{"id":5762,"date":"2026-05-13T07:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5762"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:01:36","slug":"longtime-ducks-fans-enjoying-rewards-for-being-patient-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5762","title":{"rendered":"Longtime Ducks fans enjoying rewards for being patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>OK, so there is actually one inconvenience for long-suffering Ducks fans who are experiencing a wild playoff run, the team\u2019s first since 2018.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5761\">Huntington Beach boys volleyball sweeps Corona del Mar, advances to semifinals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a lot easier to plan your vacations,\u201d Kozo Shimano said before Game 3 of the Ducks\u2019 second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday at Honda Center.<\/p>\n<p>His friend and suitemate Ed LeBeau agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt used to be 44 games and go play golf,\u201d LeBeau said and laughed. \u201cNow it\u2019s 44 games and bonus hockey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll take this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They weren\u2019t the only ones who rather enjoyed having their late-spring free time interrupted by a Ducks postseason run that few saw coming. Even the fans who thought a playoff appearance was possible \u2014 a new coach and a lot of young talent spark hope, after all \u2014 didn\u2019t imagine a first-round victory and strong play in the second round were within reach this season.<\/p>\n<p>This was supposed to be a season that was a step toward a bright future, but it\u2019s turned into one that makes the future appear a lot closer than it once did.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a reward of sorts for the fans who stuck with them during a long postseason drought that rarely even included contention for a playoff spot.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of course, Irene and Ross Amador of Irvine became season ticket holders during that drought. Well, it was a return for Irene, whose family had tickets for the Mighty Ducks\u2019 inaugural season.<\/p>\n<div><ul><div><div><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Longtime Ducks fans Irene and Ross Amador of Irvine stand...\" class=\"wp-image-2981\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/33267f67141b57bb8fe4721c2483f2e0-1024x706.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/33267f67141b57bb8fe4721c2483f2e0-1024x706.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/33267f67141b57bb8fe4721c2483f2e0-300x207.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/33267f67141b57bb8fe4721c2483f2e0-768x530.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/33267f67141b57bb8fe4721c2483f2e0-1536x1060.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/33267f67141b57bb8fe4721c2483f2e0.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Longtime Ducks fans Irene and Ross Amador of Irvine stand together outside the Honda Center before Game 3 of the team\u2019s second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Michael Rakijas of Yorba Linda, wearing a Ducks jersey and...\" class=\"wp-image-2982\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b6a40db8afe968cf3f325efd3f8e8f22-1024x762.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b6a40db8afe968cf3f325efd3f8e8f22-1024x762.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b6a40db8afe968cf3f325efd3f8e8f22-300x223.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b6a40db8afe968cf3f325efd3f8e8f22-768x572.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b6a40db8afe968cf3f325efd3f8e8f22-1536x1144.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b6a40db8afe968cf3f325efd3f8e8f22.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Michael Rakijas of Yorba Linda, wearing a Ducks jersey and a duck nose, poses for a photo with a stuffed Wild Wing mascot in a corridor at the Honda Center before Game 3 of the Ducks\u2019 second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fans pose for photos with a stuffed Wild Wing mascot...\" class=\"wp-image-2983\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b223019d18e5c586d6d835cb5a071cfe-1024x691.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b223019d18e5c586d6d835cb5a071cfe-1024x691.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b223019d18e5c586d6d835cb5a071cfe-300x202.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b223019d18e5c586d6d835cb5a071cfe-768x518.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b223019d18e5c586d6d835cb5a071cfe-1536x1036.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b223019d18e5c586d6d835cb5a071cfe.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Fans pose for photos with a stuffed Wild Wing mascot in a corridor at the Honda Center before Game 3 of the Ducks\u2019 second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Members of Bear Brass perform for fans on their way...\" class=\"wp-image-2984\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8ce6e99f5ba945b26e2fa59bdcd3ebaa-1024x694.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8ce6e99f5ba945b26e2fa59bdcd3ebaa-1024x694.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8ce6e99f5ba945b26e2fa59bdcd3ebaa-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8ce6e99f5ba945b26e2fa59bdcd3ebaa-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8ce6e99f5ba945b26e2fa59bdcd3ebaa-1536x1041.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8ce6e99f5ba945b26e2fa59bdcd3ebaa.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Members of Bear Brass perform for fans on their way into Honda Center before Game 3 of the Ducks\u2019 second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Longtime Ducks fans Ross Amador and Irene Amador of Irvine...\" class=\"wp-image-2985\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0cc8668ca4d32b20e8f0042564790fd4-1024x758.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0cc8668ca4d32b20e8f0042564790fd4-1024x758.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0cc8668ca4d32b20e8f0042564790fd4-300x222.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0cc8668ca4d32b20e8f0042564790fd4-768x568.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0cc8668ca4d32b20e8f0042564790fd4-1536x1136.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0cc8668ca4d32b20e8f0042564790fd4.