Anaheim Ducks fans are convinced moving a duck statue triggered their losing streak<\/p>\n
The Anaheim Ducks had a 9-game losing streak before they finally beat the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The Anaheim Ducks had a 9-game losing streak before they finally beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 Tuesday night. There must be a plausible, sensible reason for the losing streak right? Well, social media has been awash with fans blaming the removal of the beloved Wild Wing statue for the team\u2019s losing streak.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, sure, it\u2019s an inanimate object…. but they took it down mid December, and the team hasn’t looked right since. Obviously, this is the problem… right?,\u201d one person wrote on Reddit.<\/p>\n
Another fan called it a \u201choly relic.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy delusions will allow me to believe anything at this point,\u201d someone else chimed in.<\/p>\n
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On Reddit, Instagram, Facebook and Threads, dozens of fans voiced their support for the theory.<\/p>\n
So, what happened to the beloved duck?\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bronze statue was temporarily removed from its perch in front of the Honda Center as construction ramped up for the OCVibe project, a 92-acre, $4 billion entertainment expansion project around the Honda Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not goodbye. It\u2019s see you later,\u201d the Ducks posted on social media. \u201cAs progress continues for OCVIBE and renovations at Honda Center, the Wild Wing statue located outside of the Team Store will be temporarily relocated \u2026. The statue will return to OCVIBE as construction nears completion.”<\/p>\n
Construction will be handled in phases<\/a>. The Honda Center’s South Plaza is expected to be finished in 2027, though the full project won’t be done until at least 2029.<\/p>\n Superstitions and sport\u00a0<\/p>\n Superstitions are an important part of any sport.<\/p>\n There\u2019s LeBron James with the chalk toss<\/a>. Anthony Davis was known to wear the same socks for every game<\/a>. Former baseball player Mois\u00e9s Alou never wore batting gloves<\/a>, saying he\u2019d pee on his hands to toughen them up and prevent blisters.<\/p>\n And I had to kick every flagpole every time I walked to the Coliseum to watch the USC Trojans play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anaheim Ducks fans are convinced moving a duck statue triggered their losing streak The Anaheim Ducks had a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-136867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}