We might not be able to pull off triple axel-double toe loop combinations, but we’re pretty great at the double feature-triple popcorn bucket combo. Here’s our skating Bunchbrary:
1. The Mighty Ducks (1992)
So, so many good scenes to choose from in this Disney Classic, but Coach Bombay reconnecting with the ice and his childhood, shedding his corporate D-bag persona in the process — awesome. The Mighty Ducks is a great skating movie because Gordon Bombay takes takes the worst team in the history of peewee hockey and, after a visit to Hans, teaches the Ducks some much needed hockey basics.
Firstly, it’s nearly impossible to not enjoy a Jimmy Stewart movie. Secondly, Jimmy Stewart staging a massive skating revue in Canada just to prove to his wife Joan Crawford he can do things on his own? Genius. And while it’s well before our time, we feel some collective-conscious nostalgia for those massive swimming, dancing, singing and skating extravaganzas from the 1930s.
