NHL Fans Blaming Pride Night For Team's Blowout Loss On Friday

12/14/2024 10:52 AM

The Carolina Hurricanes suffered a 3-0 loss to the Ottawa Senators in front of their fans on "Pride Night." Unfortunately, some people used last night's result as an excuse to mock the franchise and their festivities. 

Carolina was only trailing by one goal heading into the third period. At the end of the day though, the Hurricanes just couldn't get the seal off Ottawa's net. Head coach Rod Brind'Amour talked about his team's performance after the game. He told reporters that he liked what he saw despite the result. 

"We've got a couple of guys who - we've been saying this for a while - have got to be a little more 'around it.' But I thought the game was, maybe of the last handful of games, one of our better games," Brind'Amour said. "No odd-man rushes, it felt good about how we were defending. We created enough chances that had a couple of good looks, but their goalie played really well."

NHL fans had a different assessment for last night's game. They believe the Hurricanes lost because they held "Pride Night" on Friday the 13th. 

"Oh man, not on pride night," a fan sarcastically said.

Another fan wrote, "Thank god it was pride night."

"I guess pride night didn't inspire the team to win!!! You're only losing fans with this crap," a third fan suggested. 

"Go woke, go broke," a social media user added.

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— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) December 14, 2024

Obviously, hosting "Pride Night" wasn't the reason Carolina lost. Frankly, it had nothing to do with the game. 

Once the puck is dropped, players are going to be focused on the task at hand. They're not going to be thinking about the team's pregame festivities. 

Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal proved our point with his postgame remarks. His focus was strictly on the team's issues and what they need to improve. 

"I think we can be a little heavier in the offensive zone," Staal told reporters. "We're a little bit one-and-done, not really getting on our forecheck and just having heavy shift, heavy shift after heavy shift. There's a few sporadic ones here and there. When you start taking over games is when you start putting in three or four, getting calls after and wearing teams down. There's times where you see it, but not consistent at all."

The Hurricanes will be back in action Saturday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets. 

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