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franchise history beating vegas 4 2 in the final series carolina which won the clinching game 3 0 previously captured the stanley cup in 2006 vegas led the series 2 1 before the hurricanes won the final three games taylor hall jackson blake and nikolaj ehlers scored the hurricanes goals in game 6 while brandon bussi and the carolina defense dominated with the shutout get involved by using the discuss tab or emailing live theathletic com go further hurricanes win stanley cup for first time since 2006 finish off dominant 16 3 playoff run june 15 2026 at 12 40 am edt lukas weese staff writer live what a season for carolina getty images it s always bittersweet when the stanley cup playoffs end the postseason started back in april with 16 teams and ends with one tonight as the carolina hurricanes are stanley cup champions the playoffs saw the montreal canadiens win back to back game 7s the hurricanes go on a dominant run the golden knights power through the western conference to get to the stanley cup final carolina and vegas produced an excellent stanley cup final so many comebacks goals and chaos a game 3 for the ages that went to double overtime but the hurricanes locked in after that tough loss to win three straight and capture their second stanley cup in franchise history there s not much rest on the hockey calendar the nhl draft is at the end of the month then nhl free agency opens july 1 as teams try to get better before the 2026 27 season starts in october what a season of hockey which included an incredible return of nhlers to the olympic games for carolina it s time to celebrate after winning the cup thanks for reading along hockey fans with our live coverage june 15 2026 at 12 36 am edt lukas weese staff writer live let s hear from john tortorella getty images vegas golden knights coach john tortorella came in at the end of the regular season after the team relieved bruce cassidy of his duties it was a strange circumstance but tortorella locked in with the team and guided them to the stanley cup final he doesn t know if he wants to keep coaching this team again as he recovers from a tough loss but he is proud of his players i like the team it s a good group of guys driven they are good pros it s a real good group june 15 2026 at 12 32 am edt lukas weese staff writer live stanley cup champion as captain and head coach imagn images rod brind amour joins an elite small company of players to win the stanley cup as a captain and a head coach here is the full list brind amour hurricanes toe blake canadiens hap day maple leafs cooney weiland bruins june 15 2026 at 12 28 am edt lukas weese staff writer live brind amour s tenure as hurricanes coach getty images rod brind amour was in his eighth season as the coach of the hurricanes for the previous seven seasons he came close of achieving the ultimate goal of winning the stanley cup finally brind amour was able to achieve this moment for the team here are the full results for brind amour s tenure as carolina s coach 2018 19 conference final 2019 20 first round 2020 21 second round 2021 22 second round 2022 23 conference final 2023 24 second round 2024 25 conference final 2025 26 stanley cup june 15 2026 at 12 24 am edt the athletic live team carolina s fans enjoying their 16th win and the stanley cup title sweet sixteen pic twitter com 7dapus3iqs carolina hurricanes canes june 15 2026 june 15 2026 at 12 20 am edt lukas weese staff writer live let s hear from sebastian aho getty images sebastian aho embraced coach rod brind amour when the hurricanes won the stanley cup aho spoke about what the moment meant to him to win the title it was pretty awesome a lot of emotions came out i got emotional when my family came out it was so special to share with my family june 15 2026 at 12 16 am edt lukas weese staff writer live seventeen years in the making getty images jordan staal won a stanley cup in 2009 with the pittsburgh penguins he had to wait 17 years before winning his second stanley cup tonight with the carolina hurricanes it s the longest wait in between stanley cups in league history per nhl stats the wait was worth it for staal june 15 2026 at 12 13 am edt lukas weese staff writer live have a playoffs jackson blake getty images in game 6 jackson blake recorded a goal and an assist en route to clinching the stanley cup per nhl stats blake is the first in hurricanes player in franchise history to record seven multi point games in a single postseason and the fourth to do so in a potential stanley cup clinching contest june 15 2026 at 12 10 am edt lukas weese staff writer live carolina held a playoff spot all season getty images more history for the carolina hurricanes per nhl stats carolina became the first team since the 2008 detroit red wings to win a stanley cup after occupying a playoff spot each gameday during the 82 game regular season remarkable consistency june 15 2026 at 12 07 am edt lukas weese staff writer live list of stanley cup champions this