TV: Mighty Ducks TV Series in the Works

[Big Poppa Puck]

The Mighty Ducks are some of the corniest dumb movies ever. And I love the ever loving **** out of them. Hope this is good. I'm guessing they will likely try to tap Joshua Jackson and Kenan Thompson for cameos at some point (only two actors that went on to have notable careers I think).

Guy who played Fulton Reed is in Daredevil.

 

[John Price]

It's been done...

Exactly what I thought. But that was way too long ago for me. I was like... Didn't they do that before

 

[Brodeur]

Couldn't find a thread on the movie itself. Especially funny for me since my coworker and I had a nerdy conversation about the shootout order (and other trivia) last week. Was watching SNL clips over the weekend and thought to myself that there might be a decent premise for a sketch with Kenan Thompson reprising Russ Tyler for a Mighty Ducks reunion party.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Guy who played Fulton Reed is in Daredevil.

Yeah, Elden Henson has had a pretty good career, especially lately. Daredevil, Hunger Games....I can't name a single thing Joshua Jackson has done since DC, and Kenan Thompson...no idea?

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Couldn't find a thread on the movie itself. Especially funny for me since my coworker and I had a nerdy conversation about the shootout order (and other trivia) last week. Was watching SNL clips over the weekend and thought to myself that there might be a decent premise for a sketch with Kenan Thompson reprising Russ Tyler for a Mighty Ducks reunion party.

They have some vids of them skating around tying to stick handle and Banks is still the best player... funny shit because most of them look like they stopped playing yrs ago.

 

[Brodeur]

Quack, Quack, Quack: An Oral History of the Mighty Ducks Trilogy

There were a couple of different oral histories for the 20th anniversary of the original movie. Pretty lengthy but a fun read. In particular, the actor who played Averman continued to play hockey through high school.

DOHERTY: I remember getting concussed in my last hockey game in high school because everybody wanted to check the Mighty Duck, you know? They’d always be talking on the ice.

Article mentions that Joshua Jackson plays/played in a beer league in LA.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Yeah, Elden Henson has had a pretty good career, especially lately. Daredevil, Hunger Games....I can't name a single thing Joshua Jackson has done since DC, and Kenan Thompson...no idea?

Keenan Thompson was on All That and Keenan and Kel on Nickelodeon shortly after and has been on SNL for years now.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Kenan Thompson is a joke and I don't consider him a Duck, Banks was more of a Duck.

BTW, Joshua Jackson is on The Affair.

The fat kid Goldberg has guest appeared on TV sitcoms in the past. Boy Meets World and an episode of King of Queens to name a couple.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Keenan Thompson was on All That and Keenan and Kel on Nickelodeon shortly after and has been on SNL for years now.

people still watch SNL?

I kid, I had no idea he was on it

Goldberg had a decent career until he turned into a meth head

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

people still watch SNL?

I kid, I had no idea he was on it

Goldberg had a decent career until he turned into a meth head

After guys like Fallon and Ferrell left and all of the early to mid 2000's cast the ratings bottomed out. Nobody in the cast would be recognizeable to the masses and unless you're a 90's kid you have no idea who Kenan Thompson would be.

 

[zombie kopitar]

people still watch SNL?

I kid, I had no idea he was on it

Keenan straight up has carried that show at times. He is the longest tenured SNL cast member of all time, seriously under rated in the sketch comedy environment imo.

That being said the show has been complete and utter trash since the last wave of good actors/writers left (Mulaney, Meyers, Hader).
But that era after Tina and Jimmy left was imo one of the best (Sudekis, Thompson, Poehler, Sandberg, Hader, Wiig,Forte)

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

They have some vids of them skating around tying to stick handle and Banks is still the best player...

Shocker... Banks was always team MVP.

Also, Marguerite Moreau (aka Connie Moreau) got some decent work, particularly anything Wet Hot American Summer related.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Also, Julie the Cat can still get it.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Interesting to read how different #3 was originally supposed to be

 

[Anaheim4ever]

Yeah, Elden Henson has had a pretty good career, especially lately. Daredevil, Hunger Games....I can't name a single thing Joshua Jackson has done since DC, and Kenan Thompson...no idea?

Joshua Jackson was the lead in 'Fringe' that ran for 5 seasons for 100 episodes on FOX between 2008 & 2013.

