Carolina Hurricanes introduce novelty beer skate cup for playoff fans

5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 2

Starting with Game 1 at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, fans can buy the plastic skate-shaped beer cup during Carolina's second-round series against the Philadelphia Flyers.
The souvenir marks the teams' first-ever postseason meeting as the NHL begins rolling out second-round Stanley Cup playoff matchups.
Carolina previously sold a "beer stick", reflecting a wider trend of hockey-themed novelty drink containers also seen in Buffalo with Sabres-branded beer sabres.

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