Every Day,Year,Month and Week goes by....I think back to that moment. Jun 6th 2007 we all remember that day all of us Ducks Fans from Orange County California to Nova Scotia,East Coast USA ,Sweden,Russia, Japan and Finland world wide. We Remember the Elation,Joy,Happiness and Perseverance....After all those years I remember as all Ducks Fans do. Struggles,Name calling,Jokes and trolling of other Hockey fans. 14 years of overcoming the odds and believing in this team came to this day.....THIS Special Day as I call it "Day of Great Victory". Every Ducks Fan who attended it live at the Ponda...Watch on TV,Radio,Internet Radio or watch it Live stream knows where they were when the final Buzzer sound and it was over and Official 2007 Stanley Cup Anaheim Ducks was music my ears that night.
Looking back soaking it all in and knowing this was really happening. I know,Ducks Fans know things will change...we will change,our Ducks will change. Everything changed that day. No Longer Ducks will be the butt of jokes,Insults and ridicule. No Longer Ducks Fans will be laughed,insulted and talked down to. Ducks and Ducks Fans have come of age that day and seeing Then-Ducks Captain Scott Niedermayer raised it in Air was something....Emotional for me a Guy from far flung East Province where city I am from has some Ducks Connection to Halifax Mooseheads(Giguere,Dipenta,Chouinard).
Seeing Ducks Legend Teemu Selanne hoist the Stanley Cup to roar of approval of Ducks Ponda Faithful brought a tear to my eye...each one from Chris Pronger,Parros,Marchant,AndyMac,Bryzgalov,Jackman,Pahlsson,Moen,Penner,Getzlaf,Perry,Joe Dipenta,Drew Miller,Ryan Carter,Ryan Shannon and few others most important moment was Scott handing the Stanley Cup to his brother and Giguere raising the Stanley Cup not to mention holding his Son in picture that will live on in memory and all time. Seeing Giguere come from along way from Mooseheads Goalie to Stanley Cup Champion with the Ducks made me smile. This team and way they dominated and smash through 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs becoming first California team to win it all was something that smiled from Ear to Ear.
Ducks winning the Stanley Cup in their 14 year in NHL was result of Youth,Aggression and experience that allow them to Pulverize,Smash and withstood any opposition that tried to stand in their way of Destiny and showing no mercy to their enemies was highlight in those days from late April,month of May and early June. Truly it was gratifying and was worth cheering,Supporting and believing that YES they can win the Stanley Cup. I was skeptical of The Hockey News "Prediction" I never like Predictions always felt that it was killjoy.......But all came down to that moment.
As we remember the Players and moment Ducks winning Stanley Cup. Let's not assume and be in despair our team may not win another Stanley Cup...12 years ago they prove they can win it all and with right Coach,Trades and FA Signings I believe they can do it again. It's Not matter of how "Long" its a Matter of "When". Also What made it special to me I was able to get all Autographs of Ducks Players few months prior.....that Day and the year I will never forget it will be Highlight of my life....Memory,Legacy of that moment...our Ducks Moment will be with us forever.
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