see tommy with it?
Not that I recall.
Look... Tommy wasn't
the one we hated.
Team had a common enemy;
it was coach heaton.
("roll me away" by bob seger
plays)
(whistle blows)
Again!
took a look
down a westbound road
right away I made my choice
headed out
to my big two-wheeler
I was tired of my own voice
Come on!
took a bead
on the northern plains
and just rolled
that power on...
Heaton:
Pathetic!
Think that weak-ass drill will
hold up against pittsburgh?
Bunch of murderers...
Gonna chew you up
and spit you out.
Flanagan the only one
With legs that can finish
that drill?
He's half your size,
But he's got more heart
than any three of you pansies.
I'm not gonna come out here
and waste my time
If you're not gonna bring
your a game to the ice!
I knew what she was thinking
Do you hear me?!
roll, roll me away
Heaton:
Flanagan!
What the hell
are you staring at?
Uh... Nothing, coach.
Tommy:
Sorry.
All heart, no skill.
All legs, no ability.
You know what that is?
That's a one-way ticket
To craptown, son.
You just earned the team
another round.
and we rolled
on your feet!
Again!
clean out of sight
(blows whistle)
roll, roll me away
I'm gonna roll me away
tonight...
Heaton was a sadist.
Played guys hurt,
b*rned them out, no mercy,
Like he got off on it.
What about this girl
in the stands?
Guys called her jailbait molly;
coach's daughter.
Strictly off limits.
You ever see tommy and this
jailbait molly together?
Yeah, once or twice,
chatting it up.
Looked kind of cozy to me.
Krause:
Let's go, julie!
Come on! That's it!
Hey.
Hey.
So, um, I got
the sitter
For veronica on Thursday;
we're set.
Uh,
I-I thought you said Tuesday.
Thursday.
Your favorite day?
(sighs):
Curtis...
Let me call my sitter,
maybe switch.
No, it's okay.
(phone ringing)
I'm busy, you're busy.
It's like pulling teeth
getting a few minutes alone.
Yeah. Hello?
Oh. Hang on.
N-no, not you.
No, no, this is
a great time.
Sorry.
Csu got nothing off the stick.
No dna other than
flanagan's blood.
Sverre went out of
business in the ' s;
Composite sticks
started taking over.
Hundred-dollar sticks
were big bucks in .
I'm gonna round up
local hockey teams,
See who was rocking
custom lumber.
Well, heaton's coaching
the jacksonville manatees,
An away game in trenton.
Big-time hockey there.
Said he was meeting
With the team owner
the night of tommy's m*rder.
Checking it out.
Well, rush's got
his daughter molly
In the boss's office,
gonna see
What she and tommy had going on.
Hm.
background
You filled out--
that's a lot of schools, molly.
Move around a lot as a kid?
Hockey brat.
Dad was always on the road,
from team to team.
Stayed in philly to graduate,
never left.
All my friends were here.
All your friends,
like tommy flanagan?
What do you mean?
Well, you two,
you know...
Close?
(laughs)
I didn't date hockey players.
Well, teammates said
You two were making eyes
at the rink.
Your father have
a problem
With that?
It was fine for him
To be out on the road days
a year with those idiots,
But god forbid one of them
holds the door open for me.
His way of looking out for you?
I don't know.
Never was easy to read the guy;
gave up trying.
Think he was hard
on his players?
Try being his daughter.
Any reason he'd
be especially
hard on tommy?
Look, he was cute,
But dad didn't have
anything to worry about.
Tommy was focused on the game.
Besides, he had
enough problems
Without me adding to them.
("night moves" by bob seger
plays)
I was a little too tall,
could've used a few pounds
tight pants points
hardly renown
she was
a black-haired beauty
hey, molly!
with big dark eyes...
Slap sh*t's coming along.
Yeah, I'm not sure your dad
would say the same thing.
You're still here, aren't you?
Yeah, what's left of me.
