Gertie Willins

**Gertie Willins** is a supporting character in Season 2 of *The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers*. A junior ice hockey player and student of Elite Performance Ice Center, she joins the Mighty Ducks after being selected in the draft at the school.

## Biography

Gertie was born in Fishhook, Alaska and is an only child. Coming from a place not notable to hockey culture, she pulled a few strings to get to EPIC in California, as she explains she got her Jojomex Camcorder sent by sea boat to the post office as a submission to join. She is extremely open and honest about herself, especially when she is getting to know her new teammates.

### Draft Day

Gertie is present at the EPIC draft, where she would be selected by coach Alex Morrow and play for the Mighty Ducks.

### Icing on the Cake

The next day, Gertie is seated with the Mighty Ducks in the cafeteria, sharing some details abut herself and admitting she is not that great at hockey as she wants to believe. Gertie notices the white board Alex is holding in her hand and when she questions if they are gonna run for 82 miles, Alex corrects her by saying the number represents the temperature outside and they will be exercising on the grass.

She later attends Nick's birthday party by the team motor van. When Evan Morrow (Alex's son from Dominate) does not show for the party, Gertie is stacking rocks one on top of the others. Sofi points out that the party must be boring for her due to the lack of excitement. However, Gertie mentions she is actually having fun and she had an experience one time at her birthday where her snowmobile broke down through a 4 hour excursion when she was on her way to get pizza.

Gertie then joins the Ducks when they sneak into the EPIC building to grab some ice cream in light of Nick's cake being ruined by a squirrel.

### Twigs

When tournament play is set to begin, Gertie questions if the team has a chance to win games. Alex assures her that they do. Gertie and the Ducks play their first game against Intention, who overwhelms the team with their strength-minded play as they would go on to lose; they would also lose their next game against Hustle 9-0, with their third game to be played against Coach Cole's Dominate.

Later, the team sits down to express their negative emotions by picking up a stick. Gertie goes first, and tells everyone back in Alaska it didn't matter what she wore or how she acted, but doesn't want to be seen as odd now that she is out of her home state, especially for someone who fostered a walrus pup. Sam tells her he'd be all over that regardless of her background.

When Maya speaks, she mentions having to untangle Gertie's hair knots can be a hassle, to which Gertie replies back home, she simply cuts them off. The game against Dominate goes in their favor, and the Ducks win as they celebrate in the locker room. However, Gertie is disappointed to find out Dominate lost the game deliberately by having their players play with the opposite hands. When the game is played fairly next time, the Ducks lose to Dominate as the team learns they really are a force to be reckoned with.

### Spirit of the Ducks: Part 2

When the team gets to pick who their team captain should be, Gertie suggests bringing Evan back and naming him captain, before realizing she doesn't know who Evan is. In order to gather their thoughts, the team travels to the Honda Center in Anaheim, California and play with the Anaheim Ducks hockey team. While they were initially disappointed to learn the head coach was unavailable, Gertie and her teammates received a gift bag with various Ducks merch as they sat close to the ice of the arena.

Gertie receives even more good news when she and the team would get to play on the ice as Coach Alex tells the team to discover their "inner knucklepuck". She tells Gertie and Sam that together they are fearless, and decides to call them the "Smash Siblings", a nickname honoring the Bash Brothers from the original Mighty Ducks. They both go to opposite ends of the ice and skate towards teammate Nick as a practice target, with both Gertie and Sam checking Nick to the ice. They charge at Nick again, who evades them by ducking right as they approach him, hitting the boards instead. She supports the team's decision to name Jace team captain, just before 3 players from the Anaheim Ducks play scrimmage with the Ducks as a reward.

### Trade Rumors

Gertie poses for pictures with the Mighty Ducks in preparation for the tournament. During a 3-1 victory against Focus, Gertie and Sam crush a player from that team in between them.

Later, she, along with the rest of her Ducks teammates, is stunned to learn that Coach Alex floated the idea of trading Jace to Coach Cole's Dominate for Evan.

### Summer Breezers

Gertie and Sam spend time together when the youth all go to the lake to have fun.

### Lights Out

Gertie, along with Sam and the Mighty Ducks, arrive at the arena, with the former saying she has never seen a trophy with the head of an animal before. Throughout the game, Gertie is seen on the ice and in the locker room as the Mighty Ducks defeat the Canadian Youth Hockey Team in stunning fashion.

The next day, she is seen getting ready to leave EPIC. Gertie tells Sam she is gonna miss him, and to come and visit her in Alaska, as she does not have a lot of friends there. She gives him instructions on how to find her when he decides to visit. She also says goodbye to the other Mighty Ducks teammates before leaving.

## Trivia

* Gertie's character is similar to Lauren Gibby from Season 1, with both sharing an eccentric lifestyle.