Rod Brind'Amour

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Roderic Jean Brind'Amour (; born August 9, 1970) 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). Nicknamed "Rod the Bod" and "Mr. Hurricane", Brind'Amour has played or coached for the Hurricanes in all but two of their 104 playoff wins as of the end of the 2025–26 season. He is one of four people to have won the Stanley Cup with the same team as captain and head coach, the first to do so in the league's expansion era, and is the 14th individual to win as a coach and player for any team. Brind'Amour played ice hockey for Michigan State and was selected in the first round, ninth overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 1988 NHL entry draft. Brind'Amour later played for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Hurricanes, the latter with whom he captained to the Stanley Cup in 2006, marking the first championship in franchise history. He won the Frank J. Selke Trophy for his defensive play as a forward...

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