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kenny wasn't the one that got tackled. instead, kenny pushing him to the ground somehow, pulling the goalies jersey over his head. arabella looked up to see russ's brother in the stands, who was cheering the loudest. "i taught him that! let's go kenny!"

he then started punching the guy, until a referee came and stopped him. "what'd i do?

the referee took him to a penalty box, and usually the team would be sad, but dean and fulton skated over to him, cheering. "all right, ken wu!"

"our little bash brother!"

"he's our man!"

the crowd loved this, and fulton and dean started cheering to the crowd, hyping them up. goldberg then continued this. "let's hear it for the three bash brothers entertaining the crowd."

fulton and dean then skated to the bench, high-fiving everyone. they continued to the iceland bench, where they hit them in the head as they skated past. iceland tried leaning over to fight the two, but dean and fulton got pulled away by a referee.

they both got misconduct penalties, and arabella groaned. "they were just having fun."

kenny, fulton, and dean were now in the penalty box, hyping up the crowd. arabella smiled, looking at the difference between kenny and the other two. she looked up at russ's brother, then called his name out. "look what you started!"

he just grinned happily, enjoying the show. arabella turned back to look at the ice, where she saw connie and someone else go out. she didn't know who else went out, she was just worried for connie.

charlie climbed over to connie. "be careful out there, they're gunning for you."

she scoffed. "i'll be fine."

the team watched as an iceland player shoved her to the ground, and didn't get a penalty called on him. they all shot up, complaining, but connie got up to keep playing anyway. she ended up going to the corner, where the puck was, but she was having trouble getting it out of the boards. arabella looked for the other players, and seeing as the three 'bash brothers' were out of the box now, they had a full line. arabella wondered where the rest of the team was.

arabella saw an iceland player skating towards her, and arabella nudged dwayne. she saw his rope, and he immediately knew what to do. he grabbed it, then grinned. "yee-haw!"

he climbed over the boards, despite the team trying to stop him. "i'm coming connie!"

he took the rope and made it into a lasso, and right before an iceland player was going to shove into connie, dwayne threw the rope around him, and pulled him back. the iceland player looked confused, wondering what was stopping him.

dwayne pulled him to the ground, smiling at connie. he got the iceland player up, then looked at him sternly. "where i come, from we treat ladies with respect."

"thank you dwayne, but i'm no lady. i'm a duck!" with that, connie pushed the iceland player to the ground. 

the referee took dwayne to the penalty box, and the team was cheering for him. arabella couldn't help but laugh, and watched as he got on the bench and cheered.

arabella saw bombay, looking in disbelief. "this isn't a hockey game, it's a circus."

"you're right bombay, fulton's looking a bit like a clown." arabella grinned, making fulton shove her shoulder.

the second period ended, and they went to the locker room to calm down for a little bit. bombay walked in, and everyone stopped talking. "did you enjoy that?"

everyone cheered, the team agreeing on yes. "so did they, because they're still three points up and we're one period away from defeat."

the energy seemed to die down a little bit, and everyone sat down, except for jesse. "if we can't beat them, we might as well keep our pride."

arabella looked at charlie, who just glared at her. the rest of the team agreed, but bombay didn't. "jesse, that's not pride. sure, when dwayne roped that big oaf, part of me cheered."

"it was amazing, what are you talking about?" arabella cut in, smiling at dwayne.

dwayne laughed, and bombay just ignored her and continued. "but guys, i've been there. i know how you feel. i wanted to cream that jerk that busted my knee when i played in the minors."

"drake?" averman whispered in arabella's ear, seeing as he was sitting next to her again. she had to cover her mouth so she wouldn't laugh.

"and i really, really wanted to go after stansson for that cheap shot. but you know what? my knee will heal. and if i become someone i'm not, if i sink to their level, well, then i lost more than my knee. you understand?"

the team nodded and agreed, then watched as bombay stood in front of the locker room. "we're not goons, we're not bullies. no matter what people say or do, we have to be ourselves."

he pointed at dwayne, making everyone look towards him. "you, who are you?"

"dean portman."

"from where?"

"chicago, illinois."

coach continued, pointing at everyone. 

"guy germaine. from st. paul, minnesota."

"jesse hall from minneapolis, minnesota."

"julie gaffney from bangor, maine."

"luis mendoza. miami, florida."

the energy seemed to grow, and goldberg stood up and proudly announced himself. "greg goldberg. philladelphia, pennsylvania."

"les averman. brooklyn park, minnesota."

"fulton reed. stillwater, minnesota."

"arabella myers. minneapolis, minnesota." she grinned at fulton, who threw an arm around her.

"russ tyler. south central los angeles."

"charlie conway. minneapolis, minnesota."

"ken wu. san francisco, california."

this is when it dawned on arabella. he was practically on the whole other side of the country. they'd probably never see each other again. she shook her head and focused back on the team, deciding to think about it later. 

"connie moreau. minneapolis, minnesota."

"adam banks. edina, minnesota."

"dwayne robertson. austin, texas."

