Keanu Reeves: Hockey Player?
Herminio Mosciski
2025-05-12 05:41:45
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The signing serves as a full-circle moment for Reeves, who played as a goalie for his high school team in Toronto, and had aspirations to play in the national team before deciding to make the jump to acting. Funnily enough, Reeves’ first feature film role would see him play a hockey player in the Rob Lowe-led sports drama Youngblood.
Darlene Dickens
2025-05-12 05:04:16
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Reeves grew up in Toronto and was in the Windsor area to play bass with his alternative rock band Dogstar at a local casino. In his younger days, Reeves (a goaltender at heart) had hoped to play for the Spitfires, but that dream was cut short due to injury. He did eventually get to portray a hockey player on screen when he portrayed -- of course -- a goalie looking to reach the NHL in the 1986 film "Youngblood." In a moment of happenstance, the Windsor Spitfires Hockey Club were finally able to add this former Ontario Hockey League goalie prospect, turned Dogstar bass player, to their roster with a one day contract!
Kaleb Wolff
2025-05-12 00:48:11
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When his family moved to Toronto, the young Reeves picked up street hockey and ice hockey and primarily spent his time as a goalie. However, it was when he attended De La Salle College that he earned his nickname, and team MVP honors, for his athleticism in net. According to The Hockey News, he was good enough to earn a tryout with the OHL's Windsor Spitfires. This was all a natural segue to his first movie role: a goalie in the Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze-led "Youngblood." Through the years, he has remarked on how cool it would have been to play in the NHL or on the Canadian Olympic team, but he has no regrets about taking the road that led him to be one of Hollywood's biggest stars.
Carmelo Bailey
2025-05-12 00:28:08
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Although at the time Reeves was set on a career in ice hockey, he began appearing in small television roles and commercials on Canadian television. In 1986, at the age of 22, the actor got his first film role in Youngblood for which he received just $3,000 (£2,500).
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