We are finally here, live from the famed Minnesota Igloo for the state championship and our Don’t Bothers who went from an afterthought to an actual threat are ready to prove they belong, and boy do they.
The Don’t Bothers skate through the competition winning game after the game making it to their biggest challenge yet the Lumberjacks. A team full of what look like grown men, but if the Don’t Brothers win this game they will get their rematch against the Ducks. The night before the game both Coach Bombay(Emilio Estevez)and Alex (Lauren Graham) can’t sleep so both come to the arena to think.
The match-up against wasn’t as challenging as it seems, especially when Koob (Luke Islam) got extra motivation when his parents come to see him play for the time in the series. However, this game did come at a cost when Sofi(Swayam Bhatia) gets body checked by a Lumberjack player cause of a grade-one knee sprain technically she could play on it but if she happens to get hit again or fall the wrong way it can cause permanent damage. Sofi is the will to take that risk for her team but her parent and teammate (discussed a player’s only meeting) won’t risk her health for the game.
Evan and Nick wondering if the players on the Lumberjacks are grown, men.
So the Don’t Bothers after a meeting conversation about what the team has done for them won’t trade that just to win a game. The forfeit of the match allows the Duck to win state uncontested. Coach T (Dylan Playfair) wanting to rub the win in the face of the team that been a thorn in his side. Alex believes that if the match happened the Don’t Bothers would’ve come out on top. Coach T detests that idea, Coach Bombay see how that comment got under his skin the challenge is thrown down for the two teams to have an unsanctioned game at the Ice Palace. If the Don’t Bother win they will take the Mighty Duck’s name and if the Ducks win the Don’t Bothers will be disbanded.
The Don’t Bother hugging it out after deciding to forfeit the game against the Ducks.
After Koob’s amazing performance of the American Anthem, the game starts. Things seemed to be going well for the Don’t Bothers after a great save by Koob and a score by Evan(Brady Noon). Coach T calls timeout to suggest to his team that if they don’t want to lose it’s time to play a little dirty. It turns into a bloodbath 3-1 in the Ducks favor. Had to the locker room for halftime every one seems down and out as to why they ever believed they could win. Sofi comes in to give her team one more inspirational speech.
“We can’t possibly lose. Cause we’ve already won. I’ve been playing hockey since I was five, and that entire time, this is the only year I’ve ever really enjoyed the game. The Ducks are losers, they just don’t know it yet.”
That speech allows the realist of the team to come together as more than a team but family, and for some added motivation Coach Bombay brings out the original District 5 Mighty Duck uniforms. The Don’t Bothers to take the ice ready to win. The team got their swagger back using everything they’ve learned on this journey from blindfold hockey to Logan Larue’s (Kiefer O’Reilly) signature pancake shot. Tied game 30 seconds left on the clock and Don’t Bothers have the puck, a real nail-biter it time to bring out a Mighty Ducks classic the the “Flying V.” Well not before Sofi gives Evan a good luck kiss (relationship confirms), he remarks so alright we’re doing that now. Evan scores the winning goal and the Don’t Bothers win.
Coach T doesn’t want to keep up his end of the deal now, however, he’s not the one with the power to give away the Ducks name. That authority belongs to Stephanie(Julee Cerda) and deals a deal. The Don’t Bothers celebrates the win with the traditional coach’s Gatorade shower. The final scene is Coach Bombay riding a Zamboni across the ice to reveal the “The Ice Palace Home of The Mighty Ducks” logo.
In all, I’ve enjoyed this series being a 90’s kids The Mighty Duck film franchise is an icon, and now generation Z can have Ducks to call their own. If Disney does Greenlight a second season it is hard to tell what direction they’ll take but I’m here for it and hopefully can get some more cameos from former members of District 5.
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