TheCarolina Hurricanes are an American professionalice hockey team based inRaleigh, North Carolina. They play in theMetropolitan Division of theEastern Conference in theNational Hockey League (NHL).[1] The team joined the NHL in 1979 as anexpansion team as theHartford Whalers, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1997. The Hurricanes won their firstStanley Cupchampionship in 2006.[2] Having first played at theGreensboro Coliseum, the Hurricanes have played their home games at thePNC Arena, which was first named the Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena, since 1999.[3] The Hurricanes are owned byTom Dundon andDon Waddell is theirgeneral manager.[4]
There have been five head coaches for the Hurricanes team. The team's first head coach wasPaul Maurice, who has coached for six seasons. Maurice is the team's all-time leader for the most games coached, game wins andpoints 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 theStanley Cup[2] with the Hurricanes in the2006 Stanley Cup Finals.[2] None of the Hurricanes coaches have been elected into theHockey Hall of Fame as abuilder. Maurice was the head coach of the Hurricanes since the firing of Laviolette, but was replaced byKirk Muller on November 28, 2011.[5][6] Muller was relieved of coaching duties on May 5, 2014.[7] On June 19, 2014, the Hurricanes namedBill 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 formerteam captainRod 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 the2024–25 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 | 2001–02Prince 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] 2006Stanley Cupchampionship[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 | 534 | 325 | 160 | 49 | 699 | .654 | 89 | 47 | 42 | .528 | 2021Jack Adams Award | [16] |
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