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— The Carolina Hurricanes paraded the Stanley Cup through the streets of Raleigh on Saturday, ending a nearly two-decade championship drought and confirming what the city's growing fanbase has long insisted: that Raleigh is now a certified hockey town.
Coach Rod Brind'Amour drew some of the loudest cheers when players coaxed him to join them on stage for an impromptu shirt-removal moment that quickly circulated across social media.
A Dominant Postseason Run The Hurricanes swept both the Ottawa Senators and the Philadelphia Flyers in the first two rounds of the playoffs without dropping a game.
Their only loss of the entire postseason came in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Montreal Canadiens — a stumble the organization attributed partly to an extended layoff between series.
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