As part of the AnaheimDucks.com annual Player Reviews, we will be featuring a different Ducks player throughout the coming weeks, in numerical uniform number order. Each review will include key stats, a highlight and an outlook for 2016-17.
An athlete’s recovery from injury is usually a long, arduous process filled with solitary skates and gym sessions. A return to health – and effective play – relies on the athlete’s ability to maintain his resolve and slog through the various ups-and-downs associated with the process.
Nate Thompson knows this feeling all too well.
When training camp opened last September, Thompson was often seen next to the glass at THE RINKS – Anaheim
ICE in shorts and a sweatshirt, dripping sweat from another grueling off-ice workout.