Rod Brind'Amour added a chapter to his already stellar hockey story when the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. He is now one of the rare few in NHL history to both captain and coach the same franchise to a championship.

The former Michigan State hockey star is on the brink of winning hockey's ultimate prize.

When the Hurricanes arrived in North Carolina, many saw them as a relocation folly destined to fail. One man has helped change that narrative