Canes fans jam Raleigh for Stanley Cup parade
Key takeaways
- The turnout that packed downtown was enough to leave their coach -- the captain of the team's last Cup winner 20 years earlier -- at a loss.
- "I'm in shock," Rod Brind'Amour said in the gap between the end of the parade and the start of the rally that would end the day's festivities in North Carolina's capital.
- The Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh on Saturday, with thousands of fans arriving hours early to line the parade route and grab a spot near the rally stage.
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The turnout that packed downtown was enough to leave their coach -- the captain of the team's last Cup winner 20 years earlier -- at a loss.
"I'm in shock," Rod Brind'Amour said in the gap between the end of the parade and the start of the rally that would end the day's festivities in North Carolina's capital. "It doesn't very often, but I'm just kind of speechless."
The Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh on Saturday, with thousands of fans arriving hours early to line the parade route and grab a spot near the rally stage. The players boarded double-decker buses for the parade that weaved by the State Capitol building, while Brind'Amour was in the back of a late-model truck taking in the scene.