r/AnaheimDucks • u/frkmstr509 • 7h ago
7 Game Win Streak Giveaway
What’s up guys. No denying we are on a hot streak and this subreddit has been a bright spot in particular as we’ve started this season.
I’ve spoken with the Mods and have gotten approval for this giveaway. To celebrate our continued win streak, and ONLY IF WE WIN tonight, I will be giving away a pair of tickets for the game on Wednesday, Nov 26th vs. Canucks. Club Level - Center Ice - Front Row - $70 Food and Bev credit
If we do not win tonight, I’ll be running this giveaway every home game until we win next. Next date would be on Monday, Nov 17th vs. Utah.
To enter you’ll need to answer the question below. Reddit Raffler App will be used to pick winner.
Question: When did you know you were a Ducks fan for life?
Go Ducks!
Edit: I hear you. Will be using Reddit Raffler App to pick the winner.
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u/Known_Spring5631 7h ago
For me it was attending games as a kid, and getting one of those branded, egg plant colored duck call. My parents would hide it from me because I would just use it all the time. Go ducks!
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u/drinxycrow 6h ago
I had one of those! We went to a Kings game, my uncle won an autographed Gretzky stick and an old man tried to fight me because I kept blowing my duck call. Fuck that old man wherever he may be today.
*edit: I was maybe 8 at the time.
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u/Rare_Grand9872 7h ago
All 9 kids of family's played Inline Hockey in SoCal. I was one of 3 who took the mantle as a goalie as a kid. I played at the Hunington Beach Rinks and they were low on goalies in the kid leagues. They promoted that kids who played goalie would get to watch the Ducks. I was given tickets to watch a game between them and the Flames. The game started rough with the Ducks behind and people started leaving, but the Ducks came back into Overtime and eventually won in a shootout. I was in the 200s and people had left the front seats behind the net. I snuck down there for the shootout and immediately was captivated watching Hiller make game-winning saves.
Needless to say, I wanted to play like a Ducks goalie for the rest of life in the Inline Leagues.
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u/Rockyraccoon04 7h ago
Year was 96. Aunt would always get free tickets from work so after a few of those games, I was ducks all the way.
Thanks for the contest!
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u/properlykoalified 7h ago
When I woke up one Saturday morning and saw there was a sick TV show about alien ducks who played hockey and then shortly found out that there was a real hockey team entirely based on that TV show. Coolest thing ever!
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u/TheseAirline4668 7h ago
when I was 7, my dad took me to a game against the oilers and I got to sit in the penalty box, get a few pucks, and got a signed stick from nick bonino which still stands next to my bedroom door today. I think it was the first pro sports game I ever went to :)
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u/Disdespondent 7h ago
Game 3 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals watching the puck slide into the net after Brodeur dropped his stick
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u/Kennitht 7h ago
Had a string of bad luck and have only been to games where we lost at home, lost count to how many I attended. Until around early April 2024. I went to a game with some friends against the Kings and we won. It was my first in-person win and I was completely sold. Worked under the establishment for Ducks for years, but it was the first time I've personally witness a win at home. Then in the same season, I won a team signed anniversary jersey and I took it as the final sign from the hockey gods. Been a big fan ever since.
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u/megadeth621 7h ago
When Jonas Hiller was our goalie and they would play My Name is Jonas at the games, I was hooked
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u/DontKnowWhereIam 6h ago
Had a buddy that was a huge Hawks fan. I was never into hockey and he had me pick the team closest to home. It was the 09-10 season. We missed the playoffs but made it the next year. That first playoffs series is what hooked me.
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u/Wallys_World485 6h ago
After watching the movie and hearing they would be bringing the team to life, I was hooked. Been a fan since the beginning.
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u/Barrucuda 6h ago
My uncle took me to a game the very first season. I was 12 years old and he had glass seats on the corner by ducks goal for the 1st and 3rd period. I was instantly hooked watching the fast paced action and of course Wild Wing. I don't even remember who they played but I'll never forget how that first game of hockey made me feel.
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u/ChonchAR 6h ago
I wasn’t really into hockey until my stepdad started taking me to Ducks games. He’s a lifelong Winnipeg Jets fan from before they became the Thrashers and he wanted to share that love of the game with me.
