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"All of the attention that we still get is another testimony to the undying popularity of 'Slap Shot' the movie that continues to defy the odds.

When you mention 'Slap Shot,' you think of the Hanson Brothers first, even before Paul Newman.

That's really something.'' Steve Carlson said the schtick doesn't get old.

"When you've got three good-looking and highly talented players like us," he said, "we only get better with age.'' "This is all in good fun,'' Hanson said.

"You have some old cronies that get upset, but there are others who recognize the movie for what it was.

We span four generations of people, from mini-mites to old folks.

The groupies are fun, too, and the chicks love the glasses.'' The Wild's Derek Boogaard would seem to be the Hanson Brothers' type of player.

Steve Carlson said he has heard of Boogaard and knows he is an "enforcer," but neither he nor Hanson has been able to watch the Wild-Ducks series because of the NHL's limited television coverage.

But if you think Brad May's surprise punch of the Wild's Kim Johnsson late in Tuesday night's game was the Hanson Brothers' type of move, you're wrong.

"There is no place in the game for sucker punching; that is not how hockey should be played,'' Hanson said from Pittsburgh, where he is a facilities administrator at Robert Morris University.

"There's nothing wrong, though, with dropping the gloves.'' "They say that (the Hanson Brothers) are rela...

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