JEN:
Normally, my Saturdays are filled with a whole lotta nothing. Getting me out of my apartment usually takes an act of God, because I'd rather be catching up on the sleep I lost during the week, but I saw on Twitter that the Ducks had an open practice at 11:30am. Initially, I scoffed at the idea of having to put on pants and drive up to Anaheim.

As I laid in my bed, trying to fall back asleep as the landscapers were mowing outside my window, I decided to take one for the team and head up to my first-ever mid-season Ducks practice.

I will admit, I looked pretty out of place when I arrived at Anaheim Ice. Most of the people in the waiting area outside the two rinks were parents with their little hockey players and figure skaters. Practice was already underway as I made my way inside the NHL sized rink. There were about 40 fans there, give or take. Most were parents with their kids. Others were people with cameras snapping pictures of the players as they skated. Not a single Puck Bunny in the bunch; I wasn't surprised, being that it was 11:30am on Saturday, and I don't think they rise (post-walk-of-shame) again until around 4pm.

Here are a few of my observations during practice...

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ROBBY:
As you may have heard, yesterday I had the opportunity to attend an exclusive closed practice at Honda Center and meet the newest captain of the Anaheim Ducks, Ryan Getzlaf. I won this opportunity by selecting an orange puck during last year's Mystery Puck promotion. For those unfamiliar with the event, you can buy as many signed mystery pucks as you want for $40 per puck (all money goes to the Anaheim Ducks foundation). While every puck is signed by someone on the team, there is one orange puck per player on the team. So out of roughly 500 pucks, only 20 or so are orange pucks. Yeah, I was that lucky (especially since I managed to get Getz).

Below the jump you'll find pictures and videos from my day at Honda Center, as well a a complete breakdown of yesterday's practice (including some choice quotes overheard from coach Randy Carlyle). I'm not including all of the videos I shot yesterday, so if you want to see everything, you can check out my YouTube channel.

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