14 Odd Things You Never Really Noticed About The 'Mighty Ducks' Movies

The Mighty Ducks is a peewee hockey team from Minneapolis that was largely terrible until the tail end of its last season. Even then, the team's only accomplishment was winning a division championship. Yet, in the second movie, a big chunk of Duck players are selected to represent the United States at The Goodwill Games, an international sports competition designed to draw the best little league players in the country.

In D2's defense, five new players were introduced to the team. Yet, with the exception of the new goalie, these players all had problems. One was a shameless showboater, one didn’t know how to stop, one only had previous experience figure skating, and one was a jerk. You would think, when searching the country for the most talented players possible, scouts could find a less flawed bunch.

In the beginning of the first Mighty Ducks film, Goldberg (Shaun Weiss) claims he won’t be the team’s goalie for long, as his parents are moving back to Philadelphia. This never happens, and it’s never discussed again. While moving plans can change, it’s odd the line was included in the film at all, given it had no relevance to the plot and was never followed up on.

In one scene in the first film, Adam Banks (Vincent Larusso) is seen cheering from the bench right before he's seen scoring a goal on the ice. More or less the same error is repeated in the second film, when Charlie Conway (Joshua Jackson) is seen playing on the ice and then immediately seen on the bench talking to a coach. In the third movie, there are multiple incidents in which characters speak while their mouths are clearly not moving.

Another fun Charlie Conway fact - he's credited as "Charlie Conroy" at the end of the film.

While hockey is often thought of as an extremely physical sport, it has pretty strict rules regarding when and how contact can occur. One such rule states you cannot check a player who’s not in possession of the puck.

The Flying V is a patented Ducks move in which the players get the puck, form a v-shaped line and proceed to plow through the rink, pushing down anyone in their path. In reality, if a little league team pulled such a stunt, it would land half the players in the penalty box pretty fast for checking the entire opposing team. 

The main competition for the Ducks in the Goodwill Games during the second film is Iceland. Despite having "ice" in the name, Iceland isn’t known for its hockey tradition. The sport is vastly popular in Canada, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. In most NHL games, you're bound to see a smattering of players from these countries on the ice.

It seems a little unbelievable that Team USA would be going head to head with Team Iceland instead of Team Russia or Team Canada in an international competition of any merit.