 

[Player big P]

Guy Germaine is the true unsung hero of the Mighty Ducks

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Guy Germaine is the true unsung hero of the Mighty Ducks

"I was *this* close!" is the Evgeni Malkin of the AFI's Top 100 movie quotes of all time.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Joshua Jackson was the lead in 'Fringe' that ran for 5 seasons for 100 episodes on FOX between 2008 & 2013.

I don't recall that show at all. But it's impressive FOX kept a drama that long.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Interesting to read how different #3 was originally supposed to be

What was it supposed to be? I hated #3 though.

 

[David Dennison]

After guys like Fallon and Ferrell left and all of the early to mid 2000's cast the ratings bottomed out. Nobody in the cast would be recognizeable to the masses and unless you're a 90's kid you have no idea who Kenan Thompson would be.

So you have never seen Snakes On A Plane?

 

[Ceremony]

Guy Germaine is the true unsung hero of the Mighty Ducks

This is correct, because the boy that played him was the only one that played hockey in real life.

This was also proven in a post made on this post years ago which HF didn't care enough to preserve, but which I saw value in owing to its insight, passion and obvious intelligence of the person who posted it:

If there is one thing that my time on the internet has taught me, it is that hockey fans are anal. Whether it's people complaining about misspelling of player/team names, wanting their team to have even handedness of players in defence and attack, an attention to detail and constant need for everything in order seems to permeate every hockey fan's thinking at some point or another, even if it's just in little cases.

With this in mind, The Mighty Ducks is seemingly never off the TV here, and in watching it today I decided to keep a close eye on the players to see their positions. I took note of the roster, every game the team played and every line that was on the ice, where possible. In some cases shots went too quickly to properly see, or they weren't accurate (I definitely saw Germaine passing the puck to someone while the announcer said Averman during the championship game), but for the most part, they're accurate.

It should also be said that I've never played hockey and I'm not even entirely sure what age group pee wee is, or whether or not the level of position switching (spoiler!) is common. So, with all of this in mind, the roster:

#00 Guy Germaine (O)
#1 Terry Hall (O)
#2 Tommy Duncan
#5 Tammy Duncan
#9 Jesse Hall (O)
#11 Dave Karp (O)
#18 Connie Moreau (O)
#24 Peter Mark (O)
#33 Greg Goldberg (O)
#44 Fulton Reed
#96 Charlie Conway (O)
#99 Adam Banks

Those marked with (O) are original Ducks, from the days when they were D5. The first player added is Fulton Reed who is brought in for the third game of the movie. Tammy and Tommy Duncan are recruited before this game as well, but neither player makes an appearance in a game until the championship game. Adam Banks comes in for the last regular season game, where the Ducks win and seal their place in the playoffs.

Bombay's first game as coach against the Hawks sees the introduction of the team's best line overall, the Oreo Line. This has Terry and Jesse Hall at LW and RW, with Guy Germaine at C. Through the rest of the game the only other player to take a faceoff is Connie Moreau. Defence sees the biggest turnover of players, with Conway, Mark, Averman, Karp and Moreau taking shifts on the backend.

In the second game vs. the Jets, the one where they cheat, there are less shots. The Oreo Line again sees time, while Conway, Averman and Moreau are shown on defence.

In the third game vs. the Cardinals, which is Reed's first game and the first game as the Ducks, it's much the same again. The Oreo Line exists, and in the final seconds for Germaine's tying goal (from the faked Reed slapshot to make the other team hide), Reed actually lines up as the right wing in this case. On defence for this game are Moreau, Averman and Karp. Tommy Duncan is also seen on the ice briefly in this game, during the same shift as Karp and Averman - yet Tommy is in a defensive position, while Karp and Averman are definite defensemen - neither play forward at any time.

In the fourth game where the Ducks seal their playoff spot (there's no team name given here), Banks makes his debut. This splits up the Oreo Line, as he centres Jesse Hall and Germaine. On defence are Moreau and Conway. For the winning goal the Ducks pull the goalie putting Reed on as the extra attacker. On the play for this goal Jesse Hall, Averman, Mark, Moreau and Conway are out - the forwards in this case were presumably Conway - Moreau - J. Hall. Moreau switches position throughout the film while Hall is always a winger. Averman and Mark are both consistent defencemen, and while Conway played D only until this point, during the playoffs he begins playing LW, as we'll see shortly.