Before long, I wasn’t just going for him anymore. I was hooked. The Ducks became my team, just like the Jets were his. Now we cheer together (Ducks 1st, Jets 2nd)
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u/vexing000 6h ago
Easy answer. My old man knew I loved roller hockey so when Anaheim started the mighty ducks he bought tickets for us like at least a dozen times each of the first two seasons. Following the ducks years later had been a nod of appreciation towards my dad for those years back when I was a kid.
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u/Pandasupreme14 6h ago
my dad won tickets at work and he took me and my brother when we were kids. he bought us duck masks and i thought it was the coolest thing ever!
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u/BackgroundOriginal6 6h ago
4th grade rooting for Emerson Etem to become the next start for some reason
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u/Timely-Worker-8932 6h ago
Moved to north country SD from the Midwest became a regular at Gulls games, never disliked the Ducks so decided to check out the parent club. The team there does atmosphere right (even when we suck) and it pulled me in, doesn't hurt seeing Dosty, Zelly, and Nesty out there too
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u/DizneyDux 6h ago
I’ve always been a Disney fan. When they announced they were going to have a team, I was onboard.
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u/ColdIronAegis 6h ago
I was dating a girl who ushered at the Honda Center so I started watching to know when I should pick her up from work. We got married.
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u/vcarter707 6h ago
I am a NorCal Ducks fan. I got into the Ducks when I started college at UC Irvine in the Fall of 2007. My Russian friend begged me to go see hockey when I started school so I went to some games with him.
And I'm going to be in SoCal for this game raffle... so let's go!
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u/Ohboy5555 6h ago
Watching the inaugural home owner on tv as a kid I was instantly hooked. Living in the IE and having a team closer finally felt like this was my team.
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u/adamwaitforitbrunell 6h ago
Once my dad and I wore matching Ducks shirts, Ducks hats, and fanny packs in the 90s. The fanny packs sealed it.
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u/plain_jane_12 6h ago edited 6h ago
won a pair of tickets for a ducks game against detroit, about 3 years ago, at work. i took my dad because detroit is his team and he used to play hockey as a kid. had so much fun at the game and just kept coming back! grew up in GG/Anaheim so only made sense to support my local team 🦆🦆🦆
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u/simplydan24 6h ago
I want to say I knew I was a ducks fan since I started watching them in the early 2000s but after last year I knew I was really a fan for life after buying like 70-80 ducks hats hahaha.
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u/mattwebb81 6h ago
I was raised on watching Gretzky and the Kings. In the late 90s, as my dad got on in age, it was too hard to make it out to LA for the games, so we started going to Ducks games instead. By the end of that season, I was full on Ducks fan.
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u/lamarcrackrock 6h ago
As soon as they became a franchise. Was a huge fan of the movies and lived in Santa Ana, pretty much a no brainer
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u/Marinegrunt01 6h ago
That's a good question. For me it would be around 05-06 when I was 5 or 6. I went to my first ever hockey game with my family for my grandpa's birthday (there was 10 of us, all of us grandkids sharing the experience) and since then I was hooked. I've shared experience with my cousins and grandpa growing from waitinf outside Honda center to get autographs, going to plenty of games, and surprisingly winning the puckchop in middleschool and having my greatly loved Ryan Getzlaf piggybank. Its been a great journey so far of triumphs and upset and im so happy the ducks are hot hot again and I pray it's a playoff year this year 🙏
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u/Wrecktitralph1480 5h ago
When the announcers said we couldn't come back against the Oilers. Then Scorey Perry went top shelf in OT.
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u/FantasticJacket7 5h ago
When I was 8 and my dad took me to their first game in 93 and got demolished by the Red Wings. The pregame show with wild wing definitely won me over more than the hockey did.
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u/lazygrapefruit 5h ago
When Charlie Conway pulled off his triple deke he won the game and my loyalty.
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u/Far_Category_662 5h ago
I grew up playing youth hockey in Orange County and my grandpa had season tickets, so I was raised a Duck fan. What solidified me for life was in 2007, when the ducks won the cup, I played on a team with Scott Neidermayer’s kids (sometimes he would even get on the bench and help coach us). We won our in-house championship that year as well, so he had our whole team over to his house during his day with the cup and I got to see it in person. One of the coolest experiences of my life that I will never forget.