I don't really
know what I'm doing
Out here.
Logging all these hours.
I don't know
if I'll ever be any good.
Yeah, you should probably quit.
(chuckles)
(laughs)
Yeah. Maybe.
(sighs)
Are you going to that
new year's eve party,
Uh, over
on cumberland?
Thinking about it. Why?
Oh, no, I just was... Wondering,
Maybe... Maybe...
Yeah, maybe... What?
I don't know.
Maybe I'd see you
over there or something?
Sean:
Hey!
What the hell did I tell you?!
I told you not to
touch it, didn't I?
Just checking the...
Didn't I?
Now you're out here
driving slap sh*ts with it?
Sean, I'm not...
Oh, you think I'm
washed up, is that it?
You think I'm done?
No, sean, I don't...
The stick's mine!
I catch you with it again, I'm
gonna take it upside your head.
ain't it funny
how you remember
ah-ha...
You could smell the whiskey
Coming off the guy
ten feet away.
So sean was still
playing hockey back then?
You get a look at the stick?
Not really.
But he definitely had that
washed-up jock thing going on.
I've seen my share.
You valens?
Yeah.
Pierson, central.
Got six messages asking
about a robbery pattern.
Uh, yeah, yeah.
Listen, uh...
Dayley's market--
what do you got?
Couple of similars
around the neighborhood,
Same m.O.
Knockdown purse snatchings,
older female victims.
Any injuries?
Bumps and bruises;
nothing serious.
Well, what about leads?
Uh, description,
eyeballs, anything?
Usual mess--
he's black, he's white,
He's tall, he's a half-pint.
What's with you
on this thing?
Nothing. A case we got.
Just keep me posted, will you?
Still gives you
goose bumps, huh?
Even my russian grandpop
went bonkers.
People forget--
we still had
To b*at the finns
just to get a medal.
What's this I hear about you
going back out on the ice again?
Uh...
Little pickup league.
Me and some guys
reliving our glory days.
You want to come?
You ain't seen hockey
Till you seen it live.
I'll have the emts waiting.
So sean wasn't just good,
He was sean
"the shamrock" flanagan.
Real stud on ice
in canada.
Champion center
in the aaa leagues.
sh*t at the miracle team in ' .
Stick and blade magazine,
March ' .
Take a look at the stick.
You see that?
There it is.
A shamrock.
Luck of the irish
just ran out.
Most athletes, can't shut 'em up
about their glory days.
But you,
A champion-- not
so much as a peep.
Why so bashful, sean?
Ancient history.
Everything I had
got taken away.
Vera:
Accident on your
bike in calgary.
Blindsided, right?
Shattered my femur.
Same night you found out
you were invited to the
olympic tryouts.
Could've been the only
philly kid on the squad.
So close I
could taste it.
Night of the accident,
Your blood alcohol level
was a . .
Witnesses say you were playing
chicken with a logging truck.
Miller:
Wasn't an accident
benched you.
Just pure stupidity.
Is that you,
With the stick
that k*lled your brother?
Same stick you said
wasn't yours?
Aw, man.
I never wanted to see
this damn thing again.
The night I crashed--
This stick survived the impact
that ended my career.
Not even a scratch on it.
k*lled my brother.
Thing is cursed.
Stick didn't ice your brother
on its own, sean.
Somebody swung it.
Not me.
Didn't want to admit it then,
But it was tommy's time.
Idiot dwight called
for you again.
I'll catch up with him
after the game.
Are you coming today?
Ma's not doing good.
Needs me here.
Hey, tommy.
Alberta--
Final seconds of the game,
I get a clean breakaway.
Mancuso's in
the goal and...
Man, I don't even know how
it happened, I just...
I moved my hands,
you know, and this stick
Put it in the twine.
Won the championship.
It's yours now.
Sean, you're gonna need that,
you know,
When you get back up
to calgary...
It ain't gonna happen.
It's over, tommy.
