Joshua Jackson is a Mighty Duck again — or, at least, he was for a night.
Jackson was joined by his Mighty Ducks costar Marguerite Moreau as the pair announced the Anaheim Ducks’ first-round picks in the 2025 NHL Draft on Friday, June 27. Jackson donned an orange jersey with the Ducks logo on the front and the last name “Conway” on the back – a nod to his character, Charlie Conway, who he played in the first three Mighty Ducks films.
Jackson and Moreau announced center Roger McQueen as the Anaheim Ducks’ first draft pick (McQueen was the 10th overall pick of the night).
“It’s been a while since I wore 96, so it’s nice to have back on,” he said on NHL Tonight ahead of the moment.
“I don’t think really any of us knew what we were doing and couldn’t possibly have even dreamed that this would be a possibility all these years later,” he added of the reunion after making the Mighty Ducks movies. Jackson and Moreau starred in the original 1992 film as well as 1994’s D2: The Mighty Ducks and 1996’s D3: The Mighty Ducks.
The movies also starred Emilio Estevez as Coach Bombay, a man who is assigned to lead a youth hockey team as part of his community service following a DUI.
During a March 11 appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Jackson shared a life lesson he learned from Estevez after behaving like a “little d***” on set.
“I, kind of, learned how to be on set from Emilio, because I didn’t know any of this stuff,” Jackson explained. “I was just a child.”
The exchange with Estevez happened while the pair were filming the second installment in the film franchise.
“We had this whole sequence [when] we were actually at the pond, the professional rink. There was about to be a professional team,” Jackson said. “One day we had 20,000 people. Literally, they filled the arena for us to play hockey.”
He added, “When I was coming off, I don’t know why — either I was just being a little d***“ or I was tired or whatever — but there was a bunch of people waiting for autographs, and I just blew past them to go to the locker room.”
Estevez immediately addressed the situation. “He’s like, ‘Don’t ever do that again,’” Jackson continued. Estevez then asked: “Why do you think you get to go out there and skate in front of all these people?”
“Do not ever forget who it is that you’re here for,” Jackson said Estevez added. “It was a really important reframing for my 15-year-old self. Of just remember who you are and what’s actually important.”
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