{"id":643723,"date":"2026-08-16T02:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/643723\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T02:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:09:12","slug":"ducks-news-and-notes-the-team-is-out-and-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/643723\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks News and Notes: The Team Is Out and About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> We are getting closer to the start of the season as August rolls along, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nhl\/teams\/anaheim_ducks\/117\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> are on the move. While nothing official has happened for the franchise, members of the squad are out and about, creating community and making a name for the team. Players and other notable names have appeared at the annual Shoulder Check Showcase, the NHL Players\u2019 Association\u2019s (NHLPA) Rookie Showcase, and San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). Let\u2019s take a look at these Ducks in action.  <\/p>\n<p>Shoulder Check Showcase<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shouldercheck.org\/showcase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shoulder Check Showcase<\/a> is an annual event that happens each summer. This year, it took place at Sacred Heart University\u2019s Martire Family Arena in Fairfield, Connecticut, and 2,700 fans attended in person. Its mission is to bring the hockey community together to promote kindness and mental health awareness. They encourage everyone to check in on those closest to them and to be a safe place for loved ones if and when they are struggling. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are getting closer to the start of the season as August rolls along, and the Anaheim Ducks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[2210,233,5292,1739,5,4],"class_list":["post-643723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheimducks","tag-ducks","tag-hockey","tag-nhl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117102756743251716","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}