HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 10 years

[HisIceness]

Today is ten years since a very special moment in the life of our franchise. It was a beautiful moment and I would like to wish it a happy birthday. It's finally hit double digits

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[the halleJOKEL]

it was cool i guess

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

it was a monday

i had started as a week-long counselor at a camp for kindergartners

i did not care about what was going on that day

i got home and played video games

i got in the car

we went to amantes for dinner, at the same little mall as marti gras bowling alley

i watched barry melrose on sportscenter at amantes predict with great confidence that the oilers would complete the comeback

we drove to the stadium

i stood up for 3 hours

i cried when justin williams scored the game winner

we stayed in the arena until about 1am, until the entire ice was cleared

we watched nbc break down their set, believe it was bill clement at the time (cant remember the others)

i went home still in tears



a bit later i met eric staal, he was signing championship dvds at fye at southpoint

i said "congratulations mr staal, i was so excited to see you win it"

he looked me in the eye and said "thanks bud, we couldnt have done it without you guys in the crowd standing up the whole time"

i was the happiest kid in the world

 

[Cane mutiny]

THANKS to all the players and staff of the 2006 CAR Hurricanes for the great memories I have of that year...WILL NEVER FORGET!

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

It's a shame that HF got purged. The Oilers GDT for that game was truly the stuff of legends. Some of the posts were truly glorious

 

[ncsu1]

Can't locate the GDT but at least there's this: http://web.archive.org/web/20080211183900/http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=245710

 

[Wolfpuck]

Game 7 was an experience unlike any other. For me, it was the culmination of 7 years heartbreak and frustration. Even knowing the next decade would only bring more heartbreak and frustration, that moment cemented my loyalty to this team forever.

Can't locate the GDT but at least there's this: http://web.archive.org/web/20080211183900/http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=245710

Canes in 7? That DaveG guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

Canes in 7? That DaveG guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

clearly #satin has at least a few levels of warlock, and acquired "dark foresight" with at least one of his invocations

 

[nobuddy]

it was a monday

i had started as a week-long counselor at a camp for kindergartners

i did not care about what was going on that day

i got home and played video games

i got in the car

we went to amantes for dinner, at the same little mall as marti gras bowling alley

i watched barry melrose on sportscenter at amantes predict with great confidence that the oilers would complete the comeback

we drove to the stadium

i stood up for 3 hours

i cried when justin williams scored the game winner

we stayed in the arena until about 1am, until the entire ice was cleared

we watched nbc break down their set, believe it was bill clement at the time (cant remember the others)

i went home still in tears



a bit later i met eric staal, he was signing championship dvds at fye at southpoint

i said "congratulations mr staal, i was so excited to see you win it"

he looked me in the eye and said "thanks bud, we couldnt have done it without you guys in the crowd standing up the whole time"

i was the happiest kid in the world

I was at the fye signing too.

 

[tarheelhockey]

The Oilers GDT is gone, but ours lives on: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=260815

Also the post game congrats thread: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=261045

 

[raynman]

Such a surreal feeling after they won it. Will never forget the camera catching Ray Whitney scream "****in' right!"

 

[HisIceness]

http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/nhl/carolina-hurricanes/article80469617.html

Thought I would post this again for everyone. The last link kind of got lost in the relocation rumor talk. Some good stuff in here, particularly the Buffalo series.

 

[HisIceness]

It's a shame that HF got purged. The Oilers GDT for that game was truly the stuff of legends. Some of the posts were truly glorious

I remember reading that thread last year, I think you or someone else posted a link to it. Montreal and Buffalo fans were crying salty tears in there too. But but, they don't appreciate it like we would have, this is Canadas game they said.

 

[VAcaniac]

Most nerve wracking day of my life. Im glad I didnt drink coffee then cuz I would have scratched a hole in my skin.

I will never forget Cams save w like 4 mins left. Most important save in Canes history.

 

[HisIceness]

Most nerve wracking day of my life. Im glad I didnt drink coffee then cuz I would have scratched a hole in my skin.

I will never forget Cams save w like 4 mins left. Most important save in Canes history.

Fernando Pisani was killing us that series. I think most everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief when Cam made that save, because you could sense that was the one.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

i cried when justin williams scored the game winner

That never happened.

Well maybe the crying part did.

 

[VAcaniac]

Fernando Pisani was killing us that series. I think most everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief when Cam made that save, because you could sense that was the one.

Also realized at that point that Cam Ward should be the MVP hands down.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

That never happened.

Well maybe the crying part did.

lol ok the empty netter whatever

 

[Joe McGrath]

It was my first day of work out of college, and I couldn't have given a **** less about what they were trying to tell me. I remember the ending being more cathartic than anything else. I just smiled ear to ear and took it all in. It was all just so surreal to me. I couldn't believe it actually happened.

 

[HisIceness]

For those of you that were there to see game 7 at the RBC, had we lose would you have stayed for post-cup celebration? I had this talk w/ someone once. I don't think there is any way I would have been able to stomach the celebration knowing we were up 3-1 in the series, only to lose 3 straight with two being on our home ice.

 

[geehaad]

I have never considered that hypothetical...not then, not since. Won't do it now.

Why? There was no ****ing way they were going to lose that game.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I have never considered that hypothetical...not then, not since. Won't do it now.

Why? There was no ****ing way they were going to lose that game.

there you go man

that atmosphere was something i will never experience again

in the moment it was scary, for sure, but looking back, that building won that game

that type of storyline and passion among the fans was definitely missing in this years finals

it was as do or die a moment as any fan has experienced, ive never seen a championship with the fans so invested in the outcome

maybe thats bc i was 12, but for that night it seemed like there could be nothing else more important in the world than for the canes to win that game

 

[HisIceness]

I just thought I'd ask. I mean, we were a Cam Ward save on Pisani away from going to overtime.

I do think we would have won the OT but who the hell really knows. I thought for sure we were going to win it in Game 5.

 

[Novacane]

Just watched the re-air. Them not showing the cup celebration was a real bummer

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I just thought I'd ask. I mean, we were a Cam Ward save on Pisani away from going to overtime.

I do think we would have won the OT but who the hell really knows. I thought for sure we were going to win it in Game 5.

sorry i dont have a better answer except "im glad i dont know the answer" lol