Look, it's your time now,
bro, okay?
Take it.
Stick didn't win
that game, sean.
It was all you.
I'll tell you what--
You girls win today,
I'll catch your next home game.
Maybe even
bring ma.
Now go on, get out of here.
I wanted to watch the olympics
with him that night.
But he said he had plans.
You never mentioned these plans
to the police.
Just figured he'd blown
me off for the team.
Like maybe they accepted him.
I used to love that game,
you know?
Give anything to get back
on the ice with my brother...
Just one time.
Thanks, michelle.
Scotty, you should
eat something.
You lo thin.
Listen, I've been
looking into things
Up at dayley's market.
Scotty, I told you alread...
Ma, I know what
happened to you.
The guy knocked you down,
Took your purse.
Did you get a look at him?
It was my fault.
Walking out,
I knew something was off.
I feel like a fool.
Had to cancel all my cards.
It's not your fault.
It just happens.
You don't got time
to react.
No. Your father...
He'd have gone crazy
if I told him.
Never let me
out of his sight.
No, pops don't need to know.
All right?
But, ma, look,
I need you to help me
stop this guy
From hitting
anybody else.
I have some mug sh*ts
I need you to look at.
Oh, mijo,
it all happened too fast.
I didn't see him.
I want to help you...
...But I can't.
Your boys are roughing up
trenton tonight, huh?
and six, hungry season.
This kind of distraction's
hard on them.
Since when do you care
about your players?
Drive them hard,
Burn them out, move on.
Yeah, made a
career of it,
Starting with the dock rats
in ' .
Don't run games
that way anymore.
A different time,
a different game.
So the night
of the miracle on ice,
Remember where you were?
Meeting with the owner,
ran long.
Future of the team was at stake.
See, that's strange,
Because we checked
with his secretary.
Said the team owner
was on a plane
Back to boston
early that night.
A snowstorm was blowing in--
flew out to b*at it.
Missed the miracle.
Must have mixed up my times.
That's not
the only thing
About that meeting
you got mixed up.
Like trying to get tommy
kicked off the team.
Now hold on.
No, owner said no way.
That tommy had spunk.
The kid was a draw.
You were pissed.
The next day, tommy's on ice,
and you're lying
About what you were doing.
I don't have
to listen to this.
How come you don't talk to
your daughter anymore, coach?
Molly.
Hard as I was on my players,
I was tougher on her.
Or after you iced her boyfriend,
The two of youse
had a falling out.
Rush:
Rules on molly were clear,
But tommy was violating
the policy.
You couldn't get
rid of him one way,
Time to run a different play.
One that ends with him dead.
You got it wrong.
Any player I wouldn't have
minded seeing molly with,
It was tommy.
Kid had more guts
than any guy I ever coached.
("fire down below" by bob seger
plays)
Announcer:
We are scoreless
And down to the last two minutes
of the third period.
Both teams fighting it out
back and forth.
Nothing in the twine.
Oh, and yet another
illegal hit
From cullen masters.
I'll tell you,
that's going to draw a penalty.
You're throwing me out
'cause this little freak?!
Get up, punk!
Catch you alone,
I'm gonna kick your candy-ass!
Cullen masters ejected
from the game.
And none too soon.
Tommy flanagan will get
the penalty sh*t.
oh, they come and they go
once chance, tommy.
Can you do this?
Yeah, coach.
only one thing in common
I got it.
they got the fire
down below...
(whistle blowing)
Flanagan sh**t.
He's got it!
And he scores!
Little tommy flanagan scores!
One nothing at home,
dock rats take it!
(cheering)
Little tommy flanagan.
Unbelievable!
one thing in common
he is truly...
they got the fire down below
a hometown hero!
one, two, three.
I put him on the spot,
he delivered.
Tried to get him released
from the dock rats
to offer him a better sh*t,
A better sh*t? How?
A coached *** university lost its
First line to injuries.
Tommy could have subbed.
