That’s a wrap.
The Carolina Hurricanes’ 2016-17 campaign came to an incredible finish last night in Philadelphia with a 4-3 shootout victory.
What, in any other year, would have just been the end to a playoff-less season, Sunday night in Philly was far more. It was the end of Bryan Bickell’s NHL career.
Bickell didn’t dictate the circumstances of the end of his career. He was a victim of a life-changing disease, but regardless, he certainly went out in style in the bottom of the first round of the shootout.
Brock McGinn, who found the back of the net twice in regulation, would go on to seal the deal in the bottom of the third for a Canes win.