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They took their name from a movie about a no-chance hockey team.
Now the Anaheim Mighty Ducks are following the script - a likable team with a standup coach making an unlikely run at a hockey championship.
"The team is the reality show version of the Ducks' movie, said actor Shaun Weiss, who portrayed the affable goalie in the 1992 Disney film "The Mighty Ducks."
The movie starred Emilio Estevez as a coach who leads a bottom-of-the-barrel youth hockey team to victory. It grossed more than $100 million at the box office and led to two sequels - "D2: The Mighty Ducks" (1994) and "D3: The Mighty Ducks" (1996) - as well as a cartoon series.
"This is life imitating art," said Jordan Kerner, producer of the movies.
Among the then-unknowns on the movie version of the team was actor Joshua Jackson, who went on to become a TV star on "Dawson's Creek."
"You know how in the States they play "It's a Wonderful Life' every Christmas?" said Jackson, a Canadian and fan of the Vancouver Canucks. "It's like that in Canada with the Ducks movies."
In 1993, Disney formed the Anaheim team, which begins its quest Tuesday for the Stanley Cup against the New Jersey Devils. The Ducks' march toward the NHL title comes after Disney's Anaheim Angels completed an equally improbable run, winning the baseball team's first World Series last fall. Disney sold the Angels earlier this month and is looking to unload the Ducks. CLICK HERE FOR MORE....
Now the Anaheim Mighty Ducks are following the script - a likable team with a standup coach making an unlikely run at a hockey championship.
"The team is the reality show version of the Ducks' movie, said actor Shaun Weiss, who portrayed the affable goalie in the 1992 Disney film "The Mighty Ducks."
The movie starred Emilio Estevez as a coach who leads a bottom-of-the-barrel youth hockey team to victory. It grossed more than $100 million at the box office and led to two sequels - "D2: The Mighty Ducks" (1994) and "D3: The Mighty Ducks" (1996) - as well as a cartoon series.
"This is life imitating art," said Jordan Kerner, producer of the movies.
Among the then-unknowns on the movie version of the team was actor Joshua Jackson, who went on to become a TV star on "Dawson's Creek."
"You know how in the States they play "It's a Wonderful Life' every Christmas?" said Jackson, a Canadian and fan of the Vancouver Canucks. "It's like that in Canada with the Ducks movies."
In 1993, Disney formed the Anaheim team, which begins its quest Tuesday for the Stanley Cup against the New Jersey Devils. The Ducks' march toward the NHL title comes after Disney's Anaheim Angels completed an equally improbable run, winning the baseball team's first World Series last fall. Disney sold the Angels earlier this month and is looking to unload the Ducks. CLICK HERE FOR MORE....