When the Hurricanes came here

The finest moment in Carolina sports was when the Carolina Hurricanes came to North Carolina. They are a great addition to the other sports teams that North Carolina can call our own. There’s nothing better than sitting down in a cold hockey rink with a nice hot cup of hot chocolate and watching hockey players dressed in five layers of clothes race after a little black puck. It just gives you a rush of happiness to see that little tiny black puck slide into the goal just as the goalie falls over while trying to stop it.

Until North Carolina got the Hurricanes, all we could watch on the professional level were football players in tight pants race after a little pigskin ball and sweaty basketball players run after a brown circular ball. Hockey makes sports fun to watch.

Nikki Elbate
Charlotte