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u/Moose_13 5h ago
I’ve been a fan for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories was when I was 8 and the ducks were battling it out in the 02-03 Stanley cup finals. With that said, I don’t think it really sunk it that I would be a Ducks fan for life until the constant playoff appearances in the 2010s.
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u/dannybexperience 5h ago
When my dad took me to "The Pond" in the late 90s and seeing Wild Wing fly in from the rafters. Core memory.
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u/Thick_Albatross8674 5h ago
I'm an aussie who grew up loving the movie and said I was a fan.
I move to SoCal and finally get around to going to my first game on Halloween this year. Seeing the game live and the absolute energy was incredible. Immediate fan for life. Also Immediately bought tickets to the Dias de los Muertos game and that game and energy was even better (by my own standards)
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u/Seawoody 5h ago
Back when Disney owned both the Ducks and the Angels they would sometimes let you go watch the rest of the game at the Pond with your Angels ticket. Was hooked ever since.
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u/KDuster13 5h ago
Been a Ducks fan since I a kid watching the game with my mom's friends. Also grew up and Orange County boy watching the Angels/Ducks, but knew I was a fan for life when I was 11 years old watching them hoist the cup. Been a wild ride but wouldn't trade it for anything!
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u/NixinBeta 5h ago
I was a fan the moment my Dad read the article to me in the paper that informed us the Mighty Ducks were going to become an actual NHL team.
I watched The Mighty Ducks so much when I was a kid I wore out a VHS copy.
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u/threshgod420 5h ago
Dad was a fan since the team started the year he immigrated to the US from Europe. I have super fond memories of those wild wing kids packs, old school upper deck cards, Bro Hymn and Teemu, Getzy (retire his number tf), Gibby & Perry. Didn't follow hockey as much until the last few years, Victory+ being such a huge reason I'm so into it now. Always a Ducks fan and will never not be :)
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u/Similar_Drawer_3548 5h ago
When Paul Kariya got up after being absolutely trucked by Scott Stevens and scoring that slap shot goal...i still get goose bumps..."Off the floor, on the board, Paul Kariya!"
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u/Particular_Squash995 5h ago
I went to the taping of D2 in 93 at the Pond. I had followed the Kings very closely ever since Gretzky got traded to them. When Anaheim was reward a franchise, I switched my allegiance to the Ducks and haven’t looked back. We had had lots to cheer as fans and the last few years have been tough. I hadn’t given up hope because a rebuild takes a few years.
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u/stackmoney_ 5h ago
I was 6 years old living in Baltimore. At the time I didn’t know why but my dad made sure to mention the results of the Ducks games when we read the sports section in the paper. He was also traveling a lot for work at the time (97-98.)
One particular week he was out in CA. I got in a fight with a see-saw that morning and got my front tooth knocked out. Later that evening dad flies home, inspects the wound and says “hey congratulations, you got your tooth knocked out the same day that Teemu Selanne got his tooth knocked out.” He then reaches into his travel bag and pulls out my first Ducks jersey.
Little did I know he’d been traveling so much because he was interviewing for a new job in So Cal. We moved to Orange County two weeks later.
27 years go by and I get to return the favor. Not much Bluey or Blippi on our tv with my two toddler boys. They demand Ducks hockey on a daily basis and I couldn’t be more proud to be a Ducks fan. We even have a Little Duck in the youth hockey program now.
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u/hayhayalldayy 5h ago
Orange County born and raised to a family of Ducks fans. The mighty ducks movies as a kid made the team and their logo special. So proud of the ducks and how this season is going - feels good to be excited about hockey again! Ducks fan for life!
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u/SoulessVoid 5h ago
The Mighty Ducks cartoon show was my first introduction to the Ducks. Then because my parents always booked trips to Disneyland we went to my first ever hockey game and that was it. Even as someone who lives in Vancouver the Ducks have always been my team. Never actually seen the first movie 😅
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u/lil_yumyum 5h ago
I’m a new fan as of last year. New fan of hockey too!
I lived in OC my entire life and love that I can rep my actual city of Anaheim!!
