Booth Savage and Judah Katz, who played Harry Sinden and Alan Eagleson in the CBC mini-series Canada Russia '72, reprise their roles in this film.
Before the CBC wants Don fired from Coaches Corner, an assistant corrects Don on his pronunciation of Manny Legace's name. Then during the broadcast Cherry comments on the play of Legace. Don was almost fired in 1984 and Legace didn't play in the NHL until the 1998-1999 season.