It’s Game 5, and the ice is sizzling with tension as the Florida Panthers rolled into the Lenovo Center, looking to shut the door on this series and punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final; again. But hold up, the Carolina Hurricanes came in like a storm with unfinished business. After finally snagging their first conference final win in almost 20 years (yeah, wild), they weren’t about to fold just yet. Monday night, they put on a clinic; Stankoven lit the lamp in the second, and then Aho and Staal dropped two more beauties in the third. Shoutout to Frederik Andersen, who turned into an absolute wall with 20 saves in the bag.
With their season on life support, the Canes pulled out that 3-0 dub and dragged this showdown back home. And now? Game 5 is off and running, and to say the least, it’s already spicy. Hurricanes are flying and slapped up a 2-0 lead on the scoreboard, but things aren’t exactly chill. The vibes? Chaotic. Because now it’s not just goals and saves; Carolina’s bench is fuming over the whistles. Yep, the penalties are piling up, and Canes’ coach is not keeping it quiet.
Spittin’ Chiclets dropped a spicy little clip on X straight from the bench drama in the middle of the Florida Panthers-Carolina Hurricanes battle, and let’s just say, Coach Rod Brind’Amour wasn’t sugarcoating anything. In the heat of Game 5 chaos, a reporter slid in with a pretty loaded question: “On the Hurricanes bench with head coach Rod Brind’Amour. Rod, with the way this game is being managed by the officials so far, what’s the message to the group about how to handle it from here?”
And Rod? Oh, he let it rip with that classic deadpan sass and a side of simmering frustration: “It’s a great question. These aren’t real penalties, the way the series has gone. I would say we’ve got to stop the hitting and then just go play. I don’t know, I’m a little bit frustrated as you can tell.” And yep, the vibes were as tense as a triple-overtime playoff game.
Rod Brind’Amour is pissed off about the penalties to start the game pic.twitter.com/VWTsgSkc7K
— Spittin’ Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) May 29, 2025
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