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Following the Carolina Hurricanes\u2019 Game 6 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights, Conn Smythe winner Jordan Staal took hold of the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n

Read more Looking to commemorate the Canes Stanley Cup win? We\u2019ve got you covered.<\/a><\/p>\n

Effortlessly, the Canes captain raised the almost 35-pound trophy in the air. Staal then breezed around the ice as he shouted in celebration, keeping the Cup above his head until the moment he passed it to goalkeeper Frederik Andersen.<\/p>\n

The remaining Canes similarly had no trouble hoisting the hockey\u2019s holy grail.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2018ve always heard people say it\u2019s heavier than you think, but it didn\u2019t feel too bad,\u201d Andersen said, according to NHL.com<\/u><\/a>.<\/u> \u201cIt wasn\u2019t too bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps it was a straightforward task for the Canes to handle the Cup because they had been training for the moment all year. Strength and conditioning coach Bill Burniston revealed in a May mini-documentary<\/u><\/a> that the team kept a cinder block \u2014 which typically weighs around 35 pounds, like the Cup \u2014 in its workout room.<\/p>\n

Players raised the brick above their heads once, in a lift they called the \u201cblue collar press.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe asked the guys to do one press and think of the blue-collar moments that got them here,\u201d Burniston said in the video. \u201cAnd somebody that\u2019s helped you get here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Canes Stanley Cup parade 2026: See timing, Raleigh route details & map<\/a><\/p>\n

Burniston has worked full-time for 10 seasons with the Canes, but has been with the team part-time since 2013.<\/p>\n

When Rod Brind\u2019Amour later had his turn to lift the Cup, he also easily handled it, even tossing it into the air before bear-hugging and lifting it toward the roof. As the Canes\u2019 coach since 2018, he has transformed the team into a Cup-winning group with a puck-hounding, aggressive style of play, embodied by their training regimen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not in Cabo,\u201d Burniston said in the video. \u201cWe are not taking a break. We are not on vacation right now. We are working. I do not know if there is a time I can remember the Carolina Hurricanes not coming hard out of the gate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brind\u2019Amour has now had his share of iconic moments with the Cup, having been the first to lift it after the Canes\u2019 2006 Cup win when he captained the team during his playing days.<\/p>\n

Read more Canes debut Stanley Cup to massive Glenwood South crowds after returning to Raleigh<\/a><\/p>\n

And his players had been slyly prepared to hoist it in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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