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Once a journeyman, Brandon Bussi backstops the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup championship
Injuries to top goalies thrust Bussi into the Stanley Cup Final, where he made 81 saves on 87 shots to backstop Carolina to victory.
- Brandon Bussi backstopped the Carolina Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup championship, entering during Game 3 to replace the injured Frederik Andersen and finishing the series against the Golden Knights.
- Injuries to Andersen and Pyotr Kochetkov thrust Bussi into an essential role, forcing head coach Rod Brind'Amour to use his backup despite hoping to avoid it during the playoff run.
- Stopping 81 of the 87 shots he faced against the Golden Knights, Bussi made critical saves in the Game 6 clincher, denying Brett Howden, Tomas Hertl, and Mark Stone on quality chances.
- A journeyman no more, Bussi is now a Stanley Cup champion after years in the Boston Bruins' farm system and American Hockey League before Carolina claimed him off waivers from the Florida Panthers.
- Securing a three-year extension at $5.7 million in February, Bussi enters his championship season after winning 31 of his 39 starts to help Carolina earn the Eastern Conference's top seed.
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Once a journeyman, Brandon Bussi backstops the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup championship
Rod Brind'Amour praised Brandon Bussi before the Stanley Cup Final, relieved the Carolina Hurricanes hadn't needed their backup goalie.
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“I didn’t let anybody tell me no”: Hurricanes’ Bussi on unlikely road to Stanley Cup - Daily Faceoff
When NHL training camp opened up in September, Brandon Bussi was a member of the Florida Panthers. And if anyone told him at the time that he’d be a Stanley Cup champion this year, it wouldn’t have been the craziest thing, given the Panthers won the past two Cups. But Florida missed the – while Bussi, claimed on waivers by the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 5, 2025, would go on to pull off a storybook Stanley Cup championship. Bussi only played thr…
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