The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 Friday night at PNC Arena, which means that the Canes had to do a creative postgame celebration per captain Justin Williams’ decree.
They chose to do human dominoes, but with a few creative twists.
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They lined up by uniform number and in the shape of a W.
Here’s another look.
— La Playa (@RangerBeach) November 24, 2018
It’s brilliant.
After the game, the Canes Twitter account took an everyone-is-against-us tone, responding broadly to Brian Burke’s recent comments that the postgame surges are “not professional” and don’t belong in the NHL. He added it’s “absurdly amateurish, pee-wee garbage stuff.”
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└❗️TOO MANY FILES— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) November 24, 2018
Other than Burke, who is less a media member and more a former legendary front office member, few in the media have criticized the Hurricanes’ team cellies while many find it to be visionary.
Up with fun https://t.co/EOnQjCXwno
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) November 24, 2018
Over the last two months, the Canes have done an Evgeny Kuznetsov-inspired kayak celebration and a tandem jump into the boards.
“Hockey is our life and job, but it is still a game,” Williams said earlier in the season. “Enjoy the good times and have fun with it. Let’s celebrate more this year.”
Williams’ idea appears to be working. The Canes earned 9 of 12 points during their homestand. They are 7-4-2 at home so far this season after a 19-16-6 record at PNC Arena last season.
We earned 9 out of 12 points on the homestand.#Canes fans brought the noise and the home ice advantage. #TakeWarning pic.twitter.com/oVRVDurTos
— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) November 24, 2018
