Thousands of jubilant Carolina Hurricanes fans crammed onto sidewalks, peered out office building windows and even lined up on floor after floor of a parking deck to cheer and wave at the team’s Stanley Cup championship parade on Saturday.

Parade and Rally

The turnout that packed downtown was enough to leave their coach — the captain of the team’s last Cup winner 20 years earlier — at a loss for words. The Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh on Saturday, drawing a crowd that police estimated at 150,000.

Players riding double-decker buses were greeted by what the coach called ‘wave on wave’ of fans. They were screaming, chanting, waving flags and wearing Carolina jerseys, still buzzing from the franchise beating the Vegas Golden Knights last weekend.

The team took the rally stage with the captain hoisting the Stanley Cup skyward before a roaring crowd. The Hurricanes even got some business done, with the general manager calling a reserve forward to the podium to sign a two-year deal.

Original reporting: Texarkana Gazette — read the source article.