The Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions once again.
Carolina capped off a dominant postseason run Sunday night, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final to secure the franchise’s second championship.
Your 2025-26 Stanley Cup Champions pic.twitter.com/8FkvhlmaK1
— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) June 15, 2026
The Hurricanes finished the playoffs with an impressive 16-3 record after years of regular-season success and postseason disappointment.
The victory was especially meaningful for head coach Rod Brind’Amour. Twenty years after captaining Carolina to its first Stanley Cup in 2006, Brind’Amour now joins an elite group of NHL figures to win championships with the same team as both a player and coach.
After the final horn sounded at T-Mobile Arena, Brind’Amour celebrated by tossing the Stanley Cup into the air before catching it and raising it above his head.
Known to fans as “Rod the Bod,” Brind’Amour has spent 26 years with the organization as a player, executive, assistant coach, and head coach. He has been part of all but two of the franchise’s 104 playoff victories since the Hartford Whalers relocated to North Carolina in 1997.
The championship validates a process the Hurricanes organization never stopped believing in despite years of playoff setbacks.
Following the victory, Governor Josh Stein announced plans for a championship parade on Saturday. Additional details about the route and festivities are expected soon.
To all those who’ve been up celebrating the @Canes – you’re officially excused from your duties this morning. pic.twitter.com/68GiLHHAPL
— Governor Josh Stein (@NC_Governor) June 15, 2026
The celebration will be Carolina’s first Stanley Cup parade since 2006, when the Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers to win their first title.
Nearly two decades later, the Stanley Cup is headed back to North Carolina.
