Youngblood

Youngblood (1986) is an American hockey drama you can watch online on iFILM. Directed by Peter Markle, it stars Rob Lowe as a farm kid chasing a spot in the Canadian minor leagues — with a young Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves rounding out the cast.

Dean Youngblood has the speed and the shot. What the scouts want to see is whether he can fight. The minor-league town is rough, the starting goalie Dewey Cracker (Swayze) becomes his unlikely ally, and the coach's daughter complicates everything on and off the ice. Dean has to decide how much of himself he's willing to change for a shot at the next level.

It follows the standard underdog arc of 1980s sports films, but the on-ice footage is legitimately physical — Swayze actually skated — and it's an early glimpse of three actors before their careers fully caught fire. Stream Youngblood (1986) online on iFILM.