30 years after filming The Mighty Ducks, cast members fondly recall their time in MN

[@latingirl042]

The GOAT 🐐 Adam Banks!!!! That little boy is soooo adorable it's like he's watching his idol but questioning if its really him. So cute

[@Fantasy23Legend]

"And when everyone said it can't be done, Ducks fly together!" How can you not get emotional about this. Can't wait till all episodes release and then I am going to binge watch them all

[@SeLLy261]

To this day, that kid is still wondering if that was the real Adam Banks.

[@Sinners4SaintsTV]

He is Banksy

[@yessir4385]

Cake eater

[@reikun86]

The boy cracked me up.

[@77landmark]

Goodness gracious I wished that I was there to see them. I would've been geeking out just like that one lady.

[@MrSotero123]

When I was a kid, my cousins and I used to pretend to be the mighty ducks. Everyone always wanted to be Charlie, but I gladly called dibs on Adam Banks. So I understand that little kid’s excitement.

[@latingirl042]

Agree!!! The GOAT 🐐 Adam Banks

[@e.rivera5441]

I'm glad they did this series. Also because Cobra Kai season4 isnt happening until Jan '22

[@Goianoesmeraldino]

Can you imagine be a child growing up in middlewest of Brazil (hot and dry most of year) and ask your daddy to play ice hockey? My dad doesn't even knew that this sport was a real thing. Hahahaha.

[@imdonewithlife2350]

Vincent still looking fine per usual

[@sixteenskies]

adam banks!!! had a huge crush on him back then and now i’m starting to do the same now hahaha pity they were only on one episode!

[@TheArsenalMan125]

i never got to wath the series. It is removed from disney plus and i don't think it will ever come back

[@jessalyn2591]

The Quack Attack is back Jack!

[@bigtakeshi]

Sucks that there's no Elden Henson or Joshua Jackson, two of the most successful actors from that series that went on to bigger things! Would've been sweet to see Charlie Conway and Fulton Reed AKA Foggie Nelson LOL

[@ike789125]

Foggie is gonna be in the show!

[@bigtakeshi]

@@ike789125 I meant at the autograph signing.

[@ike789125]

@@bigtakeshi i gotcha, sorry about that!

[@emmelineliajames2177]

The guy who plays dean Portman is married to idina menzel

[@AZITHEMLGPRO]

I grew up with D2

[@44kryth]

Tomorrow we get see Banks, Akerman, Connie, Kenny Wu, Fulton and 1 more on Game Changers!

[@brettk9316]

Damn 30 years ago really! They are all 40 or over now!

[@crystalgwen539]

I loved them all! Xoxo

[@MM-lt5bk]

My dad played in a beer league every Sunday night at Parade Ice Gardens foe 20 years. They filmed the championship scene in the first movie there.

[@russellsmith3750]

Adam Banks was the truth.

[@fatherlucid4995]

D2 was the one I watched the most

[@reggiewolfpac7711]

So great seeing the original Ducks. QUACK QUACK QUACK

[@OrangeCounty92]

The aged so much I can't recognize them anymore 😂😂

[@eyebleached]

2:31 That’s why we love Averman!! 😂

[@lancedowdell8459]

D3 is the only movie I’ve ever cried in when Portman came back.

[@ReeseWorld01]

This movie is right there in my childhood with sandlot

[@jamienicole964]

Banksy and Guy are hot lol Also...QUACK

[@jhoeh4672]

D2 was the best

[@trentmiller8139]

He is still a Cake Eater .

[@lr6179]

I wish Dublin Ireland had a hockey team they could be called the Dublin Ducks ! As there's the Belfast Giants

[@mindfreak0525]

Lol that little boy is 2 cute

[@beautystatushky]

DUCKS FLY TOGETHER

[@jonathanmartin8113]

The anchor has no idea that it's a long awaited sequel story to the original trilogy lol

[@reikun86]

Something tells me the French actor Juicy Smolliay doesn’t show up for these Ducks meet and greets.

[@kimberlytherese4403]

The joke that keeps on giving 🤣

[@reikun86]

@@kimberlytherese4403 Indeed. :D

[@High12083]

They should make part 4 as today to have adults league

[@cameron_0023]

I've watched all 3 Mighty Ducks films and needless to say I was not fond of the third one because I hated the way Coach Orion treated the kids at first.

