Hurricane of victory: Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup after 20 years

Hurricane of victory: Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup

The NHL league crowned a new-old champion tonight (June 15, 2026): the Carolina Hurricanes team defeated the Vegas Golden Knights with a score of 3:0 in the sixth game of the final series, thereby sealing a 4-2 victory in the series as a whole. As reported by the FONBET channel, this is the second Stanley title in the club's history, with the last time they hoisted the cup being in 2006.

The achievement is especially emotional for coach Rod Brind'Amour. As noted on Hockey on Kinopoisk, Brind'Amour closes a historic circle: "Exactly 20 years ago he did it as a Carolina player, and now he does it as head coach." At the same time, the team's captain won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs MVP, after scoring six goals in the final series at the age of 37, an achievement that received praise on Hockey on Kinopoisk.

The victory was celebrated widely among the Russian audience as well, as three Russians play on the champion's roster: goalkeeper Pyotr Kochetkov, defenseman Alexander Nikishin, and forward Andrei Svechnikov. As reported on Sports“, this is a significant milestone for them.

During the decisive game, the team from Carolina demonstrated superiority from the first moment. After an early goal by Taylor Hall in the fourth minute, Jackson Blake increased the lead to 2:0, which led Hockey on Kinopoisk to declare during the game that Vegas "no longer has a chance." The experts from the channel even emphasized that a critical miss by Jack Eichel might haunt the player "in his nightmares" for a long time.