Let the Detroit Red Wings have their octopi, and the Nashville Predators their catfish.
It's all come together in a phenomenon that's uniquely North Carolinian. He'll fill up countless Instagram feeds while posing for photos with dozens of fans - many of whom no doubt will wear the T-shirts that carry Don Cherry's ''Bunch of Jerks'' insult-turned-rallying cry. He will make his rounds at the pregame tailgate parties that became a signature of this region during the team's run to the Stanley Cup in 2006.
#Sooey pigs series#
He became so popular that the team invited him into the arena for the Game 6 victory over the Capitals, as well as Carolina's two home games in the second-round series with the Islanders.Īnd when the Eastern Conference final with Boston shifts to Raleigh for Game 3 on Tuesday night, Hamilton will be back in his customary spot amid hopes the Hurricanes can rally from two games down in the best-of-seven series.
On a whim, Eckenrode brought Hamilton - whose name is a play on ''ham'' - to the parking lot for Game 3 of the first-round series against Washington. ''I guess I'd never seen anything like it,'' well-traveled goalie Curtis McElhinney said. The Hurricanes can't argue with the results: Ever since Hamilton began hanging out in the area behind PNC Arena's corner boards - right along the players' path from the dressing room to the ice - earlier this postseason, they haven't lost with their prized pig in the building.
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