As the Canes Play for the Cup, Roy Talked His Longtime Love of the Canes with the N&O and Previewed Game 2 With 99.9 The Fan
RALEIGH – As the Carolina Hurricanes play in the Stanley Cup, Roy talked with the N&O about his longtime love of the team, and joined Adam Gold on the 99.9 The Fan show to break down game one and preview game two of the Stanley Cup.
N&O: Why Roy Cooper wants Canes to win Stanley Cup – and drink Sun Drop from it
Shelby Swanson
- Roy Cooper didn’t get the chance to live out his dream in 2006 — not fully — but he’s hoping to make things right in 2026.
- Cooper wants to drink Diet Sun Drop out of the Stanley Cup.
- Cooper still considers watching the Canes lift the 2006 Stanley Cup his favorite sports memory.
- Now, 20 years after the Hurricanes’ only championship, Cooper thinks this is their year.
99.9 The Fan: Roy Cooper Joins The Adam Gold Show Before Game 2
- Adam Gold: “Roy Cooper, former governor of North Carolina, and the state’s number one Caniac.”
- Roy Cooper: “We are in for a dogfight here. We got to win tonight.”
- Roy Cooper: “When we’ve been to the Stanley Cup Finals, we picked up a lot of new fans, and I think it’s really great to see, and to see the spectacle on TV of our crowd of people standing outside of the Lenovo Center, and to see all of the watch parties, it makes you feel like you’re a traditional hockey town, and that to me has been so much fun, and people talking about it, and really wanting to be a part of the excitement, it’s a big deal when your town is involved in a major championship like this […] to see all of Raleigh just come together like this has been a lot of fun.”
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