Hurricanes surprise Ward as first Hall of Fame inductee in sweet video

The Carolina Hurricanes slipped one past Cam Ward.

The team surprised their former goalie with the announcement that he is was being inducted to the newly formed Hurricanes Hall of Fame. They lured him to the facility under the guise of participating in an interview for the 2006 Stanley Cup Championship team.
Former teammate and Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind 'Amour and general manager Don Waddell interrupted Ward's interview to tell him of his induction in a video posted by the Hurricanes on Twitter.

Ward becomes the first player officially elected to the Hurricanes Hall of Fame. In addition, the team will retire his No. 30 jersey.
Brind 'Amour, Ron Francis, and Glen Wesley, whose numbers are already retired by the team, will also be automatically inducted to the Hall of Fame on Feb. 16.
"Yeah, obviously I'm really excited," Ward said in the Hurricanes Twitter video. "To be one of the first is a huge honor and I'm extremely humbled by that. I was fortunate enough to have 13 years here in Carolina and I'm thankful for each and every one of them."
Ward played 668 games for the Hurricanes from 2005-2018. He recorded a 318-244-84 record and a .909 save percentage with the team. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2006 after helping lead the Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup championship.