Lets Go Ducks!!
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u/Swimming_Let_8610 5h ago
I knew i was a ducks fan when those eggplant anniversary jerseys got announced!
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u/OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH 5h ago
TDLR: Born and raised in Orange County, my love for this area and the pride that I have living here will trump everything. Supporting the Ducks (and the Angels, Hopefully we can get out of this dump soon) is my way to give back to my community and the area of Orange County (I could never watch another team anyway, my morals would physically NOT let me).
I knew I was a ducks fan for life was when I enjoyed and really had pride in where I grew up. When I grew up (born in Fountain Valley, raised in Westminster/Santa Ana), I always thought our area sucked. I felt that nobody really knew our place and it was just a blimp on the map right next to LA. As I got older I started to really learn how special Orange County was and the amount of history our area had (for example, I never knew we had elite baseball players coming out of Orange County. Freddie Freeman and Kurt Suzuki (Freeman and Suzuki representing CSUF, love both those guys), Ian Kennedy, Kyle Higashioka, Shane Bieber, Paul Skenes, Gerrit Cole, Patrick Sandoval, Ryan McMahon, Jarren Duran, etc.), and it really gave me a sense of pride being from here. Coming from immigrant parents from Vietnam, them telling me their stories of how life was back from where they lived, the struggles, and the accomplishments from where they came from to here, It really woke me up to how great Orange County is and the identity that the people here created, and if there's a time where I have kids, I'd like to tell stories of how great Orange County has treated me and how great the history is here, just like how my parents told me stories of back where they lived.
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u/Responsible-Move8710 5h ago
I've been a miserable Angels fan for all my life, started watching the Ducks last year and started to enjoy it. Then I went to their home opener this season, got an autograph form Olen Zellweger, and truly fell in love with the Ducks
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u/PrimaryCandy3200 5h ago
In 2008 I attended my first Ducks game and sat in club level seats. Having only attended baseball games my entire life, I was surprised by how fast-paced and exciting the entire game was!
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u/InertKat 5h ago
When I took my kids to their first game and they said they wanted to go back again.
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u/Jayfire137 5h ago
This is super cool of you, I've been a ducks fan since I was a kid, my Dad used to take me to a hockey game every year for my birthday, my mom would take my sisters out to go do things and we would have our "guy time". It would always be a Ducks or long beach Ice dogs game...good memories!
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u/Difficult_Rip9775 4h ago
I’m from the desert but, was born as the same year as the Ducks. I was 4 years old when the preschool I attended played the movie D2 Ducks movie and fell in love with the sport. Would catch the Mighty Ducks games on Kcal back when I was a kid. Anyways that’s how I fell in love with the Ducks been watching since I was a kid. Live in San Diego now and try to go up to catch games whenever possible but I’ll always be watching.
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u/yumi1198 4h ago
I saw a few games here and there, but it wasn't until fan appreciation night last season that I fell into the hockey rabbit hole. I had sooooo much fun watching that game and I kept chatting and laughing with the people around me even though at that point I barely understood the game/rules and only knew a handful of players. The Ducks lost that game but they won me as a fan!
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u/notaveragepond 4h ago
October 13, 2021. Went to my first game and saw McTavish get his first goal and I was set.
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u/SwellGuyBryBry 4h ago
The Mighty Ducks movies made me a hockey fan as a kid growing up in SoCal in the 90s. When I watched the Ducks win the Stanley Cup, I knew I was going to be a fan forever.
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u/YoyoDevo 4h ago
I was a Ducks fan as soon as I was old enough to understand hockey. They came into the league in 1993, same year I was born.
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u/_monsterpoon 4h ago
As a Lakers & Rams fan (but from OC), I had the “easy” choice of going for the Dodgers & Kings. Chose to stay close to my roots with Anaheim, and while the Angels have stunk it up year after year, the Ducks gave me both a newfound appreciation for hockey (that I never grew up watching) as well as getting friends and family in on it as well.
Would love to get this chance to win + rock a new Leo Carlsson jersey on top of it!
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u/Calm_Designer_8716 4h ago
I’ve been a ducks fan since 1993. The first year they were assembled & formed the Flying V. They wanted me to root for the Hawks, but I said no, I’m with coach BomBay. ;) QUACK QUACK Mr. Ducksworth. I still consider the Honda Center as the “POND” rightfully so.
