We’ve all been an underdog before. Every one of us has fallen into a seemingly endless abyss looking to find something to hinge onto, and few of us – very few – get lucky and hang on. Underdog stories are as enlightening as they are because we have all envisioned ourselves achieving our goals where we have no business succeeding.
For every hockey player dangling or powering their way to the net for a goal, there are thousands of individuals day-dreaming of a scenario in which they slip on that hockey sweater and replicate such a highlight-reel goal.