Emilio Estevez stars in this trilogy of 1990s films as Minneapolis-based attorney Gordon Bombay, who, after being pulled over for drunk driving, is sentenced to 500 hours of community service, coaching youth hockey. The movies revolve around a Twin Cities ice hockey team, composed of young players that stick together throughout various challenges. Estevez reprises his role from the films in the Disney+ sequel series.
A self-centered Minnesota lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team.
The Mighty Ducks are thrilled to be chosen to compete in the Junior Goodwill Games as Team USA. They'll be facing off against the best teams from all over the world---including the meanest team that ever sliced up the ice.
After their victory at the Junior Goodwill Games in Los Angeles, California, the Ducks are awarded junior varsity hockey scholarships to Eden Hall Academy, the prestigious prep school that coach Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) attended. Bombay announces he is leaving the team to take a job with the Junior Goodwill Games, much to the team’s dismay. His position is filled by former Minnesota North Stars player Ted Orion (Jeffrey Nordling).
In present day Minnesota, the Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom Alex set out to build their own ragtag team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of competitive youth sports.