"michele mackay. duluth, minnesota." miss mackay stood up, and arabella cheered for her.

"and i'm gordon bombay. minneapolis, minnesota."

with coach ending, the team cheered, and the energy was higher than the roof. "we're team u.s.a., gathered from all across america. and we're gonna stick together. you know why?"

arabella saw jan walk in behind bombay, and she waved at him. he smiled back. "because we are ducks! and ducks fly together!"

bombay turned around, smiling at the man. "that's right, jan."

bombay and jan stood side by side, and arabella grinned. "and just when you think they're about to break apart-"

"ducks fly together!" the team shouted, finishing his sentence. 

"and when the wind blows hard and the sky is black-" miss mackay started, looking at the team. 

"ducks fly together!"

"when the roosters are crowing and the cows are spinning circles in the pasture-"

everyone was a little confused at dwayne's country version of it, but they finished the sentence anyway. "ducks fly together!

"and when everyone says it can't be done, ducks fly together."

jan smiled. "now, new ducks and old ducks must unite under a new banner. and i thought perhaps, something like this."

he grabbed a box, and pulled out jerseys with a duck mask on them. arabella grinned, and slapped fulton's arm in excitement. she was going to be a duck again!

fulton got used to arabella slapping him, so he didn't say much about it. he just smiled at her excitement. 

when it was time to go back and play, the team walked out in their new jerseys, grinning proudly. however, arabella brought her old jersey out, and looked for the little girl in the stands. 

when she found her, she smiled at her. again, her mom was filming. arabella stopped, and handed the little girl her jersey over the boards. she took it and gasped, smiling at it. arabella turned to the mom, who was smiling at the interaction. "you probably have to wash it. but she seems like my biggest supporter right now, so i want her to have it."

her mom thanked her, and arabella said bye to the little girl before going back to the team. charlie nudged her, and looked up at the girl, who was cheering at owning her jersey. "you're going to miss that jersey, you know."

arabella shrugged. "she was a cutie. besides, ducks are better."

she grinned, and went back to the team, and started skating on the ice. everyone was cheering for the new team jerseys, and arabella couldn't help but grin.

when they went to the boards to get ready, their cheer wasn't team u.s.a, it was their old one. the team started quacking, like old times. arabella felt silly, but she knew she wouldn't get to experience this again, so she quacked. 

"goooooo ducks!"

everyone's spirits seemed higher, and when they broke apart, arabella heard the crowd singing. "we will, we will, quack you!"

she laughed with kenny about this, and the two looked up to the crowd. when the team was going to the faceoff, she saw goldberg dancing in the net, and she laughed. averman grabbed her shoulders, and the two started finishing the song. "buddy, you're a boy make a big noise playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday!"

they usually did karaoke at the rink whenever they played music, it was like a tradition of theirs. however, bombay told arabella to get on the ice, and she saw jesse at the faceoff. he pushed the iceland player, and the ducks now had the puck. they were passing it around. 

they went towards the iceland goal, and connie passed it to guy. guy moved around with it before passing it to arabella, and she scored top right corner. 

arabella was caught in a big hug, and she was smiling harder than ever. the ducks jerseys made everyone happier. arabella figured that even if they didn't win, this would be the best game she had ever played. 

when they got off the ice, a new line went on, and arabella watched as goldberg saved the puck, and averman took the puck. however, he lost it in front of the net, and iceland scored. 

she groaned a little, but knew that anything could happen. they were huddled up by the bench, watching charlie draw x's and o's on a whiteboard. 

"charlie, this isn't the nba," averman joked. 

charlie insisted it was the perfect play, so the team broke apart to try it out. when they did the play, adam took the puck, most of the team following him. dwayne took the puck, and shot it up in the air. adam watched it, then skated to get it. he got tripped, but he managed to shoot the puck in anyways. adam had scored, making the team go wild. everyone was cheering, and it was now 5-3. 

later in the game, luis had gotten the puck. he was skating faster than ever, and arabella was hoping he could stop. she grabbed onto kenny's arm, worried. she didn't realize, but kenny did. he smiled at her, then turned his attention back to luis. 

it was luis against the goalie, and he seemed to get pretty close without stopping. however, luis stopped! arabella gasped, and watched the iceland goalie get covered in ice. luis seemed to notice he didn't fall and cheered. "i stopped!"

"put it in, luis!" bombay yelled from the bench, reminding luis of where he was. in a second, luis stuffed the puck in the net. 

arabella cheered excitedly, and she turned her gaze from luis to kenny. she gave him a hig before kenny could process what was happening, and he returned it. 

when they pulled apart, they smiled and watched as the team hugged, cheering luis on. there was now two minutes left, and they needed two more goals if they wanted to win. 

arabella was on the ice, but saw coach talking to russ. she didn't know what was going on, but he skated onto the ice. arabella passed to him, but watched as three iceland players circled around him. the rest of the team was trying to stop the other iceland players from getting him, and that's when she saw fulton laying on an iceland guy. 

the whistle blew, and coach called a timeout. everyone skated to the bench, and bombay explained. iceland had no idea what was going to happen.