Standing at the foot of the stage, Andr\u00e9 and Marl\u00e8ne Carrier couldn’t help but reminisce about William\u2019s childhood. Both of Carrier\u2019s parents clearly remember those stickers, as well as the strains of “We Are the Champions” blasting from the speakers at the Pierrefonds arena whenever he won a tournament in his youth. They heard that famous Queen anthem again at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas last month.<\/p>\n
“We realized there was a possibility of making it that far this year, but we had to take it one step at a time,” Andr\u00e9 Carrier said. “We savored every moment, every game. At a certain point, we could see things were heading in the right direction. We were really happy.”<\/p>\n
Andr\u00e9 and Marl\u00e8ne also remember when William left the family home for Cape Breton at age 15 to play for the Screaming Eagles in the QMJHL.<\/p>\n
“To us, he was still just a 15-year-old kid. But for him, it was clear: he was going there,” Marl\u00e8ne said. “We were there to support and encourage him through the ups and downs. We\u2019ve always stood by him.”<\/p>\n
“He was convinced that this was the path that would get him to the NHL the fastest,” Andr\u00e9 added. “Two Stanley Cup wins later, I have to admit he made a good choice!”<\/p>\n
As Andr\u00e9 points out, this marks William\u2019s second Stanley Cup victory of his career. He previously triumphed while playing for the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023. That summer, he brought the Stanley Cup to L\u2019\u00cele-Perrot for the first time.<\/p>\n
The scene played out again on Saturday, but Carrier insists that this moment is just as special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Standing at the foot of the stage, Andr\u00e9 and Marl\u00e8ne Carrier couldn’t help but reminisce about William\u2019s childhood.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-757704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}