Eleven months before Rod Brind’Amour ripped the Stanley Cup out of Gary Bettman’s hands and thrust it over his head, he wasn’t even yet the captain of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Appreciative of city’s hockey history after experiencing Forum, Bell Centre.
Mutually respectful of each other’s diligence, commitment as players, now as coaches.
In just 488 games coached, Brind’Amour makes NHL coaching history.
Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind’Amour was presented with the state’s highest honour by Gov. Roy Cooper after Sunday’s 4-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
2021 Jack Adams Award winner has earned a 278-130-44 regular-season record.
Won Cup together in Carolina, now go head-to-head in 2nd round.
Every so often, I come across a stat that makes me do a double take.
Rod Brind’Amour played 20 season in the NHL and has been coaching in Carolina since 2018
The four longest-tenured coaches in the NHL are Jon Cooper (hired in 2013), Mike Sullivan (2015), Jared Bednar (2016), and Rod Brind’Amour (2018).
Both enjoyed great success as NHL players and carried over lessons learned from coaching their sons in youth hockey behind an NHL bench.
Carolina coach learned under Florida counterpart as assistant.
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