The Carolina Hurricanes are an American professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They play in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] The team joined the NHL in 1979 as an expansion team as the Hartford Whalers, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997. The Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 2006. [2] Having first played at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Hurricanes have played their home games at the PNC Arena, which was first named the Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena, since 1999. [3] The Hurricanes are owned by Tom Dundon and Don Waddell is their general manager. [4]
There have been five head coaches for the Hurricanes team. The team's first head coach was Paul Maurice, who has coached for six seasons. Maurice is the team's all-time leader for the most games coached, game wins and points in the regular season, and is also all-time leader in playoff games coached and game wins. Peter Laviolette is the only coach to have won the Stanley Cup [2] with the Hurricanes in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. [2] None of the Hurricanes coaches have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder. Maurice was the head coach of the Hurricanes since the firing of Laviolette, but was replaced by Kirk Muller on November 28, 2011. [5] [6] Muller was relieved of coaching duties on May 5, 2014. [7] On June 19, 2014, the Hurricanes named Bill Peters their head coach, who decided to opt out of his contract following the 2017–18 season. [8] On May 8, 2018, the Hurricanes named assistant coach and former team captain Rod Brind'Amour as the head coach for the 2018–19 season. [9]
# | Number of coaches [a] |
GC | Games coached |
W | Wins = 2 points |
L | Losses = 0 points |
T | Ties = 1 point |
OT | Overtime/shootout losses = 1 point [b] |
PTS | Points |
Win% | Winning percentage |
Note: Statistics are correct through the 2023–24 season.
# | Name | Term [c] | Regular season | Playoffs | Achievements | Reference | ||||||||
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GC | W | L | T/OT | PTS | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | |||||
1 | Paul Maurice | 1997–2003 | 522 | 207 | 219 | 96 | 510 | .489 | 35 | 17 | 18 | .486 | 2001–02 Prince of Wales Trophy winner [10] | [11] |
2 | Peter Laviolette | 2003–2008 | 323 | 167 | 122 | 34 | 368 | .570 | 25 | 16 | 9 | .640 | 2005–06 Prince of Wales Trophy winner [10] 2006 Stanley Cup championship [12] | [13] |
— | Paul Maurice | 2008–2011 | 246 | 116 | 100 | 30 | 262 | .533 | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | [11] | |
3 | Kirk Muller | 2011–2014 | 187 | 80 | 80 | 27 | 187 | .500 | — | — | — | — | [14] | |
4 | Bill Peters | 2014–2018 | 328 | 137 | 138 | 53 | 327 | .498 | — | — | — | — | [15] | |
5 | Rod Brind'Amour | 2018–present | 452 | 278 | 130 | 44 | 489 | .664 | 74 | 38 | 36 | .514 | 2021 Jack Adams Award | [16] |
The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as part of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, and play their home games at PNC Arena.
Peter Philip Laviolette Jr. is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by teams in the NHL, he played a total of 12 games with the Rangers in the 1988–89 season. Following retirement from active play, Laviolette also served as head coach of the New York Islanders, Carolina Hurricanes, Philadelphia Flyers, Nashville Predators, and Washington Capitals. He led the Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup win in 2006, and later coached the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010, as well as the Predators in 2017. Laviolette is the fourth coach in NHL history to lead three teams to the Stanley Cup Finals.
Kirk Christopher Muller is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for 19 seasons from 1984–85 until 2002–03. He is currently an assistant coach with the Washington Capitals. He was the head coach of the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes from 2011 to 2014. He was an associate coach with the Montreal Canadiens from 2016 to 2021, where he previously served as assistant coach from 2006 to 2011.
Roderic Jean Brind'Amour is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Erik Thomas Cole is an American former professional ice hockey left winger. Originally drafted by the Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Cole played 15 seasons in the NHL for the Carolina Hurricanes, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings.
Paul Maurice is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). At age 43, Maurice became the youngest coach in NHL history to coach 1,000 games, reaching the milestone on November 28, 2010. He also holds a record for the most losses by an NHL coach with 713.
David Rodney Lewis is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman and coach. He was most recently an assistant coach of the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. He has both Canadian and U.S. citizenship.
The 2006 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2005–06 season, and the culmination of the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs. The first Stanley Cup Finals since 2004 after a lockout in 2004 and 2005, it was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes and the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. It was Carolina's second appearance in the Finals, the other being in 2002, a loss to the Detroit Red Wings. It was Edmonton's seventh appearance in the Finals and their first since winning their fifth Stanley Cup in 1990. It was also the first Finals matchup between teams that entered the league in 1979. Carolina defeated Edmonton in seven games to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup and become the tenth post-1967 expansion team and third former WHA team to win the Cup. Carolina's 2006 win was also the team's second league championship.
The 2008–09 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 37th season, 30th season in the National Hockey League and 11th as the Hurricanes.
The 2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Hockey League and seventh as the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
William Robert Peters is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former college player who is the head coach of the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He has served as head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL), Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), as well as the Canada men's national ice hockey team.