MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)

Director: Robert Vince
Cast: Alexa Benette Fox, Ingrid Tesch, Jamie Renée Smith, Jane Sowerby, Kevin Zegers, Lomax Study, Philip Granger, Russell Ferrier

Synopsis:

Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. Jack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven’s junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game.