The Carolina Hurricanes had plenty of things to motivate them last season. The most prominent thing was when Don Cherry called out Justin Williams and the Hurricanes for the storm surge. He referred to the team as a “bunch of jerks,” as most of you already know.
The Hurricanes, however, didn’t back down from the storm surges and embraced being “jerks.” It added a dimension of fun to hockey as well as improve with fan experience at games. The Hurricanes just kept winning and you kept seeing more and more of the surges. The team embraced it and used it as fuel to silence the doubters.