[@UncleRico371]

Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack

[@jessalyn2591]

I have Banks jersey

[@KP-hb7yl]

Its not a reboot

[@kagemaru259]

Cake Eater!!!

[@dpacc88]

Not gay but man, Guy Germaine is still a complete babe!! 😂

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

Cake Eater!

[@AirforceVeteran4peace]

I Have Conway's Jersey

[@billboe6845]

" I believe that is the real adam banks" Adam banks- it's me alright. It's been a couple years I'm getting old. Kids dad whispers in the kids moms ear- I think banksy has been hitting that Crack pipe .

[@LegoGBlok]

Where was Emilio Estevez thou???

[@CodeytheArtist]

So I guess we aren’t going to talk about Goldberg? 😂

[@crissranger8925]

Okay look I’m born in 1992 Ite it has not been 30 years yet Ite lol 😂 quack quack quack !!!

[@XandeRToXic]

Wait... It’s AVerman?? I always thought it was ABerman. Oh no...

[@jamesfranco4435]

Are they gunna take a trip to the jail to meet Goldberg

[@bombfestival]

Cake Eater

[@benjaminjaskoski1334]

QUACK

[@eddievaldi6651]

Minnesota what, the mighty ducks were from Anaheim

[@caitslusher249]

The movie (set & filmed in Minnesota) came out before the NHL team was formed. The team was formed by Disney, who named it after the fictional team and the team was based out of Anaheim.

[@eddievaldi6651]

@@caitslusher249 🤯

[@crissranger8925]

Filming yes 1991 30 years but movie was released in 1992 ppl lol 😂 stop trying to confuse me damn it I’m only about to turn 29 lol 😂 where my bash brothers at !!! Whoa

[@CS-wc2uz]

I wonder why Jussie Smollet didn't make an appearance...?

[@Ashbash-kf5xd]

If they don’t make guest appearances on the new mighty ducks show with Gordon Bombay, then it’ll be 10x a shittier show.

[@Kimothy80]

Banks, Connie, Averman, Fulton Reed, Guy Germaine, and Kenny Wu will be on the sixth episode. 😊

[@Ashbash-kf5xd]

@@Kimothy80 thank you! Estevez wouldn’t tell which ones were gonna appear.

[@Kimothy80]

@@Ashbash-kf5xd and there’s supposed to be a seventh OG Duck but nobody knows who it is. I hope it’s Joshua Jackson as Charlie Conway.

[@Ashbash-kf5xd]

@@Kimothy80 I know Josh definitely would be open to doing it. That would be awesome. If they don’t have him on in this episode, I’m sure they’d have him on another episode, maybe even by himself

[@Kimothy80]

@@Ashbash-kf5xd that's what I mean. The six Ducks I mentioned in episode six and maybe Charlie/Josh in episode eight or nine? 🤷

[@Vahnchelsea]

It was a touching scene during D2 final showdown where Charlie willing to stepdown to give way for Adam Banks during the final round. After they won, Adam gave the flag to Charlie to honor his sacrifice and I almost cried during that scene.

[@blankname6629]

Did you almost cry when he was pimping out his mom in the first movie to get more playing time? Haha

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

Charlie is a great captain

[@riverthoughts2400]

@[] Hello it’s me [] I cried during that scene too!!!

[@logann-mackenziefroste563]

Me too

[@blankname6629]

@@theoutsiderjess1869 lol no he is not.

[@crystalgwen539]

I loved them all! Xoxo

[@reikun86]

That kid was such a cute little skeptic. 😊 Vinnie is still looking fine 🥰

[@tim72184]

Dude looks fantastic!

[@kristinewood7030]

Yes he is

[@cake_eater_1994]

Bro aged like fine wine frfr

[@markdunyan504]

So Jealous, Remember people: “Ducks Fly Together!”

[@dirtydirtmcgogurt]

"And when the roosters are crowin', and the cows are spinnin' circles in the pasture?"

[@ddmaddness7492]

@@dirtydirtmcgogurt uhhhhhh😧😧 😁 DUCKS FLY TOGETHER

[@michaelperovich6177]

Next year it will be 30 years

[@michaelperovich6177]

Or maybe 1991 is when they filmed it. And released it in 1992

[@donhummel4571]

Quack quack quack

[@tedlogan5628]

I saw a lot of movies as a kid in the 80's/90's but I've never seen an entire movie theater crowd cheer like crazy when the Ducks won the Gold against Iceland in D2...We didn't even have hockey teams in our area but they went insane after every goal.

