''Rent-a-Goalie'' is a half-hour comedy television series from Canada that aired on Showcase from 2006 to 2008. The first season was nominated for three

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, including Best Comedy Series. It was also nominated for a Directors Guild of Canada Award, the CFTPA Indie Award for Best Comedy Series, an ACTRA Award for Best Male Performance for Christopher Bolton, and four

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, winning two. The second season was nominated for six

, including Best Comedy Series, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Cinematography and Best Casting. It has also been nominated for three

Plot

''Rent-a-Goalie'' follows Cake (Christopher Bolton), a hockey-mad, recovered-from-everything go-to guy, who runs a rag-tag hockey goalie rental service from Cafe Primo, a family-owned coffee shop in Toronto's

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. Here, at this crazy crossroads of hockey culture and

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, Cake has finally found a home. He spends his time juggling friends and enemies, the ridiculous and the profound, while always trying to live by "The Code" – an ever-evolving set of personal ethics, spiritual maxims and athletic credos that keep him on the straight and narrow.

Cast

*Christopher Bolton as Cake *Louis Di Bianco - Johnny *Sarain Boylan - Malta *

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as Billy *

Inga Cadranel Inga Cadranel (born April 30, 1978) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Brooke Fairburn on '' The Eleventh Hour'', Liz Santerra on '' Jeff Ltd.'', Francesca on '' Rent-a-Goalie'', Aife on '' Lost ...

as Francesca *Oliver Becker as O'Malley *Philip Riccio as Puker *

Mayko Nguyen Mayko Nguyen is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in ''ReGenesis'', ''Rookie Blue'', '' Killjoys'', ''Titans'' and '' Hudson & Rex''. Early life Nguyen grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and currently lives in Toronto. Nguyen ha ...

as Goth Girl (Stuart) *Jeremy Wright as Short Bus * Carlos Diaz as Looch * Joe Pingue as Joey Almost * Matt Gordon as Doc * Gabriel Hogan as Lance * Pascal Petardi as Shit Pants * Jeff Pustil as Gordie the Reff *

Maria Vacratsis Maria Vacratsis (born July 28, 1955) is a Canadian actress. She has been featured in several Canadian television series, including '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', '' Little Mosque on the Prairie'', '' Tactical Girls'', and '' Rent-a-Goalie''. I ...

as Councillor Melanie Firstman * Ashley Newbrough as Dallas

Episode List

Season 1

*E01 The Arrivalist *E02 The Irish are Fags *E03 Malta *E04 Blue Balls *E05 Bar Code *E06 Shit Zone *E07 Going to the Chapel *E08 Fire in the Hole

Season 2

*E01 The Voucher *E02 A Gazebo of One's Own *E03 Domi Daze *E04 Burlington *E05 Everybody's a Fag *E06 Nickname Lockout *E07 Rabies Almost *E08 Gnarsty Snarch *E09 B-Boys *E10 Texas

Season 3

*E01 Upstairs *E02 Ham in a Pram *E03 Internetstopper *E04 Eva Has a Dot Dot Dot *E05 Two Letters *E06 He-Man *E07 The Cheesemaker's Oath *E08 Shite Storm

Home media

On March 4, 2008, Alliance Home Entertainment released the complete first season on DVD in Canada. All 3 seasons are available on iTunes.

Rent a Goalie App

The TV show Rent-a-Goalie provided the idea to make renting a hockey goalie a reality. Several small businesses have opened up to allow recreational hockey teams to easily find and rent hockey goalies for their game. A recent example is Puck App.

References

External links

* 2000s Canadian sitcoms 2000s Canadian workplace comedy television series 2006 Canadian television series debuts 2008 Canadian television series endings Showcase (Canadian TV channel) original programming Television shows set in Toronto Television series by Lionsgate Canada Ice hockey television series {{Canada-comedy-tv-prog-stub