This series is very low-brow and childish. Frankly even the first one, that is a classic of sorts, is very childish and not a movie adults will enjoy. It's just what it is. A lot of silly gags and basically no plot.
The third one unfortunately has some further issues even though I overall didn't dislike it. I just didn't enjoy much of it as it's a movie for smaller children.
For example, the players are high schoolers here. The team has been picked up by a high school and gotten a scholarship. Meaning they are actually quite older than high schoolers as actors I assume. In one scene a player even drops his shirt and adult women cheer him on in lust. Clearly showing this is a "high school student" that's actually a man. He also looks more like a wrestler than high schooler. With other players it just seems unrealistic. They plays against basically young tall men on the other team as the school has 2 hockey teams. And having a small girl and a very overweight guy on your team doesn't feel real here. They are clearly in an age group where this would be impossible as they would get outmuscled. When they were kids it at least made some sense as some top girls can play on a high level.
There is also the plot. They are now a high school team. They play one game where they score 9-0. Then the other team scores 9. And seemingly not much happens because of this. It's just a game that happened. The other official game is the very end of the movie. So we see 2 official games and both are just there by themselves. They are not for a championship or trophy. We basically see the team start up in a way. When they are about to get kicked out of school their old coach comes into the meating and saves them by saying he will sue the school if the team is disbanded. This is after 1 single game so we haven't seen them play for anything. It would be awesome to see them play for a scholarship. Like win a tournament to stay in school. Instead there is just this random scene out of nowhere where they are about to disband the team and a speech saves them. If they had lost all games nothing in this movie would change. Which is a giant plot blunder.
We also see them do childish Tom & Jerry type stuff. Constantly acting like small kids and doing various school gags towards the other school team. Again something that would seem fine enough for kids. But for high schoolers this just looks weird at times. Much of it doesn't quite work. But small kids won't care either way. They will just laugh at it.
Unless you are really interested in this franchise there is not much here. There is basically no plot. It's a collection of scenes. Nothing feels overly cheap or lazy. It's just that there is nothing to root for. It's not really a hockey movie. It's a movie about small kids who are actually not kids.
The third one unfortunately has some further issues even though I overall didn't dislike it. I just didn't enjoy much of it as it's a movie for smaller children.
For example, the players are high schoolers here. The team has been picked up by a high school and gotten a scholarship. Meaning they are actually quite older than high schoolers as actors I assume. In one scene a player even drops his shirt and adult women cheer him on in lust. Clearly showing this is a "high school student" that's actually a man. He also looks more like a wrestler than high schooler. With other players it just seems unrealistic. They plays against basically young tall men on the other team as the school has 2 hockey teams. And having a small girl and a very overweight guy on your team doesn't feel real here. They are clearly in an age group where this would be impossible as they would get outmuscled. When they were kids it at least made some sense as some top girls can play on a high level.
There is also the plot. They are now a high school team. They play one game where they score 9-0. Then the other team scores 9. And seemingly not much happens because of this. It's just a game that happened. The other official game is the very end of the movie. So we see 2 official games and both are just there by themselves. They are not for a championship or trophy. We basically see the team start up in a way. When they are about to get kicked out of school their old coach comes into the meating and saves them by saying he will sue the school if the team is disbanded. This is after 1 single game so we haven't seen them play for anything. It would be awesome to see them play for a scholarship. Like win a tournament to stay in school. Instead there is just this random scene out of nowhere where they are about to disband the team and a speech saves them. If they had lost all games nothing in this movie would change. Which is a giant plot blunder.
We also see them do childish Tom & Jerry type stuff. Constantly acting like small kids and doing various school gags towards the other school team. Again something that would seem fine enough for kids. But for high schoolers this just looks weird at times. Much of it doesn't quite work. But small kids won't care either way. They will just laugh at it.
Unless you are really interested in this franchise there is not much here. There is basically no plot. It's a collection of scenes. Nothing feels overly cheap or lazy. It's just that there is nothing to root for. It's not really a hockey movie. It's a movie about small kids who are actually not kids.