There are coaches who win games, and there are coaches who build systems. Then there is Rod Brind’Amour, who has turned the Carolina Hurricanes into one of the NHL’s most relentless regular-season machines and just clinched first in the Eastern Conference and second overall in the league.

The Hurricanes were the first Eastern Conference team to clinch their spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, much to Rod Brind'Amour's delight.

The Hurricanes and Senators play Game 1 of their opening-round Stanley Cup Playoff series at 3 p.m. Saturday in Raleigh.

The Carolina Hurricanes worked all season to secure the top seed in the Eastern Conference, and now they turn their attention to the next phase of the season on Saturday afternoon.

The Carolina Hurricanes did not name a starting goalie ahead of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Ottawa Senators at Lenovo Center on Saturday (3 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN, TVAS), but coach Rod Brind'Amour said both Frederik Andersen and Brandon Bussi could play in the best-of-7 series.

The Jack Adams Award is presented annually to the NHL's Coach of the Year as selected by the NHL Broadcasters Association. It's a prestigious honor that recognizes the coach who has "contributed the most to his team's success." With the Carolina Hurricanes ...

One of the more tenured coaches in the NHL is sounding off on the criticism of one of his players. When speaking to the media on Monday, Carolina Hurricanes

Rod Brind'Amour arrived in Raleigh, North Carolina, from Philadelphia 23 years ago just in time for a blizzard that dropped two feet of snow on the Triangle. He played his first home game in front of fewer than 9,000 fans. The front desk clerk at the hotel ...