A long, long time ago, in a universe parallel to our own, an icy planet known as Puckworld was home to a peaceful race of hockey-playing ducks. Puckworld was a Utopian civilization, where the sport of hockey was not only a way of life but an art form, and fair play and sportsman-like conduct were observed by (mostly) all.
Then a dark time began: Puckworld and all the planets in the Puckworld Galaxy were taken over by the Saurian Overlords. This reptilian race conquered their foes with sorcery and sinister forces that enabled them to cloak themselves in darkness. Virtually invisible, the Saurians attacked at will and ruled by complete secrecy.
A small band of noble rebels, made up of many alien races and led by the legendary duck warrior Drake DuCaine, was the only hope for the galaxy. Drake created the Mask, a bio-mechanical cybernetic interface device, programmed with all the noble qualities this heroic duck had learned from a lifetime of practicing the sacred art of hockey. Most importantly, the Mask had the power to penetrate the Overlords' mystical cloaks.
Once he donned the Mask, Drake was able to locate the Overlords and, with the help of his fellow rebels, imprison the evil ones in a Dimensional Limbo. The inhabitants of Puckworld were once again free to follow that noblest of callings—hockey.
As time passed, the accomplishments of Drake and his mighty Mask faded into legend. So, when the last remaining Saurian Overlord, the evil Lord Dragaunus, escaped his dimensional prison, his reign of terror took Puckworld by surprise.
Only one brave young duck, a member of the Resistance named Canard, had the courage to search for the Mask. Uncovering it an ancient tomb, Canard then brought together a new band of rebels—the six Mighty Ducks—to defeat the Overlord.