Watch: Rod Brind'Amour lifts Stanley Cup 20 years apart as captain, coach

Rod Brind'Amour got to lift the Stanley Cup in 2006 as the Carolina Hurricanes captain.

Twenty years later, he got to lift it for the first time as a coach.

"I'm so happy for these guys," he told ABC after a series-clinching 3-0 win against the Golden Knights . "I wanted it as a player. I really wanted it, but I wanted it for these guys as a coach. It means so much to see how happy they are."

Brind'Amour's team finally broke through in his eighth year as a Hurricanes head coach and three series losses in the conference final.

His hard-forechecking system can be wearing, but Carolina got through the first three rounds in 13 games, so it had plenty of rest. And the coach made adjustments to get the team to rebound from a 2-1 series deficit against the Knights.

Here's video of Brind'Amour celebrating as a captain and as a coach:

The Carolina Hurricanes secured the Stanley Cup , closing out the series with a championship‑winning performance. See the defining moments from the title‑clinching game as the Hurricanes lifted the Cup. Above, Carolina Hurricanes celebrate the win against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 6 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena.

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