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Longtime Ducks fans Ross Amador and Irene Amador of Irvine stand together outside the Honda Center before Game 3 of the team\u2019s second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Members of Bear Brass perform for fans on their way...\" class=\"wp-image-2986\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7877b88814142e50b366ea5fdeee3c3c-1024x697.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7877b88814142e50b366ea5fdeee3c3c-1024x697.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7877b88814142e50b366ea5fdeee3c3c-300x204.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7877b88814142e50b366ea5fdeee3c3c-768x523.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7877b88814142e50b366ea5fdeee3c3c-1536x1045.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7877b88814142e50b366ea5fdeee3c3c.webp 1859w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Members of Bear Brass perform for fans on their way into Honda Center before Game 3 of the Ducks\u2019 second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><li><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Long-time season ticket holders Ed LeBeau, of Santa Ana and...\" class=\"wp-image-2987\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aae97d92b2d2355acdacb48007c1e5db-1024x722.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aae97d92b2d2355acdacb48007c1e5db-1024x722.webp 1024w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aae97d92b2d2355acdacb48007c1e5db-300x212.webp 300w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aae97d92b2d2355acdacb48007c1e5db-768x542.webp 768w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aae97d92b2d2355acdacb48007c1e5db-1536x1083.webp 1536w, https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aae97d92b2d2355acdacb48007c1e5db.webp 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>Long-time season ticket holders Ed LeBeau, of Santa Ana and Kozo Shimano, of Dana Point, in Shimano\u2019s suite before the Ducks take on the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series on Friday, May 8, 2026, at the Honda Center. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/div><\/div><\/ul><div><div>Longtime Ducks fans Irene and Ross Amador of Irvine stand together outside the Honda Center before Game 3 of the team\u2019s second-round playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday, May 8, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/div><span>Expand<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe had Ducks tickets,\u201d she said. \u201cThen we had Angels tickets. And we always had Chargers tickets until they moved to L.A.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always been a glutton for punishment. But when you love a team \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross Amador, whose son Thomas played for the Junior Ducks, has been enjoying the playoff run and season altogether, but he acknowledged he didn\u2019t take his wife\u2019s suggestion to bet on the Ducks to win the Stanley Cup before the season.<\/p> <div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Irene Amador said she enjoyed the atmosphere in Honda Center even when the Ducks were struggling and said she wasn\u2019t going anywhere as a fan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thing is supporting a team and staying with them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Linda and Robert Pagan know the feeling. They were in the same Section 414, Row B seats they\u2019ve had for years, well before the puck dropped Friday night.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5760\">Newport Coast estate linked to NBA star Zach LaVine lists for $40 million<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They make the drive from Torrance to Anaheim on a regular basis, and Robert Pagan had a quick answer when asked if they ever considered quitting on a team that hadn\u2019t delivered in so long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever,\u201d he said emphatically. \u201cWe were here when they won the Stanley Cup in 2007 and in all the good years that followed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t going anywhere. This organization is full of classy people. And now they\u2019re looking really good again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Linda Pagan, like so many Ducks fans, is excited about the team\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re so young and so talented,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>LeBeau, who lives seven minutes from Honda Center in the Floral Park neighborhood of Santa Ana, was among the fans who weathered several frustrating seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, the draw on the ice was one of the best players in the league \u2014 visiting with another team \u2014 but he also simply didn\u2019t want to give up the experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you really like watching hockey and you really like a game, it\u2019s hard to describe,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you didn\u2019t go anymore, you think: What am I missing? You get that FOMO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shimano has a pretty good feel for what could be missed. He\u2019s been with the Ducks since the start, experienced their first playoff series, the first time they advanced, the 2003 trip to the Stanley Cup Final and, of course, the 2007 championship.<\/p>\n<p>Postseason visits were the norm. Long runs and championships always were the goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a lot of fun,\u201d said Shimano, who lives in Dana Point. \u201cYou get used to that. Then, those bleak years, it was sad. You know they\u2019re trying and they can\u2019t win as many games as they used to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I had no expectations for this season. It\u2019s been quite a pleasant surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shimano also got a nice reminder of a bonus for those who spend big and pay for an all-event suite at Honda Center.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5759\">Dunn: Love at first serve, this Newport Coast tennis couple wins big together<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The playoffs are included at no extra cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, I didn\u2019t get that benefit for a long time,\u201d he said and laughed.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters&#8217; faith in the team, even through many seasons of struggles, pays off with some postseason fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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