{"id":1544,"date":"2026-06-02T09:34:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:34:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:34:36","slug":"hurricanes-forward-william-carrier-knows-well-what-it-takes-to-win-a-stanley-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1544","title":{"rendered":"Hurricanes forward William Carrier knows well what it takes to win a Stanley Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does it take to win the Stanley Cup?<\/p>\n<p>William Carrier of the Carolina Hurricanes knows that as well as anyone. In 2023, he was a member of the Vegas Golden Knights and earned a championship ring.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1542\">Elon Musk Confirms He Only Got Into Politics Because Daughter Is Trans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carrier\u2019s goal now: keep Vegas from winning another one. He wants a second Cup ring, and he wants it with the Hurricanes, who signed him as a free agent in 2024 to a six-year, $12 million contract.<\/p>\n<p>The Canes and Golden Knights meet Tuesday in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at Lenovo Center, matching two teams similar in personnel and playing styles, toughness and tenacity. It could make for a long, intense series.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after coming to the Canes, Carrier said Carolina was \u201cright there\u201d \u2014 on the cusp of winning a Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re not missing much,\u201d he said in 2024. \u201cThey\u2019re exactly what I expected. These guys are fast, they\u2019re skilled, they work their (butts) off. You\u2019ve just got to keep grinding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carrier was asked what went into the making of a Stanley Cup victory, from his experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA little luck,\u201d Carrier said. \u201cThere is a bit of puck luck involved, right? You get there and get to that Final and you need those bounces. You work hard to get those bounces, too, but you kind of need that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo a little luck, and then when you get to the Final, you\u2019ve had a good stretch of playing well. You\u2019re healthy and no one is injured. You\u2019re just on a good run, and it\u2019s fun when every play means something, when every play is big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has been a good run for the Hurricanes, who are 12-1 in the playoffs, the only loss to the Montreal Canadiens. It also has been fun for Carrier, a LaSalle, Quebec native who was seen after one game in Montreal walking away from the Bell Centre with his family, one of his kids up on his shoulders, a happy man.<\/p>\n<p>And now it\u2019s Vegas in the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be special, a special moment,\u201d Carrier said Monday. \u201cIf it was last year it would be a little bit different. But it has been two years (with Carolina). It\u2019s kind of a different team there. But it\u2019s always special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carrier was with the Buffalo Sabres when he was taken in the 2017 expansion draft by the Golden Knights. A year later, they were in the Stanley Cup Final, losing to the Washington Capitals.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1540\">Hailey Bieber Shows Off Figure in Cheeky Bikini Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 2023 champions had the likes of Mark Stone, Jack Eichel and William Karlsson \u2014 still Vegas headliners. Gone from that team, along with Carrier, are Jonathan Marchessault, Chandler Stephenson, Michael Amadio and Alec Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to win every year,\u201d Carrier said of the Golden Knights. \u201cThe same here. They\u2019re always near the top, always playing hockey in June.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carrier has brought some real thump to the Canes lineup. Built like a linebacker at 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds, he\u2019s a rough-and-tumble type who may not score a lot of goals but can make opposing players unsure and uneasy when he\u2019s on the ice; he has 66 hits in the playoffs, including 12 in the second game of the Ottawa series that set a franchise playoff record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the D-men on the ice, they know every time they go back there, they\u2019re going to get hit,\u201d Canes forward Jordan Martinook said Monday. \u201cHe makes it hard on a lot of guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s strong as an ox. I don\u2019t know that there\u2019s many guys stronger than him. He\u2019s very powerful, he\u2019s an unbelievable forechecker that fits in well with what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the Canes were being bullied a bit by the Florida Panthers in past playoffs, one belief was that Carolina needed a few more players \u201cbuilt\u201d for playoff hockey. More like Carrier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery game, and not just this time of year, he plays the same.\u201d Canes coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour said Monday. \u201cHe plays his game and he does it every night. This time of year his games gets a little more noticed because that\u2019s the kind of hockey that gets played now. He\u2019s the perfect fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carrier has joined center Mark Jankowski and winger Eric Robinson in making the Canes\u2019 fourth line formidable, a line Brind\u2019Amour trusts. Robinson had three goals in the Montreal series, the third on a perfect flip pass from Carrier deep in the defensive zone as Robinson zipped down the ice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat line he\u2019s a part of, they\u2019ve been incredible all playoffs,\u201d Martinook said. \u201cThey were all over it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carrier remembers both what it took to win a Cup and the aftermath in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling and I enjoyed the grind of getting there almost as much as winning,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery playoff game seems like three games, physically. Once you win it, it\u2019s like, \u2018All right.\u2019 You\u2019re almost glad it\u2019s over because you\u2019ve been working your (butt) off for like 20 years to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=1538\">Kim Kardashian Hard Launches Lewis Hamilton Romance on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Carrier, 2023 Stanley Cup winner with Vegas, describes luck, healthg, rind needed as he pursues a second ring with the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read-todays-edition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hurricanes forward William Carrier knows well what it takes to win a Stanley Cup - 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