Billionaire NHL Owner Flamed for Etching Family’s Names on Stanley Cup Trophy

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Carolina Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon is under fire after engraving the names of his wife and five children on the Stanley Cup alongside his own following the team’s championship victory. The newly revealed engraving begins with Dundon, his wife Verushka, and their children—Caden, Dax, Drew, Blake, and Tagan—occupying the first seven spots beneath the “Carolina Hurricanes 2025-2026” banner. The team celebrated the honor on social media, writing that all the same were now “forever etched in history.” While NHL teams are allowed up to 55 names on the Stanley Cup, the decision sparked outrage among some fans who argued the space could have been used for players and staff members who contributed directly to the title run. Among those left off was defenseman Joel Nystrom, who appeared in 38 regular-season games, just shy of the league’s automatic eligibility threshold. Longtime equipment manager Bobby Gorman, who has been with the franchise for nearly five decades, was also omitted. “Tom Dundon putting his whole family on the Cup instead of players and staff who actually helped win it is disrespectful and shameful,” one fan wrote on X. Dundon, whose net worth is estimated at $2.3 billion according to Forbes, purchased a majority stake in the Hurricanes in 2018 for about $420 million before taking full control of the franchise in 2021.