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2026 Hurricanes Off Season Thread

The story behind Struttin‘ Stormy.

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Some Pig: The Story of Struttin' Stormy and the Stanley Cup

The Carolina Hurricanes just became NHL champions for the first time in 20 years, and during that run a lot of people noticed something unusual on their road uniforms: A cartoony, college-style pig on the shoulder. Today, we take a closer look at the long journey of a logo from the mind of an...
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We watched on tv. WRAL had the better coverage. Raleigh looked beautiful on a CoC day. Unfortunately, WTVD’s coverage was not as good and that’s who NHL Network used for their feed. Not that anyone from elsewhere would have watched.
 
I have done a ton of hockey related things in my life, play, coach, parent, fan, but today brought a tear to my eye when I reflected back to that first trip to Greensboro to cheer the Canes on to this scene today…that was just freaking awesome and I still can’t believe the support that I saw!!!
 

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HNIM said:
We watched on tv. WRAL had the better coverage. Raleigh looked beautiful on a CoC day. Unfortunately, WTVD’s coverage was not as good and that’s who NHL Network used for their feed. Not that anyone from elsewhere would have watched.
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ABC coverage was shit. Half the video was low resolution like it was 1980 and they Spent half the time showing people in the studio. WTF

Hoping WRAL rebroadcasts this week so I can record it
 
CanadaCanes said:
I have done a ton of hockey related things in my life, play, coach, parent, fan, but today brought a tear to my eye when I reflected back to that first trip to Greensboro to cheer the Canes on to this scene today…that was just freaking awesome and I still can’t believe the support that I saw!!!
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Certainly a huge difference between the tarp at the Greensboro Coliseum to the No Tarp of today.
 
Beautiful day to cap a fantastic season! Listening to the reactions from the players, they were blown away by the size and passion of the crowd. The city did a really good job of managing the massive influx of people and the player buses were pretty cool. Unlike the SCF game, they didn't tighten the gaps and there were way too many stretches of emptiness between some of the parade participants. In one case, Tripp had time to jump out of his car and spent about 8 minutes running around hand-slapping fans. All in all, a fitting end to the season.
 
HNIM said:
We watched on tv. WRAL had the better coverage. Raleigh looked beautiful on a CoC day. Unfortunately, WTVD’s coverage was not as good and that’s who NHL Network used for their feed. Not that anyone from elsewhere would have watched.
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Agreed. I recorded both since I was busy. ABC11’s coverage was pretty embarrassing, honestly. WRAL’s was slightly more professional.
 
FWIW, I just talked to a friend in the Raleigh City Manager’s office about something else entirely, but while we were chatting he mentioned that the City was revising their crowd estimate for the parade on Saturday up to around 180,000. They’ve got software that can estimate numbers based on the video feeds. That’s just mind blowing
 
jeffbear said:
FWIW, I just talked to a friend in the Raleigh City Manager’s office about something else entirely, but while we were chatting he mentioned that the City was revising their crowd estimate for the parade on Saturday up to around 180,000. They’ve got software that can estimate numbers based on the video feeds. That’s just mind blowing
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Yea, WRAL changed the total to 180,000 last night in one of their articles
 
jeffbear said:
FWIW, I just talked to a friend in the Raleigh City Manager’s office about something else entirely, but while we were chatting he mentioned that the City was revising their crowd estimate for the parade on Saturday up to around 180,000. They’ve got software that can estimate numbers based on the video feeds. That’s just mind blowing
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We were down on Fayetteville Street by 8am and it was already thick as thieves...but my favorite moment in terms of the crowds Saturday was watching the "Fan's Parade" at the end of the actual parade...just a throng of people following the last player float at the end...it was glorious...especially since we were elevated on a large stairwell across from ABC11 studios...
 
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