Saturday night’s Carolina Hurricanes game against the Dallas Stars got started at 8:00 p.m., an hour later than usual. That hour delay gave the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast an hour’s head start, and inadvertently set the stage for a rallying cry that has taken on a life of its own over the past five days.
In the first intermission on CBC’s broadcast, just as the Canes’ warmup was finishing, resident bloviator Don Cherry took his now-infamous swipe at the Hurricanes. And all of a sudden, Canes director of digital marketing Dan LaTorraca told Canes Country, social media lit up with “bunch of jerks” references.