Coming off a Stanley Cup championship, the Carolina Hurricanes needed an opener that carried the weight of the win while setting the tone for what's next. Ryval built a cinematic expression of a team returning to a new standard to uphold.
Capture the confidence of the defending Stanley Cup champions without simply looking back—creating an opener that made the previous season’s victory feel like the beginning, not the finish.
Ryval used high-contrast monochrome imagery, reflective compositions, player performance and precision post-production to translate championship confidence into a bold, modern visual system.