Hooray for Hockeywood

Who would star in a movie version of the Golden Knights’ tale?

WHILE the Golden Knights continue to fight for their Hollywood ending, everything that’s transpired during this unprecedented, frankly unbelievable season feels ripped from any number of real-life sports movies, from “Hoosiers” to “Friday Night Lights” to the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team’s triumph in “Miracle.”

“The whole canon of sports stories, this is the thing. This is what they are,” screenwriter-turned-UNLV film professor Sean Clark says of the underdog tale. “Rarely do you have the story of the juggernaut that can’t be stopped.”

Should Hollywood come calling for the Golden Knights’ movie, here are some ideas for its stars:

Anthony Hopkins as Bill Foley

Foley brought an NHL team to Las Vegas when few people outside the valley thought it could work. The Golden Knights’ owner is a dreamer, but a stubborn one. Add in the fact that he comes across as a relatable multimillionaire, and he’s a lot like Hopkins’ Dr. Robert Ford from “Westworld” — only with fewer murderous sex robots.

Chris Hemsworth as William Karlsson

Have you seen William Karlsson? Hand that man a hammer and a weaselly adopted brother and he’s Thor.

Will Ferrell as Nate Schmidt

Schmidt is the most gregarious player on the team, and Ferrell hasn’t had a chance to showcase his sweet skating moves since 2007’s “Blades of Glory.”

Tom Cruise as Marc-Andre Fleury

Like Fleury, Cruise is a little older and a little more famous than those surrounding him. But while the actor has had his problems with accents (see “Far and Away”), given his penchant for pushing his body to its limit, he’d be taking shots off his mask and doing Fleury-worthy splits in no time.

Bradley Cooper as James Neal

Multiple sources report that they’re both “damn sexy.”

Meryl Streep as Jonathan Marchessault

Let’s face it, there’s nothing Streep can’t do, and at this point she needs a challenge.

Jon Hamm as Deryk Engelland

Both found success late in their careers. When it comes time to deliver Engelland’s Vegas Strong speech during the home opener, Hamm wouldn’t leave a dry eye in the house. Plus, given Hamm’s absurd levels of testosterone, he could go from clean-shaven to full-on Engelland beard in the time it took you to read this sentence.

Chadwick Boseman as Malcolm Subban

After playing Jackie Robinson (“42”), James Brown (“Get On Up”) and Thurgood Marshall (“Marshall”), the “Black Panther” star officially has first dibs on portraying every black celebrity.

Barney as Chance

What, you don’t think a dinosaur could portray what is, for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear, supposed to be a Gila monster?

Celine Dion as Celine Dion

You try keeping Las Vegas’ most famous French Canadian out of a hockey movie. If nothing else, someone needs to sing the anthems. If “Titanic” and, most recently, “Deadpool 2” have taught us anything, it’s that Celine loves a movie soundtrack. Much like her heart, this team’s legacy will go on.

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