Follows the story of Börje Salming, the first Swedish player who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, exploring h | dHNfaWd0ZktKMUdORkk
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00:00 [silence]
00:04 [music]
00:05 Everyone would always say, "Boy, I wasn't scared of nothing."
00:08 Sometimes I'd have to yell at 'em, "Why you gotta be so goddamn stubborn?"
00:12 That's how I was made, Smokey'd say.
00:15 [music]
00:27 [music]
00:33 [music]
00:49 Mr. Solmang, my name is Terry McNamara.
00:52 I'm a scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
00:55 Would you be interested in coming to Canada to play hockey in the NHL?
01:00 [music]
01:14 The problem is he can't understand what his coach or his teammates are saying to him.
01:19 You didn't factor in language when you were convincing us that this guy might be worth fighting.
01:25 [music]
01:26 So is everyone here married to one of the players?
01:29 It's like a cult, except instead of drinking blood, we all eat Yorkshire pie.
01:33 [music]
01:37 This is the reason we've been kicked out of the quarterfinals three years in a row.
01:41 We don't have enough players who are willing to get their hands dirty.
01:45 Solmang getting into it with one of the toughest players in the NHL.
01:49 We're both working class, self-made men, and we know the value of loyalty.
01:55 This game deals in blood, okay? That's the gig. That's why it got huge.
01:58 Pay with it, you get paid with it. It's just the way it is.
02:01 [music]
02:06 [speaking Swedish]
02:10 [music]
02:30 Boy, is it true you had a meeting with the league's upper management?
02:33 What can you tell us about your punishment?
02:35 [applause]
02:36 [music]
02:39 You're here to learn how to cut skates?
02:41 How are you going to tell me what's wrong?
02:43 [music]
02:44 Borya Solmang has quickly become a fan favorite in Hometown.
02:48 It's power. It's about power. It doesn't have a single ounce of hockey in it.
02:52 [music]
02:55 I'm going to go out there, I'm going to put the work in, and I'm going to get the job done.
02:59 As should you.
03:01 [music]
03:17 Let me tell you something about Borya Solmang.
03:21 I mean, no matter the odds, that guy, he never gave up. And I mean never.