Five Applicable Life Lessons We Can Learn From The Anaheim Ducks
By Ciara Durant
Lesson Two: Not Every Victory Shows Up On A Scoreboard
Every victory comes from working hard and pushing forward. However, being victorious doesn’t mean you always win. Being victorious means you have the aptitude to overcome.
Take this season for example. The Ducks were swept by San Jose in Round One. The bigger picture was that they still made it to the playoffs. An impressive feat considering the odds were stacked against them.
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The Ducks started this season off with a plethora of injuries. Then, throughout the first few months, it just seemed to get worse. There was not a player on the roster this season that played all 82 games (cough Andrew Cogliano).
Once everyone was healthy, for the most part, it took the team a while to find their way back to normalcy. All of the injuries had shuffled the top six forwards and changed pairings on the blue line so frequently, they had to learn to play as a team again.
Many people wrote the Ducks off at the beginning of the season. The team was in and out of playoff position while their players waited in line to the see the training staff. Yet, still, we saw the incredible happen. The Ducks came back and stole the second place Pacific Division playoff spot.
Even though they didn’t advance past the first round, they still had major season victories to celebrate. Victories that didn’t necessarily show up on a scoreboard.