First game of the playoffs is against the Hornets, and there's not much shown. Banks plays C with J. Hall as his winger again - presumably with Guy Germaine as well. The only D pair shown is Moreau/Conway.

Second game of the playoffs is against the Cardinals again, and here we see Conway shift up to playing forward. He sees ice time on the LW with Banks at C and Germaine at RW - what happened to Jesse Hall, I don't know. Indeed, why Germaine got shifted to make room for Banks at C is beyond me, considering Germaine is the best face-off guy on the team. The only D shown in this game is Averman.

The championship game vs. the Hawks sees probably the most on ice action since the first game against the same team, and everyone sees ice time here bar Karp, who presumably faced a long lay-off after a puck hit him in the head. He did line up for the Ducks during the national anthem though, but he doesn't see any ice time. The lines seem a bit more fluid for this game. Conway/Banks/J. Hall becomes a line, with Germaine going to D with Averman as the top pairing (presumably). Germaine is shown at C again though, without Banks on the ice. Both Halls go back to the wings again - the Oreo Line is reunited, which I'll cover in a minute. On D, Averman, Mark, Reed, Moreau and Germaine are put out at various points. By this game it seems Conway's shift to LW is permanent.

The goals are scored by Banks, Reed, Tammy Duncan, Germaine and Conway.

- The Banks goal comes on a breakaway that's all him.

- The Reed slapshot is a point shot, him by this point now playing D instead of RW.
- The goal with both Duncans on the ice, I have no idea. One of them plays D, I'll presume it's Tommy since Tammy is the one who scores after doing spins while right next to the goal. Averman is also on the ice at this point, being the other defenceman.

- The Flying V goal is led by the Oreo Line. Moreau is on the back end with Averman

• Conway's breakaway that leads to a penalty shot is notable for having Moreau joining her boyfriend in being one of two players to play three positions. She plays LW on a line with Germaine and Conway, and feeds Conway for his breakaway.

So, the roster again with the assorted positions they play:

#00 Guy Germaine (C, RW, D)
#1 Terry Hall (RW)
#2 Tommy Duncan (D)
#4 Dave Averman (D)
#5 Tammy Duncan (F)
#9 Jesse Hall (LW)
#11 Dave Karp (D)
#18 Connie Moreau (C, D, LW)
#24 Peter Mark (D)
#33 Greg Goldberg (G)
#44 Fulton Reed (RW, D)
#96 Charlie Conway (D, LW)
#99 Adam Banks ©

Moreau and Germaine are the obvious utility players on the team. Reed plays two positions but he's more of a luxury than anything else with his shot. Conway makes the shift to forward once Daddy 2.0 comes along to believe in him. On the whole then we have:

3 centres (Banks, Germaine, Moreau)
3 left wingers (J. Hall, Conway, Moreau)
3 right wingers (T. Hall, Germaine, Reed)
8 defencemen ( Averman, Karp, Moreau, Mark, Reed, Tommy Duncan, Conway, Germaine)

(I listed them roughly in order of regularity/effectiveness- why Karp, Mark and Tommy Duncan play D when they're all about 4 feet tall is beyond me)

Three players, Tammy & Tommy Duncan and Reed, are essentially useless – none of them are able to do anything aside from individual displays of extraordinary skill that makes the other team look the other way while they score. The core of the team is the original Ducks plus Banks.

So, what does all this tell us? It tells us that Guy Germaine was the best player on the team. Moreau was the best all rounder. Banks was easily the most skilled player, driving the team into and through the playoffs and starting the comeback in the final. Conway is by no means the clutch guy he's thought of, and shouldn't have been made captain. Jesse Hall is essentially Jarome Iginla. Averman and Moreau is the most common D pairing, although Averman seems to get played a lot more than the other defencemen. Presumably because they're all midgets (and Mark is at fault for the Hawks 4th goal in the final, he tries skating out of his own zone with it which leads to a 3 on 0).

 

[Brodeur]

It's also a fun exercise to come up with fan fiction for why Terry Hall, Dave Karp, Peter Mark, and the Duncans didn't come back for D2.

