Hockey fans, rejoice! The NHL begins its latest season Saturday with plenty of puck-smashing, hip-checking, tooth-flying action, giving stateside sports fans a look at what truly tough athletes look like.

To commemorate the start of the new season, Celebuzz assembled a collection of hockey-themed films to prime neophytes and reintroduce veterans to bloody good time that the player have on the ice.

Click here to launch Celebuzz’ gallery of the greatest hockey films ever made

If you’ll notice, we selected six true hockey films, and one that’s sort of more incidentally a celebration of the sport. But then again, any instance where Adam Sandler is angrily pummeling Bob Barker in the midst of an otherwise civilized game of golf seems exceedingly appropriate for our list.

What if anything did we forget? Take a look at the trailer for last year’s criminally-underrated comedy Goon, and then let us know in the comments section below which is your favorite film about hockey!

The 2012-2013 National Hockey Season officially began its lockout on Sunday, after the players and league failed to reach a decision on a labor dispute. The last collective bargaining agreement expired at midnight.

As a result, some 700 NHL players are turning to leagues in Europe and beyond for potential play time.

From diehard L.A. Kings fans like Will Ferrell, Matthew Perry and David Beckham to the newly-engaged Elisha Cuthbert (who is set to marry a Toronto Maple Leafs player), Hollywood too will soon be looking at other options to fill their now-empty hockey season.

Which other famous faces are die-hard hockey fans?

Glee star Cory Monteith, a lifelong Vancouver Canucks fan, had a few words to get off his chest following news of the lockout.

“this lockout is bogus. Maybe the NHL and the NHLPA brass have something to learn from other leagues? who don’t have as many disputes?” he wrote on Twitter early Sunday morning.

The lockout marks the NHL’s third in nearly two decades. The last lockout closed the 2004-2005 season.

Click through the gallery above to see which famous faces are diehard fans of the sport. What do you think of the lockout? Share your thoughts below.