{"id":2173,"date":"2026-06-11T04:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:06:02","slug":"like-captain-like-coach-how-captain-jordan-staal-is-emulating-rod-brindamour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2173","title":{"rendered":"Like captain, like coach: How captain Jordan Staal is emulating Rod Brind\u2019Amour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rod Brind\u2019Amour was 35 when he captained the Carolina Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup championship.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2171\">Property tax hike coming for Durham County homeowners after budget vote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If anyone can identify with what Jordan Staal is doing now, at age 37, in the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights, it\u2019s Brind\u2019Amour.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly no one can appreciate what Staal is doing more than Brind\u2019Amour, who has stood behind the Hurricanes bench and watched his veteran center, his captain, work.<\/p>\n<p>Because that\u2019s what Jordan Staal does: work. Every game, every shift in a game.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, Brind\u2019Amour not only was the heart and soul of the team, but scored big game-swinging goals. Twenty years later, Staal is the heart and soul of a team doing the same.<\/p>\n<p>Staal scored twice Tuesday as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/sports\/nhl\/carolina-hurricanes\/article316037520.html\" rel=\"Follow\" target=\"_blank\">Canes earned a 5-3 victory over the Golden Knights<\/a> in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final that tied the series 2-2, with Game 5 set Thursday at Lenovo Center.<\/p>\n<p>The first came on a power play, when he would not be budged from the front of the net and popped in a loose puck. The second he scored from his belly, reaching out for a quick flick of his stick to get the puck in the net for the game-winner at 6:32 of the third period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s killing us in front of the net, Staal,\u201d Vegas coach John Tortorella said. \u201cWe have to do a better job. He\u2019s a big man, he\u2019s a good player. That\u2019s where he lives, and we have to do a better job, be stronger, win that battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In four games in the Stanley Cup Final, Staal now has five goals. At 37. And downplays all of it as best he can, which is his nature.<\/p>\n<p>About those five goals \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good time to be hot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Even Staal seemed to be a little amazed by his game-winner.<\/p>\n<p>On the play, Canes forward Seth Jarvis jumped on a Vegas turnover in the slot and got off a shot that goalie Carter Hart stopped. Jarvis battled for the puck in the corner and got it to Nikolaj Ehlers, who quickly slid it across to Staal, who was turning, missed on a quick forehand and then went backhand as he fell.<\/p>\n<p>Staal got just enough of the puck to score as Hart lunged to his left trying to make the save. Belly down on the ice, he dipped his head and pumped his fists. A few feet  away, Hart also was face down.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2170\">Former Hurricanes broadcaster enjoys bittersweet, full-circle Stanley Cup moment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a second I wasn\u2019t sure if it exactly went in,\u201d Staal said. \u201cI hear some of the guys yelling. I don\u2019t know, I was in my own world. I let a big yell go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that was it. The celebration was over. Time to get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew it was a big goal but right away I was focusing on what we had to do to win this game,\u201d Staal said. \u201cAll I\u2019ve been thinking about is we\u2019ve got to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staal is the Canes\u2019 best defender and probably should have won a Selke Trophy as the league\u2019s top defensive forward sometime during his long career. He\u2019s the Canes\u2019 best faceoff man. As Tortorella said, at 6-4 and 230 pounds, Staal can move people aside, screen goalies, win puck battles.<\/p>\n<p>The players call him \u201cChief,\u201d and there\u2019s a reason for that other than being the captain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe does it all,\u201d forward Jackson Blake said Tuesday. \u201cThat\u2019s what you want from your captain. He\u2019s a lot of fun to watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so consistent. I don\u2019t know what is about him, but he\u2019s a dawg. He does everything. I think it\u2019s how bad he wants to win. We all want to win so bad, but he\u2019s playing like it\u2019s his last games right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the way Brind;Amour played in 2006. That\u2019s the effort Staal is giving in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that\u2019s why player and coach looked the same after Tuesday\u2019s game: drained but happy after a big win that took their all to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2168\">Jesse Ridgway Impersonated Person With Down Syndrome in Resurfaced Clip<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">June 10, 2026 at 5:45 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 37, Jordan Staal channels Rod Brind\u2019Amour with five goals in four games, leading Carolina Hurricanes with grit, net-front work in NHL Stanley Cup Final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2173","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 - 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