Real Kato Blog: CANES WIN CANES WIN CANES WIN

The Carolina Hurricanes win North Carolina's first major league sports championship.

Wowee wow wow wow.

Okay, first, I haven't given up my allegiance to the Detroit Red Wings. To all my Michigan friends, please know that I'll always root for the Wings.

But damn, I love the Carolina Hurricanes. I mean, come on: we've got Ric Flair on the JumboTron saying "WHOO! WHOO WHOO!" every time the 'Canes score. We've got a man-bear-pig as a mascot. And Kristi Yamaguchi is married to one of our defensemen. How can you not love this team?

You wouldn't think a city in the South, in the heart of ACC basketball country, could love hockey like this. But people around here do. We never really cared much for the Charlotte Hornets. We do like the Carolina Panthers. But damn, we lurve our Hurricanes.

And now, thanks to an outstanding performance by rookie goalie (and Conn Smythe Trophy winner) Cam Ward, and a great home effort in Game 7, the Carolina Hurricanes are the 2006 Stanley Cup Champions.

Wow. Just wow.

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Posted by Ken in: sports

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Comment #1 from Cori May (Guest)
2006 Jun 19 - 11:54 pm : #

Congratulations!

Comment #2 from e (Guest)
2006 Jun 20 - 1:07 am : #

feh. hockey is for places who aren't good at real sports. like carolina. or canada.

Comment #3 from John C (Guest)
2006 Jun 20 - 7:09 am : #

e, e, e... shakes head. What to do with you? I ended up rooting for the Canes Ken. Two reasons: 1) you actually cared, and 2) I hate Chris Pronger so much I would spit.

Comment #4 from olafandy (Guest)
2006 Jun 20 - 8:27 am : #

Meh.

Now us Detroiters have to put up with Peter Karmanos parading the Cup in Detroit while loudly proclaiming that it doesn't belong to Mike Illitch or the Red Wings.

Plus, the reasons you state for loving the team are valid reasons to hate it. Grrr. (Well, except for the Yamaguchi-Hedican thing...can you imagine how well those kids are going to skate?)

Ah well, everyone loves a winner. If Carolina can actually sustain the popularity of the Canes over time through thick and thin, then I will stand down. I didn't see them maintain popularity after we beat them in 2002.

John-I actually rescinded my hatred for Chris Pronger over the last few weeks. But I now have it again.

e-I challenge you to a game! I think you will find that trying to ice skate, control a puck, avoid a hit, and shoot it even remotely close to where you want it to go is much, much harder than you think. Take it from someone who plays the game in rec leagues. You will burn more calories and use more muscles than you even thought you had. It's one of the greatest workouts you could ever have. There is a reason the professionals don't stay on the ice for longer than 45 second shifts.

Comment #5 from e (Guest)
2006 Jun 20 - 8:20 pm : #

just because it's really hard to ride a horse standing on your head and shoot an arrow with your feet doesn't mean that it's a sport.

Comment #6 from Scott (Guest)
2006 Jun 21 - 11:03 pm : #

We need to go to some games next year. I went to 0 this year.

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