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    D2: The Mighty Ducks


    "Haven't you guys been training in the off-season?"
    "You know, I knew we forgot something."

    After coaching the Ducks to the victory, Gordon Bombay (Estevez) started playing hockey in the minor league.  He is injured during a game, which ends his hockey career before he can climb any further.  He returns to Minnesota to stay with Jan (Rubes), Hans brother, and work in the hockey supply store till he figures out what to do next.  He is approached by Mr. Tibbles (Tucker) from Hendrix Hockey and invited to coach Team USA in the Junior Goodwill Games.  He agrees and takes the Ducks to begin training.  The team gets 5 new players: figure skating champion Ken Wu (Wong), speedy skater Luis Mendoza (Vitar), expert puck handler Dwayne Robertson (O'Neal), goalie Julie Gaffney (Jacobsen), and goon Dean Portman (Lohr).  The team also gets a tutor, Michelle McKay (Erbe).

    The new team needs to figure out how to play together.  And Hendrix continually throws Gordon into the spotlight.  Can the team overcome their differences and celebrity to defeat the intense Iceland team, coached by Wolf "The Dentist" Stansson (Norgaard)?


    After the success of The Mighty Ducks in 1992, Disney decided to make a sequel.  All but 5 of the original Ducks returned for the film; Dave Karp (Aaron Schwartz), Peter Mark (J.D. Daniels), Terry Hall (Jussie Smollett), Tammy Duncan (Jane Plank), and Tommy Duncan (Danny Tamberelli) did not return.  The film never addresses why those characters did not return, and they are not mentioned at any point.  Adding new team members was a good idea to still allow the writers to keep the basic format of the original film, without making a complete copy (with a different setting).  The new members work well with the original cast.

    This film is ridiculous, but fun.  It was panned by critics, but still has a following today.

    D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994) 106 minutes
    Director: Sam Weisman
    Starring: Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay
    Kathryn Erbe as Michelle McKay
    Michael Tucker as Mr. Tibbles
    Jan Rubes as Jan
    Carsten Norgaard as Coach Wolf "The Dentist" Stansson
    Maria ellingsen as Maria
    Joshua Jackson as Charlie Conway
    Elden Ryan Ratliff as Fulton Reed
    Shaun Weiss as Greg Goldberg
    Matt Doherty as Les Averman
    Brandon Adams as Jesse Hall
    Garette Ratliff Henson as Guy Germaine
    Marguerite Moreau as Connie Moreau
    Vincent Larusso as Adam Banks
    Colombe Jacobsen as Julie Gaffney
    Aaron Lohr as Dean Portman
    Ty O'Neal as Dwayne Robertson
    Kenan Thompson as Russ Tyler
    Mike Vitar as Luis Mendoza
    Justin Wong as Ken Wu

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