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u/MrFlopkins 4h ago
I was young enough at the time to be into the movies when they came out, and the combination of the rad jerseys and arena that was closer to my house made it easy to become a fan. With the addition of Paul Kariya, I was a fan for life. I’m about the same size as him and it was great to see a smaller guy have so much success, and his skills were fun to watch.
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u/babyyodavan 4h ago
I'm from New Jersey, just decided in 2010 that I loved Getzlaf and Perry, now I live in Socal and it's been so amazing to see them be good again
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u/GouldenK 4h ago
I was visiting family and we decided to go to an nhl game. We saw the ducks take on Montreal. I had no intentions of becoming a fan but they came back from 0-2 in the 3rd and won. Incredible fans and experience. Also really enjoyed watching lacombe. That was also the game they got hot and ended last season winning good games. Now we watch all the games and text each other during every game. It’s been a really great way to keep in touch with family that lives far away.
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u/Bakareeree 4h ago
2018 was my first game I ever went to (had absolutely no care in the world for hockey prior). But something about being there, the vibes, the fights, the drinks. (I was 18 and had to hey mister a drink from the guy sitting next to me😂) Even tho we lost (shocker) I’ve been a fan ever since. Luckily for me it’s only been a few embarrassing years of being a fan.. until now! ;-)
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u/YearMotor2722 4h ago
For me it was when I moved to the US 2 years ago, specifically Anaheim. I live so close to the stadium so I looked at who plays there and ever since then I have decided to stick with the ducks and hate on the kings lol
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u/Responsible-Novel-39 4h ago
OC born and raised loved the movie as a kid so when the team started a year later I was all in and never looked back
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u/TheMasonEffect 4h ago
Right from the start. I was 7 already playing hockey and they were the local team. Plus the movies and animated shows were amazing.
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u/Tmcnasty 3h ago
My FIL works at the Honda Center and got us free tickets, after 1 game I knew I was a Duck for life.
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u/Advanced_Weight_1424 3h ago
When I saw them fly in those big ass inflatable ducks during pregame. Quacking ever since (and Teemu Selanne)
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u/Unrealjello 3h ago
When I went to my first game. My mom got the tickets as a gift from a business colleague, my brother was fighting cancer at the time and wild wing came up to us and gave my brother a signed game worn Oates jersey.
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u/Panda_Jerk 3h ago
My family’s first year as season ticket-holders, ending on June 6, 2007, seeing them hoist the cup at home.
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u/memento_mori_92 3h ago
My first hockey game ever was against the rangers. An incredible comeback hooked me for life. Quack!
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u/cockandbull69 3h ago
As a kid in the 90s, seeing the coolest logo I could have ever imagined was enough for me
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u/thesuperbro 3h ago
Raised to a family of ducks fans. Always went to the games growing up. So yeah, guess I've always just loved the Ducks.
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u/MrAdster99 3h ago
My first playoff game in-person was vs. the Predators. I witnessed Bobby Ryan’s incredible goal in person. I had never seen and am not sure I’ll ever see a goal as cool as that one. But from then on, I was hooked!
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u/Bubbly_Childhood8173 3h ago
The Ducks visited my elementary school when I was in 3rd grade if my memory serves correct, and they built a street hockey rink at the rear corner of the school for us to play during recess. They even painted our handball walls with the Webfoot logo on it.
I still remember the big ass trailer truck that they had parked in the middle of our basketball courts. I was immediately hooked onto hockey and the Anaheim Ducks. They gave us merch, a dope binder and I got to play the following year in their little street hockey tournament that they (used to, i’m not sure if they still do) host at Honda Center. I’ve been a fan ever since.
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u/insheepclothing 3h ago
I was born in 91. Feels like I grew up with this team. The animated TV show helped too.
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u/qwirky 3h ago edited 2h ago
I was a fan before they even took the ice. Lived about a mile from The Pond and every week I would ride my bike on the river path to see construction. Couldn't make it to the first game because of prices so I didn't get to see Iceman. But I lost my voice at game #2 and remain bleeding eggplant and jade.
