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== NHL series in popular culture == === Swingers === The removal of fights in ''"NHL Hockey 94"'' was addressed in the 1996 movie ''[[Swingers (1996 film)|Swingers]]'': <blockquote>{{dialogue |t=Trent |m=Mike |s=Sue|t|I wish they still had fights in this game, so I could bitch slap [[Wayne Gretzky|Wayne]].|m|What! They don't have fighting anymore?|t|Doesn't that suck?|m|Why'd they get rid of the fighting? It was the best part of the old version.|s|I think kids were hittin' each other or somethin', man.|t|Yeah, but you know what, Mike? You can make their heads bleed in this one.|m|Make somebody's head bleed... | s|No man, we're in the playoffs.|t|I'm gonna make Wayne Gretzky's head bleed for super-fan #99 over here.''}}</blockquote> However, this is not completely accurate, as bleeding players were also removed. They also were playing ''"NHLPA Hockey '93",'' which had blood and fighting; but the fighting was strategic and players like Gretzky would rarely, if at all, have fought. This was due to his low fighter and aggressiveness ratings; while higher profile enforcers such as [[Tie Domi]], [[Bob Probert]], [[Basil McRae]] and [[Tony Twist]] had very high ratings of each, making each more likely to be called for penalties including fighting, others such as Gretzky had low ratings of both, making the latter not only less likely to fight, but also less likely to draw any penalties at all. However, in the original ''"NHL Hockey"'', Gretzky was able to fight more often. === Mallrats === [[Kevin Smith (filmmaker)|Kevin Smith]]'s 1995 movie ''[[Mallrats]]'' featured [[Jason Lee (actor)|Jason Lee]] as Brodie Bruce playing ''NHL All-Star Hockey'' for the Sega Saturn (in the DVD commentary, Kevin Smith admitted to loving the NHL series but having to use Sega's game for sponsor reasons.) However, the sound effects used were from EA Sports' NHL series. <blockquote>{{dialogue| r=Rene| b=Brodie|action|Game audience cheering|r|What the hell are you doing?|b|Finishing my game...|r|No, no, no! You promised me breakfast.|b|Breakfast? Breakfast, schmrekfest. Look at the score. I'm only in the middle of the second, and I'm winning 12 to 2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene. Now, [[Hartford Whalers|Hartford]]—the whale—hey, they only beat [[Vancouver Canucks|Vancouver]] once... maybe twice in a lifetime.}}</blockquote>
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