JOHNSTOWN — The Charlestown Chiefs never had it so good. The Hanson brothers either, for that matter.

Sparkling dasher boards and glass. An enhanced audio system. Brighter, energy-efficient lights. And, apologies to Jack Hanson, a ton of stinking root beer. too.

Not bad Johnstown, or — for a night anyway — “Hockeyville.”

The blue-collar former steel town of about 20,000 and the arena that played a starring role in the iconic 1970s hockey comedy “Slap Shot” did a pretty good impersonation of an NHL city on Tuesday as the Pittsburgh Penguins edged the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 in an exhibition game.

The night in the spotlight was the culmination of months of work to bring the “Hockeyville” celebration to a city with a rich hockey history. Fans crammed the stands at 65-year-old Cambria County War Memorial Arena, most famous for being the home rink of the Paul Newman-led Charlestown Chiefs in what is considered the gold standard of hockey comedies.

Penguins’ players watched the movie on the bus ride to the arena, while the Lightning got a morning locker room visit from the famed Hanson Brothers, enforcers who were beloved in the movie for their horn-rimmed glasses, rowdy behavior and unabashed disdain of a certain variety of soda.

“Everybody can rip off a million lines from the movie,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. “For myself, it’s a movie you grew up on.”

Turns out, so is the town.

“It was very special,” said Penguins’ forward Evgeni Malkin, who nearly brought the place down when he kicked the puck to his stick while swooping in front of the net and scored the eventual game-winner in the second period.