Twenty years after Rod Brind’Amour hoisted the Stanley Cup as captain of the Carolina Hurricanes, he hoisted it again Sunday night as their coach.
Brandon Bussi stopped all 22 shots he faced, Taylor Hall and Jackson Blake scored in the first two periods, and Eric Robinson added an empty-net goal with under two minutes remaining as Carolina defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena.
The Hurricanes claimed their second Stanley Cup championship in franchise history, ending a 20-year title drought that stretched back to Brind’Amour’s days in the captain’s room.
It is the first Stanley Cup for the state of North Carolina since that 2006 team — led on the ice by a 35-year-old Brind’Amour — defeated the Edmonton Oilers in seven games.
Bussi became the unlikely hero of the Hurricanes’ championship run. He took over for starter Frederik Andersen midway through Game 3 with the series tied 1-1, posted a .908 save percentage over his next three starts and delivered a shutout when the franchise needed it most.
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