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- Switch.

- Rizzo's making dinner. Meatballs.

You boys keep eating them,

I'll keep making them.

You have to be insane to eat them.

No offense, Rizzo.

How will it affect

the boys' chemistry?

I don't know. We'll see.

Timmy.

- Who the hell is that?

- What's he doing here?

- How you doing, Tim? Good to see you.

- Thanks.

Who's that?

Timmy Harrer. Plays for the Gophers.

Having a big year.

- What the hell's he doing here?

- No idea.

- Why's he here?

- You guys know he was coming?

Why don't you warm up, stretch out,

then jump on Johnson's line for today?

Good to have you.

See you, boys.

This is ridiculous.

Don't worry, Rammer.

It'll be all right.

Right, OC?

Herb's not gonna do

a damn thing, boys.

He's just messing with our minds.

You think so, Jack?

Yeah, I do.

We all know Herb

made the Olympic team back in '60.

So?

A week before the Games,

Coach Riley calls him

in his office and sends him home.

- What's your point?

- My point, Jack,

is that one week later, Herb's home

watching his team win the gold medal.

Come that close and get nothing?

He'll do whatever it takes.

That's my point.

Yeah, I'm aware of that, Walter.

Yeah. Yeah, well, you've talked

to everybody else, right?

Nothing else we can do, then.

Thank you, Walter.

Is everything OK?

Walter says there's talk Carter may

boycott the Moscow Games next summer.

So if we don't go there,

they might not come here?

Right.

Don't do this to yourself, Herb.

There are things you can control

and things you can't.

- No milk.

- Herb.

Yeah, I heard you, honey.

- You have everything you want here.

- Don't tell me what I'll have.

You don't know this enough

to tell me that.

You know, I understand

you being upset with me

when I say you work too hard

teaching a simple game.

But don't ever criticize me

for caring about you.

That's it. Come on, boys. Push it.

Push it. Go now. Move!

Damn it.

Come on, Rizzo.

- I know, coach. I know.

-You know?

If you knew,

then why did you do it again?

You better start putting the puck in

the net, or you're not going anywhere.

And don't think I won't do it.

Johnson, line up. Let's go.

Come on, shoot it.

Come on, shoot it.

Up and around. Keep it moving.

Center, center, center!

Now move it up. And drop it back.

Go to the net, Timmy. Go to the net!

Yeah.

Nice play, boys, nice play.

Goal scored by number 18,

Tim Harrer.

Change them up, boys. Let's go.

Come on, boys.

Timmy. You keep driving the net.

That's all I care about.

That puck goes across the blue line,

you drive to the net. All that matters.

Herb, some of the boys

want to have a word.

- What about?

- I think you ought to hear them out.

This had better take about two minutes.

This is crazy, Herb,

bringing him in this late.

We got parents buying tickets,

getting rooms. What should we tell 'em?

With one of us going home as it is?

I guess I don't have to ask

where you stand, Rizzo?

This wasn't Rizzo's idea.

You want me to say

I'm scared of getting cut?

I'm scared of getting cut.

Everybody is.

We just want it to be fair.

- He was right there in Colorado.

- That was six months ago.

- You don't think he's been playing?

- Not with us, he hasn't.

- There's a difference.

- Like hell.

- All I know is that kid can play.

- What, and we can't?

He moves the puck,

he's got great vision on the ice...

That's not the point.

I'll tell you something else he's got.

He's got the attitude I want

on and off the ice,

so somebody better explain

why I shouldn't be giving him a look.

Because we're a family.

What?

We're a family.

A family?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

This is the family

you want to go to Lake Placid with?

- Definitely.

- Yeah, without a doubt.

Wouldn't have it any other way.

Timmy Harrer can help us, boys.

Then I'm gonna send him home.

We got one more to get down to 20.

You understand.

Yep.

- Looks like you got yourself a team.

- Almost.

- Let's talk about it.

- The rules.

Your girl left these at my place.

With some milk and cookies.

- Give her a hug for me.

- You guys are unbelievable.

- Real funny, guys.

- Hey, boys.

We still got

two more presents to open up.

- Pardon me, coach.

- Yeah?

- Coach Patrick, from the boys.

- I thought you forgot.

To Craig.

That's beautiful, boys.

- You're gonna like this one.

- What?

- Perfect.

- Again.

Again. Again.

That's enough of that.

It's going back in the box.

And Herb.

Merry Christmas from the boys.

Drumroll, please.

- Coach.

- Oh, yes.

The gift that keeps on giving.

- Speech.

- Ayatollah.

This may come as a shock

to some of you,

but I'm not very good

at giving sentimental speeches.

You're kidding.

I don't think I should start tonight.

- Thanks for having me over, Velta.

- Good night, Herb.

- Doc, Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.

You guys have a great holiday.

Merry Christmas, coach.

Play some football.

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Working together with our common faith,

we cannot fail.

Yeah.

Hard workout.

- You guys wanna grab something to eat?

- Yeah. Where you guys gonna go?

- Maybe that Mario's place.

- Mario's?

Hey, coach.

Coxy, Herb wants to see you.

Come in.

Coach Patrick said you wanted to see me.

Why don't you have a seat there, Ralph?

There's just no easy way of doing this.

The rules say that we gotta be down

to 20 men and right now we're at 21.

I wish like hell

I could keep you, Ralph. I do.

Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

You're a hell of a hockey player.

This doesn't change that.

Thanks.

Thanks for giving me a shot, coach.

Thanks for giving me your very best.

- Yeah?

- Herb. Walter.

Well, you've got your wish. Brezhnev's

telling Carter to screw himself.

Yeah, Walter, how's that?

The Kremlin released a statement today

saying they're gonna prove

how good they are

by beating us over here on our own ice.

They're all gonna play.

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