Producer Daniel Iron noted, "In talking with Adriana Maggs, I saw there was a movie in here that was not simply a "sports" film, not about who won the game or who won the series; it could be much more human and universal: about fear of failure; about what really makes for a satisfied life. There's massive human depth to Terry Sawchuk which is why he has inspired a lot of fascination and obsession over the years, BEYOND his unparalleled skills, grit and the records that lasted for decades. And the sheer brutality of that position back then! Behind the perceived glory, there is such inherent fear in these players. Any failure on their part, any injury meant they could be traded without their knowledge or shipped down to the purgatory of the minors. So they would play entire seasons with broken ankles, hide illness and pain out of the desperate fear of letting owners know they were injured. The stresses of living that kind of life are certainly the stuff of compelling, high drama."

Director and Co-Writer Adriana Maggs.shared, "My sister, Jane, and I loved our father's poetry about the story of Terry Sawchuk [ Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems by Randall Maggs - see below] and it led us to want to explore masculinity in a world where a man's worth is measured in the ways he is a warrior. Could Sawchuk have been the goalie he was, had the gaping holes of self-doubt not needed to be filled by fickle fans and money-hungry managers? Did he ever see his value? Evenat the end? Kevin Pollack blessed us with a provocative performance as general manager Jack Adams that runs so rich and deep, Georgina Reilly brought an exquisite take on a hockey wife in the 1950s, neither "revisionist feminist" nor victim. We were joined by a huge cast of excellent actors who portrayed characters Terry moved through as he bounced from team to team, and ultimately Mark O'Brien became Terry Sawchuk. Nobody could've brought Terry to life like Mark, who rides the complex line of victorious and haunted so beautifully. My sister and I wrote this for Mark and watched his star RISE until he was almost out of our reach. We were lucky we made it when we did."