Ducks are the champs... for 16 reasons!

as reported by KSN Reporter Ethan Kwassman
NHL.Com Senior writer Shawn P. Roarke always has a very grasping column in Crashing the Net, and this week he tells us 16 reasons why the Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup. Some reasons are very obvious like those of the leadership of Scott Niedermeyer, and surprise performance of Travis Moen throughout the entire playoffs. Others, such as the Ducks advantages of home-ice advantage, their depth and domination on faceoffs were givens. I didn't really agree with his reasoning of mental toughness, confidence, and luck as helping the Ducks winning the Cup. After all, you can argue that the Pittsburgh Penguins just had as many or as lack of those three attributes as the Anaheim Ducks did.

However, it's a very lengthy, informative, and well-written article. And I think this might be the reason why he was unable to join Alex Silverman and Andy Facini on Hockey Night on Long Island, this past Saturday, cause this article to a heck of work. Hopefully, this extremely insightful, meticulous, and knowledgeable reporter for the National Hockey League's official site will be able to bring his game to HNLI sometime soon in the future.

link to article (click here)