Terry Hall: Messy divorce, his brother stayed in Minnesota, but Terry moved elsewhere.
Dave Karp: Blocked that shot with his helmet, was never the same again.
Peter Mark: Pulled the poop dollar prank on the wrong person, got stabbed.
Tammy Duncan: Severe figure skating injury after her brother botched a doubles routine.
Tommy Duncan: Severe injury in a car accident to take his sister to the hospital.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

So you have never seen Snakes On A Plane?

Have not, by the way, I never said that I wasn't a 90's kid, it was in general more so of.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

It's also a fun exercise to come up with fan fiction for why Terry Hall, Dave Karp, Peter Mark, and the Duncans didn't come back for D2.

Terry Hall: Messy divorce, his brother stayed in Minnesota, but Terry moved elsewhere.
Dave Karp: Blocked that shot with his helmet, was never the same again.
Peter Mark: Pulled the poop dollar prank on the wrong person, got stabbed.
Tammy Duncan: Severe figure skating injury after her brother botched a doubles routine.
Tommy Duncan: Severe injury in a car accident to take his sister to the hospital.

Where did you come u with these ideas? Weren't they like barely in high school for D2? I guess the first one caught me off guard a bit lol.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

This is correct, because the boy that played him was the only one that played hockey in real life.

This was also proven in a post made on this post years ago which HF didn't care enough to preserve, but which I saw value in owing to its insight, passion and obvious intelligence of the person who posted it:

If there is one thing that my time on the internet has taught me, it is that hockey fans are anal. Whether it's people complaining about misspelling of player/team names, wanting their team to have even handedness of players in defence and attack, an attention to detail and constant need for everything in order seems to permeate every hockey fan's thinking at some point or another, even if it's just in little cases.

With this in mind, The Mighty Ducks is seemingly never off the TV here, and in watching it today I decided to keep a close eye on the players to see their positions. I took note of the roster, every game the team played and every line that was on the ice, where possible. In some cases shots went too quickly to properly see, or they weren't accurate (I definitely saw Germaine passing the puck to someone while the announcer said Averman during the championship game), but for the most part, they're accurate.

It should also be said that I've never played hockey and I'm not even entirely sure what age group pee wee is, or whether or not the level of position switching (spoiler!) is common. So, with all of this in mind, the roster:

#00 Guy Germaine (O)
#1 Terry Hall (O)
#2 Tommy Duncan
#5 Tammy Duncan
#9 Jesse Hall (O)
#11 Dave Karp (O)
#18 Connie Moreau (O)
#24 Peter Mark (O)
#33 Greg Goldberg (O)
#44 Fulton Reed
#96 Charlie Conway (O)
#99 Adam Banks

Those marked with (O) are original Ducks, from the days when they were D5. The first player added is Fulton Reed who is brought in for the third game of the movie. Tammy and Tommy Duncan are recruited before this game as well, but neither player makes an appearance in a game until the championship game. Adam Banks comes in for the last regular season game, where the Ducks win and seal their place in the playoffs.

Bombay's first game as coach against the Hawks sees the introduction of the team's best line overall, the Oreo Line. This has Terry and Jesse Hall at LW and RW, with Guy Germaine at C. Through the rest of the game the only other player to take a faceoff is Connie Moreau. Defence sees the biggest turnover of players, with Conway, Mark, Averman, Karp and Moreau taking shifts on the backend.

In the second game vs. the Jets, the one where they cheat, there are less shots. The Oreo Line again sees time, while Conway, Averman and Moreau are shown on defence.

In the third game vs. the Cardinals, which is Reed's first game and the first game as the Ducks, it's much the same again. The Oreo Line exists, and in the final seconds for Germaine's tying goal (from the faked Reed slapshot to make the other team hide), Reed actually lines up as the right wing in this case. On defence for this game are Moreau, Averman and Karp. Tommy Duncan is also seen on the ice briefly in this game, during the same shift as Karp and Averman - yet Tommy is in a defensive position, while Karp and Averman are definite defensemen - neither play forward at any time.

In the fourth game where the Ducks seal their playoff spot (there's no team name given here), Banks makes his debut. This splits up the Oreo Line, as he centres Jesse Hall and Germaine. On defence are Moreau and Conway. For the winning goal the Ducks pull the goalie putting Reed on as the extra attacker. On the play for this goal Jesse Hall, Averman, Mark, Moreau and Conway are out - the forwards in this case were presumably Conway - Moreau - J. Hall. Moreau switches position throughout the film while Hall is always a winger. Averman and Mark are both consistent defencemen, and while Conway played D only until this point, during the playoffs he begins playing LW, as we'll see shortly.

