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Originally Posted by CanadianTeke
if Redneck = Canadian I Agree.... if not i suggest the hurricanes remove: team captain Rod Brind'amour, veterans Ray Whitney, Mark Recchi, Cory Stillman, Aaron Ward, Glen Wesley and Craig Adams and young players like Eric Staal, Mike Commodore, Andrew Ladd, Justin Williams and the Conn Smythe winner, Cam Ward.
Oh and just for the record, the Hurricanes play in the RBC Center, RBC stands for Royal Bank of Canada.
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Well aware of all of that. Not a very Southern bunch, quite true, and the Royal Bank of Canada swallowed Centura Bank quite a few years ago -- around here the Royal Bank of Canada is RBC Centura. (RBC Centura/Center. Get it?) I have an account there.
But definitely a team that has been embraced and cheered for both on and off the ice by the locals -- rednecks and transplants alike -- and by the community as a whole. Folks really don't care that the players didn't come from 'round here, anymore than Green Bay Packers fans care if the team isn't from Wisconsin. The locals definitely claim the Hurricanes and consider them adopted locals.
Which is what Redneck Hockey is really a reference to -- the fan base as much as the team.