Hurricanes star Andrei Svechnikov reflects on years of playoff heartbreak before finally winning Stanley Cup

Andrei Svechnikov volition beryllium celebrating this Stanley Cup triumph for a agelong time.

In their eighth consecutive playoff appearance, the Carolina Hurricanes yet got implicit the hump and brought the Cup backmost to North Carolina for the archetypal clip since 2006.

The archetypal halt connected Svechnikov's solemnisation circuit was a Raleigh Raising Cane's, wherever helium got to instrumentality pictures, motion autographs and service up immoderate combo boxes to immoderate Caniacs, some the nutrient and the team.

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Andrei Svechnikov celebrated his Stanley Cup triumph with Carolina Hurricanes fans astatine Raising Cane's. (Raising Cane's)

The fans had waited a agelong clip and suffered years of season-ending heartbreak earlier having the Cup back, portion Svechnikov had a front-row spot to it all.

The 2nd wide prime by the Canes (not the Raising ones) successful the 2018 NHL Draft, Svechnikov has ne'er missed the playoffs. But helium ever mislaid his past crippled of the season.

Three times, that came successful the Eastern Conference Final; different 3 times, it was successful the semis, and the different clip came successful the archetypal round.

Of course, Svechnikov would beryllium appreciating this rubric nary substance erstwhile it came. But knowing helium had been truthful adjacent truthful galore times, he's decidedly taking it successful a spot more.

Andrei Svechnikov of the Carolina Hurricanes holds the Stanley Cup aft winning Game Six against the Vegas Golden Knights successful the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Final astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected June 14, 2026. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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"Just reasoning astir however overmuch we went through, however overmuch hard enactment we went done and, you know, we've been knocked retired successful each playoff, beauteous much, it was benignant of a footwear successful the butt each time," Svechnikov told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

"But we knew astatine immoderate constituent we were going to triumph the Stanley Cup, and this was the year. So you know, precise excited and we did it this year."

It did not travel easy -- the Vegas Golden Knights took a 2-1 bid pb and looked good connected their mode to their 2nd Cup successful their little history.

But determination was ne'er a uncertainty for Svechnikov.

Andrei Svechnikov of the Carolina Hurricanes poses connected the crystal with confetti aft Game Six of the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected June 14, 2026. (Ben Jackson/NHLI via Getty Images)

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"We conscionable knew what we had successful the locker room, successful each other. We were supporting each other, the coaching unit did specified a bully occupation of preparing america for each game, and we benignant of took disconnected aft that."

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