In this episode, Moe recruits Nelson to his ice hockey team to protect Bart.
Moe sends Nelson to Top Goon Academy to teach him how to be an enforcer.
Former ice hockey players Stu Grimson, Dave Schultz, and Tiger Williams appeared as themselves.
The producers contacted the NHL Network, where Grimson works as an analyst, to ask for his involvement.
[1] Grimson recorded his lines in a studio in Nashville while receiving feedback from the producers over a video conference.
He praised the featuring of Nelson and Moe without the need for the characters to change, and highlighted the visual jokes.
He felt the story was fairly simple and has been done before but highlighted the Nelson and Moe relationship.