Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour can stand behind the home bench at PNC Arena, look up and see his old jersey hanging in the rafters. Fittingly, it’s close to the 2006 Stanley Cup banner.
Skyler Brind’Amour and his dad hopped in their car and pulled out of the driveway after a long round of golf. They flipped the radio to the NHL Network and heard it:
Are the Hurricanes prepared to move forward without Justin Williams? How close are they to their goal of winning the Stanley Cup? We cover those and more as we wrap up our interview.
It had been a decade since the Carolina Hurricanes made the post-season in 2009. The leading scorer on the team that season was Ray Whitney. Eric Staal was the leading goal scorer, and it was the last full season as captain of the team for Rod Brind’Amour.
When Rod Brind’Amour brought the Stanley Cup back to his hometown of Campbell River, BC, he gave a special coin to a close friend, Kim Wood, who has lived with cystic fibrosis her whole life. Here is their story.
What’s it like when NHL bench bosses catch up in the off-season? See the comradery between our coaches when they’re not battling it out behind the bench.
Watch as Rick Tocchet, Rob Brind’Amour and Craig Berube join John Dellapina to discuss when they first thought about transitioning from NHL player to NHL coach.
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