[@MetalsirenIXI]

Such a fun film

[@jp-0047]

Yeah Man, Mighty Ducks 2 is definitely my favorite of the 3.

[@lauriefaithprescott]

Vincent Larusso was my childhood crush and he still is to this day

[@KirBluSky90]

Same. He's still very handsome.

[@lauriefaithprescott]

@@KirBluSky90 omg yes he aged like a fine wine. Is he married?

[@missourigreen051]

@@lauriefaithprescott I decided to look him up on IMDB and was surprised to find out he will also come back as the same character in the reboot/sequel series. I thought only Emilio was coming back and would focus on him coaching new kids of the next generation, but I guess Vincent is coming back to.

[@KirBluSky90]

@@lauriefaithprescott I'm not sure. I do not think he's active as an actor to really know about his personal life. Yeah, he's in his early 40's, but he doesn't look like it.

[@jltgp6703]

@@missourigreen051 Omg you’re right. According to IMDB, the actors who played Banks, Averman, Fulton, Guy, Connie and Kenny Wu are all coming back to make an appearance on the new show!!

[@goosedoesnotapprove]

Adam is still cute to this day

[@GoodSupply]

The first episode was amazing. They had a 37 year old man crying, laughing... it had all the emotions!

[@mejrpi5]

Adam banks grew up to be so cute!!

[@reikun86]

He has really pretty eyes 🥰

[@AlexFleming-br9kz]

Cute back then and even cuter now!🥰

[@joelthompson4801]

Dad took me to Minnesota where he grew up. All I wanted to go to was Mickey’s Diner and Mall of America. Still have my Mickey’s diner mug. Never letting that go 👍🏼

[@Fulcrum_28]

I lived in MN all my life until late last year, and I went to the mall of a American several times a year

[@VICTOYA]

Lots of love goes out to Goldberg who struggled with drugs. He should have been apart of this. He was a huge part of both movies as the goalie. 🥺

[@sultaa86]

Love this. Think It's great that those movies don't get out of fashion and that the cast will keep reuniting :)

[@terrrell7798]

Matt Gordey starred in Step by Step Danny Tamberelli starred in Pete and Pete Those two television shows and the Mighty Ducks.. My childhood

[@reikun86]

I loved all those shows

[@dirtydirtmcgogurt]

Any younger people who haven't seen these movies, go watch em. They definitely still hold up as great sport movies. "The Mighty Ducks" and "D2" (the sequel) are both really good. D3 is ehhh. But first two are worth watching, for sure!

[@crizymind8925]

Cake Eater 😍😍😍

[@romelgonzales2754]

i always wondered what jesse hall meant by that at first i thought he was saying something else but i just recently find out what it meant lol

[@5150puck]

Thanks for letting us know multiple times this was pre covid

[@aaronesq]

I enjoyed watching the Mighty Ducks back in the day!

[@jarrodedson5441]

I still do to this day....im glad Disney brought this back as a show

[@reggiewolfpac7711]

@@jarrodedson5441 Yes it's great.

[@justnickperiod4658]

I met Adam Banks in LA in 2010 when he was selling wine. He was not in the talking about the Mighty Ducks but it was definitely my fault because out of reflux and nervousness I called him cake eater.

[@leonwatkins5072]

I’m proud I own a D2 white banks jersey Adam banks was my favourite duck ever

[@reikun86]

Mine too 🥰

[@StitchGV]

Danny Tamborelli is the Nickelodeon of my childhood 🤗 It’s so weird to see him as a grown-ass man!

[@hawk4813]

D2 is still the best and the highlight of the trilogy to me.

[@andrewhodges1322]

CLASSIC franchise. 3 Ninjas and Mighty Ducks were my childhood. Not too interested in reboot. Especially with that one lady from parenthood who plays the same type of character. we'll see how it goes though

[@MrSophisticatedDude]

Me too...I love those movies and I still watch them to this day.

[@andrewhodges1322]

@@MrSophisticatedDude Rocky loves Emily!

