Michigan Hockey Documentary-"Blue Ice"

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June 4th, 2011 at 11:40 AM
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Michigan Hockey Documentary-"Blue Ice"

Hi all,

Exciting news!  I was contacted a few weeks ago by a producer for FSD and a fellow Michigan Alumna.  She had a found a post I had made on the Children of Yost Facebook group, and asked if I could round up about 15 hockey fans for a short scene they were shooting at Yost.  I contacted as many people as I could, and we trekked down to Yost this past Thursday wearing jerseys, shirts, anything Maize and Blue.  I'm actually a bigger hockey fan than a football fan, so to be asked to do this was incredible.  They needed people to go through all of the cheers and chants you regularly hear at Yost, so we basically went through all of the staples for about an hour while they filmed us.  The gist of it is, after many years, they're finally making a documentary based off of John Bacon's book about Michigan Hockey, "Blue Ice."  (If you haven't read it, do so now.)  It was also a great time for me, because, being a Film Major, I got to network with some cool people.

Anyway, they've already done about 40 interviews with former players, and have found extremely old game footage via TV networks, and even found some footage from the 50's (!!!) courtesy of the Bentley Library.  I don't know if it'll have a theatrical release, but I know it will air on FSD. 

Very cool stuff.  I'm extremely excited.  If I hear of any new developments on the project, I will let you all know.

Go Blue!

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June 4th, 2011 at 11:42 AM | This sounds like it... (Score:4 Normal)
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...will be a must see documentary. Glad you got to participate and thanks for letting us know about it.

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June 4th, 2011 at 12:12 PM | Hopefully the perfect present (Score:2)
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Hopefully the perfect present for Xmas!

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June 4th, 2011 at 12:15 PM | I was delighted to also be (Score:3 Insightful)
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I was delighted to also be able to take part in the filming - it was a really great experience, preserving a bit of that Yost flavor for posterity!  I definitely second the Blue Ice book recommendation - it is a history not only of Michigan hockey, but of the University as a whole, and the development of collegiate sport, seen through the eyes of one program.

I can't wait for the doc to come out - if it is even half as good as the book, it will be well, well worth any price they put on it.

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June 4th, 2011 at 12:57 PM | "Blue Ice" is a fantastic (Score:3 Informative)
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"Blue Ice" is a fantastic book and will make a great documentary. Bacon is going to write/release a new edition either when Michigan wins a national title or Red retires, whichever comes first. I think the book currently ends around 2002 but he's been keeping notes and doing interviews so that the addendum could be written quickly.

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June 4th, 2011 at 1:05 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:1)
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I'm really looking forward to this. Should be fun to watch.

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June 4th, 2011 at 1:42 PM | (Score:0)
June 4th, 2011 at 2:01 PM | Heard Bacon talk about this a (Score:1 Redundant)
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Heard Bacon talk about this a few years ago, and it seemed little more than an eventual hope/pipe dream type thing.  Glad he got it off the ground, it's going to be awesome.

June 4th, 2011 at 2:25 PM | Woo (Score:2 Normal)
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Hopefully somebody records and uploads it after it airs. It'll probably be hard to come by otherwise, although I hope I'm wrong about that.

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June 4th, 2011 at 4:20 PM | Coolness. Congrats! (Score:2 Normal)
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Neat to hear this is being made.

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June 4th, 2011 at 4:49 PM | The book is unbelievable. If (Score:1)
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The book is unbelievable. If John Bacon has anything to do with this documentary, it'll be great as well. Really excited about this.

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June 4th, 2011 at 6:47 PM | what about a netflix release? (Score:1)
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what about a netflix release? oh man that'd be awesome since I don't have DVR anymore. 

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