In Popular Culture
McClanahan was played by Nathan West in the 2004 Disney movie Miracle, which starred actor Kurt Russell as coach Herb Brooks and which told the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic gold medal win. West had been a goalie for the junior hockey team the Plymouth Whalers in the Ontario Hockey League and has a tattoo of the National Hockey League logo on his arm.
In a 1981 TV movie about the same subject called Miracle on Ice, McClanahan is portrayed by Ken Stovitz.
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