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When Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon hired Rod Brind\u2019Amour to coach his team in 2018, the franchise\u2019s first goal was to put a team on the ice that made the Raleigh community proud, Brind\u2019Amour recalled Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Brind\u2019Amour became the Canes head coach amidst a nine-season playoff drought, 12 years after winning the 2006 Stanley Cup as a Canes player.<\/p>\n

Eight seasons later, and the Canes have yet to miss the playoffs under Brind\u2019Amour. During Saturday\u2019s Canes 2026 Championship Celebration<\/a>, the players\u2019 exulting release was underscored by the togetherness Brind\u2019Amour has instilled in the Canes.<\/p>\n

After the parade took Canes players, staff and others through part of downtown Raleigh, the crowd \u2014 stretching from City Plaza toward the North Carolina State Capitol \u2014 was overjoyed.<\/p>\n

Players and staff took the moment to gush about the triumphant moment for hockey in the South<\/a>, while the team\u2019s camaraderie that fueled their Cup run was on full display.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people talk about this team,\u201d Brind\u2019Amour said, \u201cthey are going to say this is the greatest team that has ever won the Stanley Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Players\u2019 children joined them on stage, a few of them shooting water guns into the crowd and captain Jordan Staal\u2019s son even took his shirt off to lead a tarps off moment.<\/p>\n

Staal praised Brind\u2019Amour as the \u201cbest human being\u201d he\u2019s \u201cever met,\u201d shouting out his coach\u2019s work ethic early in the mornings.<\/p>\n

Then, he turned to his teammates and gave kudos to the group\u2019s bond.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a team,\u201d Staal said. \u201cWhat a team we had. We needed everyone that whole ride.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Canes spent the week partying with the Cup, even taking it to the Teets<\/a> bar Monday.<\/p>\n

At the Cup celebration, the party didn\u2019t stop as players tossed beverages into the side crowds while their teammates addressed the masses. Left winger Jordan Martinook often stole the microphone to energize a crowd or introduce his teammates like an intoxicated person might at a karaoke bar. Sebastian Aho and Martinook even led a Staal chant while holding the microphone together.<\/p>\n

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When Jaccob Slavin took the microphone, the crowd chanted \u201cUSA,\u201d a nod to the 2026 Olympic gold medal-winning men\u2019s hockey team. But he let them know how he prefers the achievement he made with his Canes teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning a gold medal, unbelievable,\u201d Slavin said, \u201can honor to represent this country. But winning a Stanley Cup with this team right here and this city, there\u2019s nothing better, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to be a Hurricane the rest of my life,\u201d Slavin later added.<\/p>\n

The Canes have captivated the Triangle over the past few weeks, punctuating their Cup run by putting on a celebration unlike many other events that ever taken place in the area. One couple held a sign that read they had delayed their wedding to attend the celebration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

General manager Eric Tulsky said he often strolls around tailgates before games and the stadium concourse during intermission, greeting fans. When he tells other executives that he does so, they call him brave.<\/p>\n

Tulsky sees no problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018man, I don\u2019t know what your issue is,\u2019\u201d Tulsky said. \u201c\u2018They like me here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Tulsky even said numerous players came up to him after winning the Stanley Cup and thanked him for bringing them to Raleigh. One of those players was left winger Nicolas Deslauriers, he added, who signed a two-year contract on the stage Saturday<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

Left winger Taylor Hall \u2014 who came to the Raleigh via trade in January 2025 \u2014 said the atmosphere of his first Canes game ignited him. Hall recorded 48 points this season, the most he\u2019s logged since his 61-point 2021-22 campaign with the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys gave a jolt to my career I didn\u2019t know I needed,\u201d said Hall, the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2010 who was the league\u2019s most valuable player in 2018.<\/p>\n

As evidenced by the players and staff\u2019s comments Saturday, the Canes celebrated a Cup that means more to the team and city than just the achievement itself. Over 150,000 people attended the even<\/a>t, according to Raleigh Police, breaking the city\u2019s record for most people in one place.<\/p>\n

For Brind\u2019Amour, who has ushered in this change, the team\u2019s togetherness is the driving force.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHockey,\u201d he said, \u201cis the greatest team sport in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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