Division ii hockey.
A sh*t at college.
Well, what about tommy
and molly?
Anything going on with them,
I didn't know about.
But I wouldn't have
stood in the way.
(knocking on door)
A little gap
in molly's school records.
What's wrong with this picture?
Her graduating class, .
December, .
Seven months later
than everybody else.
Straight "a" student--
how does that happen?
Vera:
Three days after
tommy was k*lled,
Coach shipped her off
to st. Emily's in lancaster.
That's where good unwed catholic
girls go to have babies
No one's supposed
to know about.
So tommy and molly
weren't just close.
She was pregnant.
And coach covered it up.
No wonder they don't
talk anymore.
Let's bring molly back in.
Work both of them
till one of them cracks.
I have to say, I kinda get
what you saw in tommy.
Not a bad looking kid.
I told you
We weren't involved that way.
The dock rats said
You two were
getting pretty close.
That is up until
Tommy got k*lled.
And you got carted off
the lancaster
In the middle
of your senior year.
St. Emily's.
Why there, molly?
Stillman:
Your daughter was pregnant.
You went out on a limb
for tommy flanagan.
And this is how
he pays you back?
The kid was a sn*per.
He finds an opportunity,
he puts it in the net.
Molly never told me
who the father was.
But you knew,
didn't you, coach?
He was ashamed of you.
He sent you away,
forced you to give up the baby.
He was my father.
He was protecting me.
No, he was trying to sweep it
under the rug.
Erase it from history
by k*lling tommy...
You don't understand!
She wanted to give the baby up.
It was her choice.
You're saying you were fine
with her keeping it?
Then?
No.
If I could take it all back,
handle things differently,
I'd do it in a second.
But that night,
when molly told you
she was pregnant,
You went to the rink.
No!
I swear to you,
I did not k*ll that boy.
If I just told him the truth...
Maybe tommy would
still be alive.
Told him what, molly?
About the baby.
What about the baby?
(voice breaking):
It wasn't tommy's.
Whose was it?
(sobbing):
Oh, god.
I'm so ashamed.
Commentator:
Is it over?
Yes! Yes!
Yes! Did you see that?!
It's a miracle!
We won!
We just won!
Hey. Hey, come on.
We won.
What's wrong?
Tommy, that party...
New year's eve...
I thought you were
gonna be there.
I waited.
He kept saying you were coming,
That you were his boy.
Wait. Who said that?
I couldn't even taste
the alcohol.
Didn't realize
I was getting so
Drunk.
He started
kissing me.
Oh, god, I let him!
Molly, who?
Dwight.
It was dwight.
Tommy,
I'm pregnant.
I tried to tell
him about it,
But he won't even
look at me.
Tommy, please,
I'm so sorry.
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
I broke his heart.
Mine, too.
After you told him, he left...
And headed back to the rink?
Yeah. Said he needed
a place to think.
(sniffles)
My dad came home,
He'd seen I
was crying.
I told him I
was pregnant.
And let him believe
it was tommy's.
Had the baby that fall...
Little girl.
Never found out
what happened to her.
But not a day goes by
I don't think of them both.
Molly, what name did you put
on the birth certificate
As the father?
None.
I left it blank.
How's that look?
Gotta fade the type
a little more.
Spill some
coffee on it.
Try this one.
Hmm.
I'll run it through
The copier again.
Snowplow owner confirmed
Dwight barnes worked for him
until March of .
"fired for cause.
Subcontracting plow jobs
to his -year-old brother"?
For months.
Boss got wind when the kid
Fell asleep at the wheel and
plowed into a dunkin' donuts.
So dwight wasn't working
the night tommy was k*lled.
Remember a girl
named molly heaton?
Coach's daughter, right?
Mm-hmm.
Vera:
Major babe.
You ever hook up with that?
I could've.
It's hard to say.
How's that work?
You ply her
With the schuylkill swill
and quaaludes
Till she don't know
what hit her?
