It’s a shame screenwriter Nancy Dowd took over 20 years to bring up this rather pointless beef with the Hanson Brothers. She may be responsible for the story but those guys deserve the credit for the characters they play. Hell, no other major actors in the film knew how to play hockey adequately to carry a critical element of the plot.
Gene Roddenberry may have created Mr. Spock yet Leonard Nimoy made it work. The same goes on for legions of fictional people audiences love over the decades.
Besides, whenever these guys come to a game to do their schtick, the lion’s share of the money they raise goes to charity. They even did an Icebats game so I am hoping they will appear at a Stars game next season. I put down the suggestion on my fan survey saying, “Bring the Hansons to Austin. The goons, not the Okies!”