Welcome to Star Wears, where our Short Shifts squad will highlight each participating NHL team’s unique and creative way to honor their player of the game after each victory, handing them a token of appreciation that usually lasts at least one season, and sometimes takes on a life of its own.

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Item: Gordon Bombay jacket

Origin Story: If you are reading this story or this website, we fully realize that you have likely seen sports movie classic “The Mighty Ducks.” But, just in case, the movie is about Gordon Bombay (played by Emilio Estevez), a hotshot lawyer sentenced to do community service and, since he was once a youth hockey star, he is tasked with taking on a ragtag team of misfits. And (spoiler alert), of course he turns them into winners.

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