Charlie Conway

D2

**Charlie Conway** is a major character in the *Mighty Ducks trilogy*. He is the leader, heart, and soul of the team. Although not the fastest, skilled, nor strongest player, Charlie is extremely loyal to the Mighty Ducks and to his coach, Gordon Bombay, possessing the greatest leadership qualities among his teammates.

## Biography

Charlie Conway hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Like his coach and mentor, Gordon Bombay, he is also passionate about ice hockey. His father left him at a young age and he was left in the care of only his mother Casey.

### *The Mighty Ducks*

Charlie is introduced along with the rest of the District 5 hockey team when Gordon Bombay and Lewis pull up to the ice in a "sarcastic" attempt to get them nervous.

During a game, Bombay

Overtime, Charlie would grow closer to Bombay, especially when his mother would begin a relationship with him, and warmed up to his personality as the coach of the team.

During the ultimate game of the Ducks' short history, they were about to face the Hawks yet again. Gordon picks Charlie to take the penalty shot, the only way to decide the fate of the game. Charlie is given a pep talk by his coach and says he is proud of him, win or lose.

### *D2: The Mighty Ducks*

In *D2*, Coach Bombay returns from playing in the minor league and reunites with Charlie, who is acting as an apprentice in Hans' hockey shop under his brother Jan. Once Coach Bombay is recruited to coach Team USA, he asks Charlie to round up the remaining Ducks with the help of a duck whistle. He showed skepticism when Hendrix gave the team new jerseys with their logo all over and was surprised when Coach Bombay rebuffed his comments about the team being Ducks and not Team USA for Hendrix. After Adam Banks was injured during the Junior Goodwill Games, he recruited street hockey expert Russ Tyler for the Ducks. Once Adam was able to return right before the last game, he chose to be the bench coach so no one had to give up their spot. His spot proved a good investment and Banks owes him. Team USA made it to the finals, with Charlie's coach abilities they won the game and Banks's penalty shot was a success who was the final player of the shootout after they were tied after 3 periods. The Ducks win the Goodwill Games Tournament and went home. He views Gordon Bombay as a surrogate father and grieves when his mentor leaves the team.

### *D3: The Mighty Ducks*

He eventually learns how to lead the Ducks as team captain under new coach Ted Orion in *D3*, and records the game winning assist against the varsity team. While at Eden Hall, he falls for Linda, who he first meets when she asks him to sign a petition to have the mascot of the Warriors changed to something else less offensive. Throughout the film, he tries to change her opinion on jocks, claiming that he's not like the other guys and just wants to play hockey with the Ducks. Linda's petition did come true, when Charlie and his friends made a bet with the Varsity Warriors if they lose Varsity and JV showdown they will leave. If they win, they change the Warriors into the Ducks. The Ducks win the showdown when Goldberg scored a goal on an assist from Charlie and changes the Eden Hall Warriors into Ducks. Eden Hall is now better school thanks to the Ducks.

## Playing Style

Charlie is a clumsy player early in the first film, prone to messing up good opportunities to score, which earned him the nickname of "Spaz-way". His playing style slowly improves throughout the film, culminating in him shooting the winning penalty shot in the finals against the Hawks. While his playing style is not shown to have improved in the second film, his loyalty to the team and his knowledge of the game play a more vital role.

For the third film, his playing style is much improved over the first two films, showing him as a more proficient scorer than ever before, but also showing him as a far more arrogant player. Throughout the film, he learns more knowledge about playing defense and being more of a team player.

## Trivia

* Charlie's father was never present through most of his life and it is unknown what happened to him.
* Despite a lot of speculation, he does not appear with his former teammates in *The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.*