First game of the playoffs is against the Hornets, and there's not much shown. Banks plays C with J. Hall as his winger again - presumably with Guy Germaine as well. The only D pair shown is Moreau/Conway.

Second game of the playoffs is against the Cardinals again, and here we see Conway shift up to playing forward. He sees ice time on the LW with Banks at C and Germaine at RW - what happened to Jesse Hall, I don't know. Indeed, why Germaine got shifted to make room for Banks at C is beyond me, considering Germaine is the best face-off guy on the team. The only D shown in this game is Averman.

The championship game vs. the Hawks sees probably the most on ice action since the first game against the same team, and everyone sees ice time here bar Karp, who presumably faced a long lay-off after a puck hit him in the head. He did line up for the Ducks during the national anthem though, but he doesn't see any ice time. The lines seem a bit more fluid for this game. Conway/Banks/J. Hall becomes a line, with Germaine going to D with Averman as the top pairing (presumably). Germaine is shown at C again though, without Banks on the ice. Both Halls go back to the wings again - the Oreo Line is reunited, which I'll cover in a minute. On D, Averman, Mark, Reed, Moreau and Germaine are put out at various points. By this game it seems Conway's shift to LW is permanent.

The goals are scored by Banks, Reed, Tammy Duncan, Germaine and Conway.

- The Banks goal comes on a breakaway that's all him.

- The Reed slapshot is a point shot, him by this point now playing D instead of RW.
- The goal with both Duncans on the ice, I have no idea. One of them plays D, I'll presume it's Tommy since Tammy is the one who scores after doing spins while right next to the goal. Averman is also on the ice at this point, being the other defenceman.

- The Flying V goal is led by the Oreo Line. Moreau is on the back end with Averman

• Conway's breakaway that leads to a penalty shot is notable for having Moreau joining her boyfriend in being one of two players to play three positions. She plays LW on a line with Germaine and Conway, and feeds Conway for his breakaway.

So, the roster again with the assorted positions they play:

#00 Guy Germaine (C, RW, D)
#1 Terry Hall (RW)
#2 Tommy Duncan (D)
#4 Dave Averman (D)
#5 Tammy Duncan (F)
#9 Jesse Hall (LW)
#11 Dave Karp (D)
#18 Connie Moreau (C, D, LW)
#24 Peter Mark (D)
#33 Greg Goldberg (G)
#44 Fulton Reed (RW, D)
#96 Charlie Conway (D, LW)
#99 Adam Banks ©

Moreau and Germaine are the obvious utility players on the team. Reed plays two positions but he's more of a luxury than anything else with his shot. Conway makes the shift to forward once Daddy 2.0 comes along to believe in him. On the whole then we have:

3 centres (Banks, Germaine, Moreau)
3 left wingers (J. Hall, Conway, Moreau)
3 right wingers (T. Hall, Germaine, Reed)
8 defencemen ( Averman, Karp, Moreau, Mark, Reed, Tommy Duncan, Conway, Germaine)

(I listed them roughly in order of regularity/effectiveness- why Karp, Mark and Tommy Duncan play D when they're all about 4 feet tall is beyond me)

Three players, Tammy & Tommy Duncan and Reed, are essentially useless – none of them are able to do anything aside from individual displays of extraordinary skill that makes the other team look the other way while they score. The core of the team is the original Ducks plus Banks.

So, what does all this tell us? It tells us that Guy Germaine was the best player on the team. Moreau was the best all rounder. Banks was easily the most skilled player, driving the team into and through the playoffs and starting the comeback in the final. Conway is by no means the clutch guy he's thought of, and shouldn't have been made captain. Jesse Hall is essentially Jarome Iginla. Averman and Moreau is the most common D pairing, although Averman seems to get played a lot more than the other defencemen. Presumably because they're all midgets (and Mark is at fault for the Hawks 4th goal in the final, he tries skating out of his own zone with it which leads to a 3 on 0).

They always sold it as Banks got knocked out of the game in the Championship but on the 4th goal you actually do see him on the ice for a second. But you never see him in the victory celebration.

I was also fascinated that Germaine was the only player. I wonder how they found these kids then and got them to skate. Fooled me on Banks's abilities quite well then, would have thought he played.