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- LAS VEGAS -- When Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour lifted the Stanley Cup on Sunday night, he said hello to an old friend.
- It had been 20 years since Brind'Amour became the first Hurricanes player to ever touch the Stanley Cup, having captained Carolina to the 2006 championship as a 34-year-old in his 17th NHL season.
- He's just the 14th person to win the Cup as a player and a coach for any team.
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LAS VEGAS -- When Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour lifted the Stanley Cup on Sunday night, he said hello to an old friend.
It had been 20 years since Brind'Amour became the first Hurricanes player to ever touch the Stanley Cup, having captained Carolina to the 2006 championship as a 34-year-old in his 17th NHL season.
He waited 15 seasons to win it while wearing a suit behind their bench: Brind'Amour is just the seventh person in NHL history to lift the Stanley Cup as a player and a head coach for the same team, and the first since 1956. He's just the 14th person to win the Cup as a player and a coach for any team.
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