{"id":2476,"date":"2026-06-15T07:33:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2026-06-15T07:33:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T07:33:58","slug":"a-surreal-night-with-a-cherry-on-top-for-canes-fans-who-have-waited-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2476","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018surreal\u2019 night with \u2018a cherry on top\u2019 for Canes fans who have waited for years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\">Read our AI Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Lenovo Center erupted in cheers as the video board showed Brandon Bussi hoist the Stanley Cup above his shoulders from the ice in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2474\">Patrick and Brittany Mahomes&#8217; Son Reacts to Seeing Taylor Swift Stadium Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trey and Brady Sanders said when they heard Bussi was suiting up as the team\u2019s starting goalie again for Game 6, they knew they could breathe easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the cherry on top,\u201d Brady Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a long road for the father and son since they joined the Hurricanes fanbase in 2000, with only one Stanley Cup win to show for the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>For one Raleigh family, a Carolina Hurricanes Stanley Cup marks a new chapter in family history.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, David Thome was sitting with his kids on the couch when the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup. They cheered ecstatically \u2014 though they don\u2019t even remember it now. They were then four and six years old.<\/p>\n<p>The next year, Thome took his kids, then five and seven, to a Canes game, a match they won 8-2 against the Islanders. They sat in nosebleed seats. His kids have been devout fans ever since.<\/p>\n<p>His daughter Anna is a Hurricanes season ticket holder \u2014 a luxury she springs for even with her job as a schoolteacher, Thome said.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Anna is watching from inside Lenovo while his son watches from outside. Thome himself is watching from Red Hat Amphitheater.<\/p>\n<p>Thome said this win is \u201cjust so exciting\u201d for his Thome family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a Brind\u2019Amour team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2014 Jane Winik Sartwell<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Miles Luginbuhl, a 19-year-old NC State superfan, isn\u2019t used to winning championships, he said. That\u2019s what makes this moment even more special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just great,\u201d he said, from his seat next to his mother, Sarah, at Red Hat Amphitheater on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2472\">Carolina Hurricanes\u2019 Stanley Cup Parade: When &amp; where will it be in Raleigh?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2014 Jane Winik Sartwell<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tim Smith stood at the fringes of a crowd outside the Lenovo Center wearing a red Hurricanes jersey that he hadn\u2019t washed since 2002. He hadn\u2019t touched the jersey because he didn\u2019t want to rub off the luck that had gotten the Hurricanes inches away from a championship title before they fell to the Detroit Red Wings in the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s still got nacho cheese stains,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>For Smith and his wife Kim, the Hurricanes are a part of their story. The pair were gifted tickets to a game for their third date about 30 years ago and sat right behind the glass. They fell in love \u2014 with each other and the team.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Smith said he\u2019s in disbelief seeing the team he\u2019s loved for decades be crowned the Stanley Cup Champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s surreal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2014 Faith Wardwell<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When Jen and Phillip Ragain moved to Raleigh from Houston three years ago, they were in search of a sports community. They found the Hurricanes. They feel like they couldn\u2019t have been more lucky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe already knew we would love Raleigh,\u201d Jen said. \u201cBut this is the icing on the cake \u2014 the good icing, I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They watched Sunday night from Red Hat, while their son, 17, looked on from a seat at Lenovo, she said. She hopes that the world will see what a great sports town Raleigh is, and that one day Major League Baseball might take notice.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u2014 Jane Winik Sartwell<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Strangers bumped fists and embraced on Glenwood Avenue. Fans leaned out of car windows while stopped at traffic lights and screamed themselves red-faced slapping five with whoever walked past.<\/p>\n<p>As she walked to her car, one fan spoke into her phone, \u201cLet\u2019s cancel it. Nobody is going to be there at 9 tomorrow. Everybody\u2019s celebrating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/durhammovinghub.com\/?p=2470\">The Canes take the Stanley Cup!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u2014 Josh Shaffer<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published <span class=\"inline-block\">June 15, 2026 at 1:07 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime supporters share family memories and joy as the Carolina Hurricanes clinch the 2026 Stanley Cup Final, sparking celebrations across Raleigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2476","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>A \u2018surreal\u2019 night with \u2018a cherry on top\u2019 for Canes fans who have waited for years - 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