Team member Jenn Fox says the team also does the same chant and clap before every game. Among famous athletes that live by taboos, some of the most well known are NHL players and coaches. Along with athletic superstitions follows the number 13. Stemming from Friday the 13th, there is a stigma attached to the number that makes some people believe it is bad luck. One of the most common superstitions is knocking on wood.
People knock on wood after bragging, predicting or telling of good events.
This superstition stems from ancient beliefs that gods and goddesses lived in trees. After a good event, a person would knock on the tree as a sign of thanks to the god dwelling inside. Another common superstition is throwing salt over your left shoulder when you spill it. This ritual is linked to people believing they had good spirits dwelling in their right side and bad sprits dwelling in their left. People believed that the good spirits in their right side made the salt spill to warn the person of lurking evil.