Gerry Miller (Michael Moriarty) is a professional ice hockey defenseman relegated to the minor leagues because his play is not aggressive enough.
He is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by the district attorney and is under pressure to accept a plea bargain while his team and the league dissociate themselves from the scandal.
[5][6] Sully Boyar, Jill Eikenberry, Walter McGinn, Andrew Duggan, Paul D'Amato and Mason Adams also appeared on The Deadliest Season.
He complimented Moriarty for bringing "an incredible range of shading and sensitivity to his portrayal of the well‐meaning but confused athlete," Conway for being "admirably forceful, carefully avoiding cheap sentiment" and film editor Stephen A. Rotter and cinematographer Alan Metzger for having "captured the essence of their hockey sequences with stunning fidelity.
"[1] The Deadliest Season was a 98-minute-long courtroom and sports drama[19] made-for-TV movie that originally aired in the United States on CBS in 1977.