Carolina Hurricanes
hockey team of the National Hockey League
Key facts
- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Metropolitan
- History
- New England Whalers , 1972 – 1979 ( WHA ), Hartford Whalers , 1979 – 1997 ( NHL ), Carolina Hurricanes , 1997 –present
- Home arena
- Lenovo Center
- City
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- Team colors
- Black, red, gray, white
- Media
- Television TBD Radio ESPN Greenville (107.5 FM/1570 AM) ESPN New Bern (103.9 FM/1490 AM) ESPN The Fan (99.9 FM) The Buzz (620 AM) Inside the Game (730 AM)
- Owner
- Tom Dundon (majority)
- General manager
- Eric Tulsky
- Head coach
- Rod Brind'Amour
- Captain
- Jordan Staal
- Minor league affiliates
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The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at the Lenovo Center.
The franchise was formed in 1971 as the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Whalers saw success immediately, winning the Eastern Division in the WHA's first three seasons and becoming the inaugural Avco World Trophy champions at the end of the 1972–73 season. The Whalers again competed for the World Trophy in 1978, this time falling short to the Winnipeg Jets in a rematch of the 1973 Avco Cup Final. The franchise joined the NHL in 1979 as part of the NHL–WHA merger, renaming themselves the Hartford Whalers. The team relocated to North Carolina in 1997, rebranding themselves as the Hurricanes. Carolina advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 2002, where they lost to the Detroit Red Wings. The Hurricanes won the 2006 Stanley Cup over the Edmonton Oilers.