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[DropThePuck]

The words of Ricky Bobby, scrawled on the dressing-room message board, sent the Ducks onto the ice: "If you ain't first, you're last."

So the Ducks' frustration had reached the point they were taking inspirational cues from a fictional character in "Talladega Nights."

http://www.latimes.com/sports/hockey/nhl/d...,0,195584.story



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Ducks center Samuel Pahlsson checks Colorado's left wing Ryan Smyth into the board during the first period Monday night.
(Gus Ruelas / Associated Press)



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