Rod Brind'Amour has gone from first-time head coach to one of the NHL's best in leading the Carolina Hurricanes to six straight postseason appearances. Brind'Amour is trying to win a Stanley Cup as a coach after being the captain on Carolina's 2006 winner.
FILE - Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour speaks to his team during a timeout in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Brind’Amor has turned Carolina into a regular among the league’s elite with its relentless on-ice style, along with making the Hurricanes the betting favorite to win the Cup on the eve of this year’s playoffs.
“I mean, I don’t know a single guy for an organization that has more impact than he has here,” said Carolina center Sebastian Aho, a third-year player when Brind’Amour became head coach. “Obviously he’s done a lot, hopefully he gets one as a coach as well.”Brind’Amour took over amid a massive franchise reset as Tom Dundon became majority owner. He started with a fresh message to that first beleaguered group: there’s enough here to build something more.
The franchise had never before been to three straight postseasons since the former Hartford Whalers relocated to North Carolina in 1997. “Every coach says that, but you have to do it,” Brind’Amour said. “The easy thing to do is talk. The coach has got the easy job. He says it and then the guy has to do it. He has to believe that it’s leading to something. And it has to lead to something for the team but also for himself. That’s the trick of pro sports, especially hockey.”
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