decade getty images the carolina hurricanes have etched their place into hockey history with their second stanley cup win as a franchise here is the list of champions this decade 2020 tampa bay lightning 2021 tampa bay lightning 2022 colorado avalanche 2023 vegas golden knights 2024 florida panthers 2025 florida panthers 2026 carolina hurricanes carolina joins the panthers and lightning as the eastern conference teams to win a cup this decade june 15 2026 at 12 04 am edt the athletic live team is it real or a dream freddie andersen i ve still got to figure out if i m dreaming or not pic twitter com tq3y86jcrp chris johnston reporterchris june 15 2026 june 15 2026 at 12 01 am edt daniel shirley senior editor live more readers thoughts some more readers comments about the hurricanes winning the stanley cup k kyle h 16h 45m ago one thing i really love in sports is when a team recognizes they have a good thing going and aren t too quick to blow it up when the ultimate goal doesn t come quickly it s really hard to win a championship there s 31 other teams trying to do it too you can fall short 4 5 6 times in a row but that doesn t necessarily mean that you will next time 62 3 p paddy w 16h 47m ago car incredible good fight vegas what a talented bunch so impressed with this squad can t think of a soul who deserves it more than rod and oldest mvp ever staal 29 a andrew r 16h 53m ago congrats to the canes and carolina sharks fan here and i know exactly how the vegas fans in the arena feel i was at game 6 in 2016 7 june 14 2026 at 11 58 pm edt daniel shirley senior editor live readers thoughts some readers comments on the hurricanes win and the stanley cup final d dr andreas k 16h 20m ago great series if you love hockey this series delivered 24 2 r rob h 16h 22m ago congrats canes cup stays in the southeast you only won because of state tax wait 8 d david n 16h 22m ago vegas was basically the kings of 2012 and 2014 far from the best team in the western final but used luck to get the to the final but unfortunately for them they didn t have the same good luck and faced a real team in the final 2 3 s steven s 16h 27m ago not a fan of either team but what a great series happy for the canes who play as a real disciplined team couldn t be happier for rod b who is at the high end of classy coaches vs torts who is classless will he even show up for his press conference 24 june 14 2026 at 11 55 pm edt jesse granger staff writer golden knights reporting from t mobile arena vegas window remains open for the third time in nine seasons the stanley cup was hoisted inside t mobile arena for the second time it was awarded to the visiting team the carolina hurricanes stifling defense that has defined them for close to a decade finally made an appearance in the cup final suffocating the golden knights en route to a 2 0 victory and their first championship in 20 years the game marked the end of another improbable run for a franchise that has already experienced plenty in its short existence for a golden knights team that enters every season carrying the weight of championship expectations this postseason felt like a rare reprieve vegas unrelenting win now mentality has led to unmatched success on the ice with the most postseason wins in the nhl since 2017 the willingness to make bold moves in a constant pursuit of improvement is appealing to players who clearly see las vegas as a destination but the championship or bust standard can also be burdensome at times there s a palpable tension around the team when it isn t winning and every player knows that if they re underperforming the next move could be their last with the organization go further golden knights fall short in stanley cup final but prove their window is still open june 14 2026 at 11 51 pm edt lukas weese staff writer live let s hear from jordan martinook getty images jordan martinook arrived to carolina during the rod brind amour era now he is a stanley cup champion with a tight knit group that was a prolific playoff team that finally got over the hump we had a group of guys who wanted it so bad to have it end like this you couldn t script it any better june 14 2026 at 11 49 pm edt lukas weese staff writer live sean walker talks about the journey sean walker is a bowling green state alum now he is a stanley cup champion similar to fellow bowling state alum rob blake walker talked about the journey he took to get to this moment of lifting the stanley cup it does take a village i cannot say enough about the people along the way june 14 2026 at 11 48 pm edt daniel shirley senior editor live getty images this photo of hurricanes head coach rod brind amour is my favorite one so far of the celebration june 14 2026 at 11 46 pm edt lukas weese staff writer live svechnikov snow angel andrei svechnikov does a snow angel on the ice with the red and black confetti this is similar to alex ovechkin in 2018 when the capitals won june 14 2026 at 11 44 pm edt lukas weese staff writer 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