[@DavidMartinez-pe8ky]

That will forever and always be my favorite movie mighty ducks 🦆 hockey 🥅 hockey 🏒 the bash brothers

[@johnathanweber4271]

Fulton and portman baby

[@1eyeperspective180]

I was 12 at the time and my middle school sent out a flyer for students who wanted to be part of the crowd for the movie. I remember paying $5 for the bus to take us the the arrowhead Pond of anaheim where the real mighty ducks played. It was the best field trip ever. They didn't have enough fans in the stadium so they put fake cardboard fans instead. For lunch they gave all the students free little caesars pizza and a drink. It was a great experience and movie 🍿🎥

[@rudyrivera8483]

So I seen the new series on Disney plus the Mighty Ducks I really do like this new writing there's a lot more questions that I hope will be answered as we watched more episodes very excited for the series has promising writing and I hope that this Underdog Story becomes more open and more more true to today's youth and I'm very excited to see what is to come

[@FalconsFanForever]

They all aged well wish I could've been there this Was my childhood movie growing up Quack Quack!! 😂

[@Mark-0O]

It says on the AFi catalogue that filming started on 22nd January 1992 so not 30 years just yet

[@SilasOsterwalder-yx3tj]

My friend:Why is Banks getting injured in every movie? Me:It’s because he’s the GOAT

[@V1RUSROX2]

Why would you/anyone buy a NHL Team like “The MIGHTY Ducks” and take the Mighty out of them? 😢

[@CGLOS]

Adam banks looks like hasn’t slept in over 35 years

[@CGLOS]

@@drewlndecker them dark eye circles

[@brandonhiraeth4537]

Yeah he kinda looked like that as a kid, it's his eyes, but now his whole face has joined in lol.

[@blankname6629]

Mighty duck cocaine is quite a drug.

[@msdemeanormaven]

If Netflix can capture nostalgia in a bottle with the Cobra Kai/Karate Kid reboot/continuation, then Disney should be able to do the same with Mighty Ducks, right??? Here's hoping it's good!

[@alexandrebertrand-lafleur3114]

Averman the Joker I remember when Tammy Duncan (Jane Plank) isn't agree to join the Ducks but in the finals against the Hawks, she uses her figure skating skills to bluff the Hawks and beat the goalie when she get the pass from his brother Tommy (Danny Tambellini) Tammy: Mom isn't gonna like this at all! Tommy: So what ? You want me to figure skating, then you gotta play hockey! Tammy: What do I know about hockey? (She knock down Tommy and skate away) Tommy: More then you think!

[@Aaron-zl5gq]

Yup the 90s was the best

[@blueeredii]

Omg. Guy Germaine! Where is he now? He’s my fave ducks.

[@thewildqueen4976]

Afam Banks still goof looking 😉😘

[@LEAH-y1m]

I WANNA BE THERE!!!!!😫😫😫😫

[@boybawang1981]

Brandon Adams Sandlot & The Mighty Ducks!! GEEK OVERLOAD!!

[@cake_eater_1994]

I honestly wish I had something signed by Vincent that said “from the real Adam Banks”

[@dave7936]

Still love the movies, The show isn't very good it doesn't have real mighty ducks feel to it, I'm sure the younger crowd enjoys it

[@alneri9041]

One of my all time faves. Made me wish we had hockey in the PNW growing up.

[@arunalall4881]

Adam is cute

[@TheGoonsies]

Man I remember Danny Tamberelli basically taking over Nickelodeon back in the day xD

[@DIllonthablazer11]

Its funny that the guy who played tommy duncan travels around for interviews and podcasts lmao he was in like 4 scenes near the end

[@Graywolf335]

Still can't believe the bad scores & reviews on IMDB & RT. Sure, the movies aren't perfect, but they're kids movies. D3 I understand because it's way too in the middle between kids movie & young adult drama + the plot was, well, a bit meh.

[@Los-2212]

30 years 😭

[@faceduro6719]

You know they should have The Cast of The Hawks Team have there Jerseys and meet and greet sessions they are importan as the main stars of the Ducks movies… Would be awesome to see those guys as well as the Iceland Team but preferably the Hawks cause they where more popular as the first team villians

[@Surfer041]

We don't care about the new generation. Leave our childhood alone.

[@jopo6876]

Let me guess, Coach Bombay is not a black transgender woman who thinks she’s an actual duck.