Growing up in Germany, Manuel Gotze's primary initial source of hockey information were bootlegged versions of the three Mighty Ducks films with German subtitles. He still didn't really understand the game that well after watching the films, coming away with questions about why the players were passing eggs and garbage around instead of hockey pucks, plus the strange inability of that one guy to just brake without breaking himself. However, one big takeaway he did gain was the power of the Bash Brothers, particularly his favorite player from the films, Fulton Reed. As he was finally able to play the game for himself, this is the kind of playstyle he tried to emulate - despite not really having the size advantage at that age to pull off the physicality that was truly required. He was a bit of a laughingstock to other parents around his youth leagues (and to his own parents for that matter), basically trying to be the Tazmanian Devil on the ice but often whiffing on his checks completely.