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"The Mighty Ducks" spawned, two sequels, an actual NHL team, an animated series and the new Disney+ series "The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers." (COURTESY OF DISNEY)

Now that Disney+ has resurrected “The Mighty Ducks” franchise with the new series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” (the second episode of which debuts Friday, with new episodes every Friday through May 28), it seems like a good time to revisit the original film trilogy.

Released in 1992, “The Mighty Ducks” is an underdog story of a misfit youth hockey team that is turned around by a reluctant adult with a bad attitude. It is essentially a PG version of the “The Bad News Bear.” Yes, “Bad News Bears” was also PG, but ’70s PG is very different from ’90s PG (but that’s a story for another day).

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Emilio Estevez stars in 1992's "The Mighty Ducks." (COURTESY OF DISNEY)
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Director Stephen Herek directed "The Mighty Ducks" with a good deal of style giving the film an edge over a lot of other 1990s family fare. (COURTESY OF DISNEY)
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The underdog misfit hockey team returned two years later in "D2: The Mighty Ducks." (COURTESY OF DISNEY)
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Emilo Estevez still gets top billing in the third "Mighty Ducks" movie despite making only a brief appearance in the film. (COURTESY OF DISNEY)

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