Sean "The Animal" Avery Plays Bob "Killer" Dill of the New York Rangers

There's a movie in the works based on Sean Avery's journal about his time at Vogue, published in Men's Vogue last fall. Avery made his movie debut a few years ago.

One movie that definitely gets the hockey right is The Rocket, Charles Binamé’s 2005 biopic about the legendary Maurice Richard.

The authenticity has a lot to do with the fact that several of the extras helping star Roy Dupuis re-create the look of the game in the 1950s are veteran NHLers: Vincent Lecavalier, Mike Ricci, and Sean Avery.

While he was still with the L.A. Kings, Avery played the part of vintage New York Rangers headhunter Bob “Killer” Dill.

Defenceman Bob Dill played parts of two years with the New York Rangers in the mid-'40s. He was a playmaker who spent the bulk of his career in the minors.

Dill was an American, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was sent to the Rangers by the Montreal Canadiens in a minor trade half way through the 1943-44 season.

He scored six goals in 28 games during his first season and then scored nine goals playing defence as a regular the next season.

Dill was in a famous battle in the penalty box, in the days before players from opposing teams were sent to separate "sin bins." In the 1944-45 season, Maurice Richard incapacitated Bob "Killer" Dill of the New York Rangers. Dill reportedly called him a "cowardly frog" and Richard responded with his fists.

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