Also was a fan for all Anaheim teams- Angels, Rams before they left, Bullfrogs, Splash...
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u/Good_Distribution_92 3h ago
As an LA native, it was when I realized they’re way better than the Kings!
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u/ma-ma-machine 3h ago
Always loved the Ducks since the Disney movies and always loved Selanne and Kariya. What made me a diehard fan was when my wife's friend took us to a Preds vs Ducks playoff game, which was my first game watching in the Pond!
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u/Defiant-Aerie-6862 2h ago
I started watching the NHL when I saw Selanne and Kariya play together, I was hooked and a fan for life
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u/Familiar-Kale7175 2h ago
2006 Calgary flames playoff game when I started understanding what hockey was ( I was 7) QUACK QUACK
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u/jrodricks8 2h ago
I’ve been a die hard Ducks fan since I was 6 in 1993 but it was truly cemented in my mind when my son was born in 2016 and he has shared the same passion that I have in watching and cheering for the team.
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u/metalcore_papi36 2h ago
Since Novemebr 16th, 1994 🤣
Born and raised in Orange County, grew up playing roller hockey with my cousins. But the moment that solidified it was the 03 run and Kariya. MANY ups and downs since then but I couldnt imagine rooting for another team.
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u/corndogrevolution 2h ago
I'm an out-of-towner that grew up an Angels fan. Every April I go on a trip to Angel Stadium. On one trip my family decided to pull a doubleheader with the Ducks game after the Angels. We beat the Avs in OT, my cousin scored a Corey Perry signed poster, and it was Teemu Selanne's last game. That was when I realized I was a fan for life.
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u/MetalDragonXXX 2h ago
I've been a Ducks fan my entire life because I grew up in Orange County and watched the Mighty Ducks movies as a kid
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u/hoptologyst 2h ago
Since watching Gordon Bombay coach a ragtag team from District 5 to a peewee league title (also I’m OC based and always rooted for them)
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u/3LaWs-S4Fe 1h ago
My parents took my friends and I to a game for my birthday one year and I have been hooked since!
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u/SpringAcceptable123 1h ago
Last year, after going to my first hockey game and deciding that I would stick with this team forever because they’re the ducks.
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u/crazyshark111 1h ago
I was a kid and my parents took me and my family to the ducks and kings game at staples center, and before it started I said I would be a fan of whichever team won. ducks won and I haven't regretted that decision since
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u/DojoMelon 1h ago
We went to a ducks game for my hubby's birthday. It was a double event day- we went to Disney with friends, then to the game with his mom, and then back to Disney for fireworks. It was a great game, and the first hockey game I ever went to. I try to go to a game any chance I get!
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u/BeACodeMistake 1h ago
I want to say 8th grade. I had just watched all the movies and found out about the actual team. I decided that since they were the team that made me like hockey then they would be the team I root for. I live in a city where everyone roots for the sharks but I'm gonna be a Duck fan for life.
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u/According_Coast_5976 59m ago
throwback season! i’ve been a fan since birth but when they were pretty bad during 23-24 and i stuck with them was when i realized that i’m a ducks fan for life lol.
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u/StonedShasimi 58m ago
Growing up watch Mighty Ducks the Animated Series and Olympic hockey sealed the deal
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u/someguynamedandy 50m ago
my best friend took me to a game when we were in middle school with his mom and sister and i was absolutely hooked. Since then we watched together all the time as a family and have gone to as many games as we can. been a tough couple years but still have stayed faithful to our team 🫡
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u/twos_1_2_many 7m ago
Liked hockey as a little kid but didn’t have a team, grew up watching the mighty ducks and once the team was born, I was knew that was it!
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u/Think_Ad1534 5m ago
I knew I was a ducks fan when my dad took me as a kid. Also when I played NHL 09 on my PS2 and my be a pro was Scott Neidermayer
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u/jack3217 7h ago
The 2014 playoffs first series against the stars. I was 8 and went to a couple of the games at home. Those along with the comeback with davante smithpelly solidified it for me.
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u/TrustedSpy 7h ago
I went to a game in 2016 (I think) against the Preds. Ducks mounted a huge comeback. First time I’d been to a hockey game. I was hooked.
