Mighty Ducks

The **Mighty Ducks**, originally known as the **District Five Ducks** and colloquially as just the **Ducks**, are a youth hockey team in southeastern Minnesota. The team was founded by Gordon Bombay in 1992, replacing the District Five pee wee hockey team. The team was originally considered to be a backwater team, however they managed to achieve a surprise cinderella victory over the incumbent champion Hawks at the end of the debut 1992 season. Since taking the Hawks, the Ducks slowly but surely evolved into a powerhouse of a team under the leadership of Daryl "Coach T" Tingman. The Ducks won a long series of hockey tournaments by 2021, but had eliminated the fun from playing hockey and became hellbent on victory. The Ducks briefly split for the 2021 season after Evan Morrow was cut by Coach T and ended up forming a new team, the Don't Bothers. The Ducks won the 2021 season, defeated by the Don't Bothers in a post-season game. Afterwards, the Don't Bothers became the new Mighty Ducks and Alex Morrow replaced T.

The Mighty Ducks originally had no ice rink as a sponsor, only practicing via a natural ice pond. However, the team has always been sponsored by District Five Middle School. By 2021, however, the Hendrix Hockey Pavilion served as the official sponsor for the Ducks. After the 2021 season, the Ice Palace became the official home for the team. This was very brief, however, as the State of Minnesota condemned the Ice Palace due to severe structural damage. In 2022, the Elite Performance Ice Center (EPIC) sponsored a new drafted team for the Ducks. This team included most of the previous Don't Bothers lineup, however it lacked Evan Morrow, Logan LaRue, Lauren Gibby, Tibor Capek, and Havel Capek.

## Legacy

The Mighty Ducks have a strong legacy both in and outside of Minnesota. In local Minnesotan restaurants, pizza specials are named after the team.

In California, a professional hockey team called the Anaheim Ducks is named after the original District Five Ducks. The Anaheim Ducks were founded in 1993, inspired by the cinderella story of Gordon Bombay and the Ducks in their debut 1992 season.

## Roster

### Gordon Bombay era

#### Players

* Guy Germaine (#0)
* Terry Hall (#1)
* Tommy Duncan (#2)
* Lester Averman (#4)
* Tammy Duncan (#5)
* Julie Gaffney (#6)
* Dwayne Robertson (#7)
* Jesse Hall (#9)
* Dave Karp (#11)
* Ken Wu (#16)
* Connie Moreau (#18)
* Dean Portman (#21)
* Luis Mendoza (#22)
* Peter Park (#24)
* Greg Goldberg (#33)
* Fulton Reed (#44)
* Russ Tyler (#56)
* Charlie Conway (#96)
* Adam Banks (#99)

### Daryl Tingman era

#### Players

* Trent Riddick (#1)
* Sofi Hanson-Bhatt (#9)
* Evan Morrow (#11)
* Ruby Riddick (#12)
* Trevor Riddick

#### Coaches

* Daryl Tingman
* Stephanie Riddick (committee)

### Alex Morrow era

#### Players

* Jaden Koobler (#1)
* Nick Ganz (#7)
* Sofi Hanson-Bhatt (#9)
* Logan LaRue (#10)
* Evan Morrow (#11)
* Maya Kasper (#21)
* Lauren Gibby (#23)
* Tibor Capek (#26)
* Sam Samitar (#44)
* Havel Capek (#66)

#### Coaches

* Alex Morrow
* Gordon Bombay

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 *The Mighty Ducks.*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Game On," episode 1.
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 "State of Play," episode 10.
4. ↑ "Ice Breaker," episode 11.
5. ↑ "Draft Day," episode 14.
6. ↑ "Change on the Fly," episode 8.
7. ↑ "Spirit of the Ducks Part 2," episode 17.
8. ↑ "Anaheim Ducks" on Wikipedia.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 *D2: The Mighty Ducks.*