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Carolina Hurricanes: Takeaways from Round 3 Loss to Boston Bruins

By Matthew Nidiffer

RALEIGH, NC - MAY 16: Carolina Hurricanes thank their fans after a game between the Boston Bruins and the Carolina Hurricanes on May 14, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NC - MAY 16: Carolina Hurricanes thank their fans after a game between the Boston Bruins and the Carolina Hurricanes on May 14, 2019 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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RALEIGH, NC – DECEMBER 31: Andrei Svechnikov #37 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates during the team’s storm surge after their victory over the Philadelphia Flyers following an NHL game on December 31, 2018 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NC – DECEMBER 31: Andrei Svechnikov #37 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates during the team’s storm surge after their victory over the Philadelphia Flyers following an NHL game on December 31, 2018 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images) /

The Storm Surge

Justin Williams had an idea to unite the fans and make hockey fun again in Raleigh. He had all the players line up at the blueline and begin what is known as the “Skol Clap” (clapping your hands in unison over your head and stomping your feet with increasing tempo and intensity). The players would join in, and then rush the boards at the other end of the ice.

The Storm Surge was a hit. It would eventually evolve into pantomiming baseball games, basketball games, video games, curling, and even feature 4-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Evander Holyfield delivering a devastating knockout jab to Jordan Martinook.

The Storm Surge helped fill the PNC Arena, and brought the Canes to relevancy after spending an entire decade being ‘just another basement team’, but not without controversy. The Storm Surge went on to become one of the most polarizing celebrations ever to be seen in the NHL. Fans, analysts, and players around the league either loved it or hated it. Don Cherry, for one, was beyond offended by it.

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