Please. I had it
going on au naturel.
I didn't need
no chemical help.
Well, you must've peaked
In the ' s, dwight,
'cause I just don't see it.
Now, tommy,
that's different;
Athlete, star on the ice.
Little tommy? Come on.
Snakin' your
best friend's girl
While he's not looking?
What kind of loser move is that?
I never tapped that girl,
all right?
She shouldn't flatter herself.
Hmm.
Well, congratulations,
dwight,
You're a father.
Whoa. Whoa, wait a minute.
You never hooked up with molly?
How's your name
on the birth certificate?
What is it,
immaculate conception?
The bitch is lying!
That's not my kid.
Not my kid, not my problem.
You banged tommy's girl
to bring him down a peg.
Tommy was ducking
your phone calls.
Getting respect on the ice.
He had a sh*t to go to college,
a better life.
He was leavin' you
in the dust.
You had to put him
in his place.
That's crap!
You don't know jack.
Know it was your brother driving
the snowplow that night.
Your alibi? Just bit the dust.
And we know tommy was pissed
at you for jumping on molly.
And we got the dna off the stick
that k*lled tommy.
Gonna match yours?
Well, you're gonna need
a sample from me, aren't you?
No way.
It ain't gonna happen.
You sure about that, dwight?
Oh, yeah, I'm sure
Because I know my rights,
And you've gotta have
my consent.
(grunting)
Come here!
(gasps)
You just gave it.
Hey, you get out
in front of this,
We'll talk to the da,
tell him you cooperated,
And see what we can do.
Damn.
This whole molly thing,
he couldn't let it go.
He hardly even knew
the girl.
You and tommy were pals
long before that, right?
That's what I'm saying.
I just went there to talk.
He acted like
he was better than me.
Figured I'd find you here.
Some win, huh?
Chicks are going ape out there.
Maybe even get you laid.
Miracles happen, right?
What the hell is wrong with you?
Molly;
I know what you did, dwight.
Tommy, listen...
You knew I liked her, man.
Come on, lt! I told you
Chicks respect guys who step up,
pull the trigger.
She's pregnant, dwight.
Come on.
That kid could be anybody's,
Sporty little slut like that.
What the hell, tommy?!
What are you,
like some big sh*t now?
Wouldn't be out here
if it wasn't for me.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Man, just get out of here.
Oh, play a few hockey games,
Now all of a sudden
you're too good to call me back?
Blowing me off?
Loses the girl.
Well, boo-hoo!
Now little tommy's
Gonna judge me,
tommy?
Tell me how to
live my life?
Tommy?
I ain't little tommy no more!
You don't get to call me that!
Everybody always
calls you a tool,
And I'm the only one
that sticks by you!
The only one!
Let you push me around, I play
your wingman, for this?!
They're right about you...
You're nothing but a loser.
Take it back, lt.
That kid is better off
Not knowing the truth
about you, anyway.
(gasping)
Take it back, tommy!
Take it back!
You're a loser, dwight.
You always will be.
Huh?!
(gasping)
("against the wind" by bob seger
plays)
seems like yesterday
but it was long ago
janey was lovely
she was the queen
of my nights
there in the darkness
with the radio playing low
and the secrets
that we shared
mountains that we moved
caught like a wildfire
out of control
till there was nothing
left to burn
and nothing left to prove
and I remember
what she said to me
how she swore
that it never would end
I remember how she held me,
oh, so tight
wish I didn't know now
what I didn't know then
against the wind
we were running
against the wind
we were young and strong
we were running
against the wind
and the years rolled
slowly past
and I found myself alone
surrounded by strangers
I thought were my friends
I found myself further
and further from my home
and I
I guess I lost my way
there were,
oh, so many roads
I was living to run
and running to live
never worried about paying
or even how much I owed
moving eight miles a minute
for months at a time
breaking all of the rules
that would bend
I began to find myself
searching...