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Five Applicable Life Lessons We Can Learn From The Anaheim Ducks

By Ciara Durant

SAN JOSE, CA - APRIL 18: Andrew Cogliano
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Lesson One: You Miss 100% of the Shots You Don’t Take.

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19 Dec 1995: Goaltender Chris Terreri of the San Jose Sharks (right) defends the goal during a game against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks at Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. The Sharks won the game, 7-4. /

Just like the Anaheim Ducks, every shot not taken is a goal never made. If you have a goal, the only way you’re ever going to obtain it is by taking a shot at it.

During their second season as a franchise, the Anaheim Ducks and the rest of the NHL played a shortened season. This was due to the infamous 1994-95 lockout. Despite the shortened 48 game season, the Anaheim Ducks went through what was probably one of the worst seasons in franchise history. They ended with a 16-27-5 season and fell into the bottom spot in both the Pacific Division and Western Conference. Overall, they were 24th in the league.

One of their biggest issues that season was lack of goal scoring. During that season, they had 1,346 shots on goal. In a shortened season, that number doesn’t seem too terrible. Once you realize that over half of the league had at least one hundred more shots on goal, a you gain a better perspective.

That is one hundred missed opportunities to score a goal, to improve your gameplay, or to rise above other teams in the league. If the Ducks would have taken more shots, perhaps they would not have had such an atrocious season.

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