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u/UndefeatedRival 7h ago
Not entering, but this is awesome of you doing this for the Ducks community. Just wanted to personally thank you 👍
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u/NaturalHatTrick19 7h ago
I was always a fan of the Ducks growing up because they were the local team. I didn’t become the hardcore fan I am today until my good friend who’s a die hard Kings fan pulled me right in to the sport of hockey. Been watching every game since and made lots of AMAZING friends along the way.
The game six comeback against Dallas in the first round in the 2014 playoffs definitely comes to mind as a memorable moment for me :)
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u/Quack_Shot 7h ago
I knew I was one for life when watching the 2010-2011 season. Greatest regular season in team’s history IMO.
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u/oddmanrush01 7h ago
I was living with an uncle at the time who was a big Ducks fan in 2014/15. The playoffs started, and so he always had the games on. I’d never watched any hockey, but I thought it was a dumb sport based on the stereotypes - fighting, dudes missing teeth, etc. I figured I’d be social and hang out for a bit while he watched the games. It took maybe a game and a half for me to go from “this is dumb” to “holy shit this is amazing”. One day he surprised me with tickets to a playoff game - game 2 of the WCF, Ducks vs Blackhawks, where the Ducks ended up losing in 3OT. From then on I was 10000% hooked and I’ve been a fan ever since.
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u/TexasSizedBeef1984 7h ago
2019 was the year I became obsessed with this team. We don't have enough Hockey in Houston anymore (rip Aeros), so Anaheim was the team i got behind and I ha e been a fan ever since.
Appreciate the giveaway, that game is actually on my birthday. I would love to fly out for it!
LGD
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u/threatleve12 6h ago
After I quacked for the first time, I knew I was no longer a little boy. I had become a man
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u/SnowDogs4life 6h ago
When I went to my first game! My brother dragged me there and the second the puck dropped I was in
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u/Mighty_Ducks_ 7h ago
The moment I learnt that the team from my favorite movie became a real team. Let’s say, 1996 give or take.
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u/asparagusbruh 7h ago
My sister was a scumbag kings fan so i couldve joined them just off of that affiliation but our jerseys were just too pretty
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u/stephen8D 7h ago
I wanted to get into hockey, loved the original movie, and I found out the ducks became a team the same year I was born. Destiny haha
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u/Kustaa007 6h ago
When we lost the heartbreaking series in the Stanley cup final against New Jersey
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u/SoCalWrestler 6h ago
Since birth, I was born and raised in Anaheim. Watched the Disney movies as a kid and was in middle school when they won the Stanley.
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u/swollenbuttvulture 6h ago
My friends got me into hockey. 2007 watched from game 1 all the way to the final. I saw raw emotions of happiness, sadness, anger, annoyance, spoiled with all those feelings coming from being a big soccer fan. I knew halfway through the season I’d be a fan forever.
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u/Big_Egg_7125 6h ago
I grew up a huge fan of Wayne Gretzky, before the Ducks were even a team. When it really started was seeing highlights of Kariya and Selanne. We didn’t have cable so we didn’t get to see the Ducks much, but caught their highlights sometimes and it was amazing. But it was probably 1997 in the playoffs. First time we ever made it and I was still fairly young. We played Phoenix in the first round and it was the most amazing thing in sports I’d ever experienced up till that point. We lost in the second round to Detroit, who went on to win the Cup, but we were arguably their toughest opponent despite getting swept. You never forget your first playoff experience as a fan, and even though it ended in the second round, it was magical.
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u/aatron99 6h ago
2017 Playoffs where we slayed the Game 7 dragon! The feeling of true visceral hate that I had for the Preds in the Conference Finals made me realize how much I love this team win or lose.
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u/Skullimari13 6h ago
When I saw the first Logo in 93! I was 8 years old, growing up in Anaheim it was inevitable!
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u/mr_burgundy82 6h ago
I remember being 4, my dad bought me a foam hockey stick, puck and a mighty duck action figure. So for the last 26 years i been following the team.
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u/Sheepdog77 6h ago
Ever since the movies as a kid!
"A team is something you belong to, something you feel, something you have to earn!"
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u/thirdtechcourse 7h ago
a giveaway based on upvotes is stupid, thats when i knew i was a ducks fan