District V PeeWee Hockey: My All-Time Lineup

David Hartman reveals his selections for his ultimate PeeWee hockey team.

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August 07, 2008

I know that the Open Mic this week is geared more towards actual teams, but I am going out on a limb here.

It's 1992, I am six years old and about to sit through the first all hockey movie of my life —Disney's The Mighty Ducks. What a movie!

Full of Oscar worthy performances, and possibly Emilio Estevez's best performance EVER. Emilio stars as Coach Gordon Bombay and let's be honest, the rumors that he fabricated the "flying-V" play just by watching ducks fly must be true. Anyway, back to the topic.

Here is my all-time lineup for District V Peewee Hockey—The Mighty Ducks:

Offense

Line One

LW—Alexander Ovechkin
C—Wayne "The Great One" Gretzky
RW—Evgeni Malkin

I feel this first line would be one of the best possible combination of raw skill, feel, and offensive power. The combination of two snipers in AO and Gretzky, as well as, Malkin's ability to set-up for his big slap shot would be unstoppable.

Line Two

LW—Paul Kariya
C—Sid "the Kid" Crosby
RW—Teemu Selanne

I had to throw in a couple of the Mighty Ducks greats in this line. Combined with the finesse/speed/awesomeness of "the Kid," this would be a hard line to shut-down. The overall speed of the line would also prove difficult to contain.

Line Three

LW—John LeClair
C—Eric Lindros
RW—Mikael Renberg

My checking line. Yes, this is an actual line from the 1990s, known as the Legion of Doom. It's possibly the best line in Flyers history. This line could both score and shut down opposing offenses. Also, the chemistry is unbeatable as Mikael Renberg and John Leclair are basically nothing without a superstar centre (such as Lindros).

Line Four

LW—Sean Avery
C—Joe Thornton
RW—Steve Downie

I really enjoy having a checking line consisting of two hard-nosed wingers who like to fore-check and a centre with the size to sit in front of the net waiting for a rebound or the one-time deflection from a pass out to the point from the end boards. This would be a difficult line to contain once they get into the offensive zone.

Defense

Line One

OFD - Chris Pronger
DFD - Scott Niedermayer

This is identical to the defensive unit the Ducks used to win the Cup a couple years back, sorry I just like this blue-line combination, get off my back.

Line Two

OFD - Brian Campbell
DFD - Kimmo Timonen

Defense meets offense in this combination, which can shut anyone down and score a one-timer from the blueline or assist a sniper by a pass to the slot.

Line Three

DFD - Adam Foote
DFD - Dan McGillis

How can you go wrong with some random DFD? You can't.

Goalies

Patrick Roy
Bernie Parent

Enough said.

I took this semi-seriously. I know that the Mighty Ducks is not an actual team, but if Gordon Bombay was coaching these players there is no way in hell that the Hawks could stop them. That's right Coach Riley I am gunning for you.

I do believe that a team comprised of these players in a salary cap-less NHL would prove unbeatable.

Thanks for reading.

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reply to comment by Joe
22 days ago

great article...but do you think Gretzky and Crosby could grasp the complexities of the "Flying V"?
1. by David
  from 22 days ago
  
  i am going to have to say no hahaha. but hopefully with some practice those two will be able to "grasp the complexities" as you put it.
reply to comment by Nate
22 days ago

TAKE THE FALL!
ACT HURT!
GET INDIGNANT!

One more time!
1. by Tyler
  from 22 days ago
  
  TAKE THE FALL!!
  ACT HURT!!
  GET INDIGNAT!!
reply to comment by David
22 days ago

lol you guys are great
reply to comment by Eric
22 days ago

Charlie Conway > Wayne Gretzky
1. by David
  from 22 days ago
  
  agreed
2. by Nate
  from 22 days ago
  
  one... two... three - triple deak. i believe in you charlie
reply to comment by Justin
22 days ago

Goldberg: "Oh I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die!"
reply to comment by David
22 days ago

Goldberg: Be careful man, it almost hit me that time!
Charlie Conway: Goldberg, you're the goalie. It's supposed to hit you.
Goldberg: Does that sound stupid to anyone else?

and

Gordan Bombay: I hate kids. They're barely human.
reply to comment by Graham
22 days ago

Adam Banks never got enough credit he was clearly the best player haha
reply to comment by Alan
22 days ago

lol great job
reply to comment by Chris
22 days ago

By Wayne Gretzky you mean Adam Banks right?
1. by David
  from 21 days ago
  
  totally hahaha
reply to comment by Matt
22 days ago

Easy there Spazway!