The Final Minutes | 2012 Stanley Cup Moments: Episode 12

Watch the final minutes of Game 6 count down as the LA Kings win their first Stanley Cup in this episode of 2012 Stanley Cup Moments.

[@Howbee]

I'll never forget being at work and hearing Nick Nickson on the radio saying "After 45 years, the Kings can wear their crown!" I yelled so loud and ran around the place like an 8 year old. What a moment.

[@meglocrush]

Those last five minutes were magical in the stands, too. Hugging total strangers, no one with dry eyes, laughing, screaming, crying. Amazing moment. 90+ year-old man in my section couldn't speak anymore, but had made a small sign reading "44-year wait, but it was all worth it." We all lost our voices that night. I will never forget how it felt.

[@MrKarloz97]

Best fucking feeling in the world. I had been waiting for this moment since 1994-95. And we did it again in 2014. Let's keep it going.

[@meredithpower1819]

Johnny Quick throwing his stick celebration is kind of epic!!!! Best part for me is watching yet another Sioux alum lifting the Cup...congrats Kings and especially Matt Greene!! Sioux yeah yeah!!!!

[@emilykronz868]

I was at this game and I cried. I was just so proud of them. Seeing Jim cry made my eyes watery. This was by far the best day of my life.

[@24n8]

304 was pandemonium this night. One of the best nights of my life.

[@dennis9707]

I remember the general manager Dean Lombardi from his playing on a NEJHL ,New England junior hockey league Springfield Mass. Olympics in the 1970s. Who woulda thought then he would be up in the ranks of NHL GM's one day and in L.A.

[@cadvan3]

Having been a Kings fan since the days of the Cowboy and the Jet and Jiggs and Ed, and then when we lost with Gretzky, I honestly thought if we couldn't win the Cup with the greatest, how are we ever going to win it. WOW, was I ever wrong. Even though my kid and I bought bogus tickets to the game and got shut out down town, it didn't matter. You could hear the roaring of the crowd for each of the three powerplay goals. That was special.

[@BreadRZ_]

I was one of the people who high fived Jim and Bob. I lost in when I saw Jim cry. So many years of frustration finally over. Indescribable.

[@jennkillss]

I remember crying on that day, and seeing it again made my eyes tear up. I'm so proud of these boys.

[@zddoodah]

I remember at the start of he third period, 20 minutes just seemed like an eternity. I knew Quick wouldn't give up 3 or 4 more goals, but I counted down the time in groups of four minutes. After 8 minutes were left, I felt pretty good, but when Lewis got the puck to score on the empty net, I hadn't noticed that NJ had pulled Brodeur. When he got that goal, I knew it was over, and I couldn't hold back the tears at that point. Such a magical run!!

[@Jdcofla60]

that final 5 minutes, i had flashbacks of my whole life as a kings fan, most of those years not being in the playoffs. then seeing them lift the cup. that's something

[@PunkRocker1463]

I remember this game like yesterday, I those last 5 minutes of the game were torture! Longest 5 minutes of my life! But so worth the wait

[@marcast685]

It's 10 years later & these highlights still bring such pure joy. I could live to be 100 & watching this would still bring a huge smile to my face.

[@markapplegate3799]

I love hearing the pure emotions of everyone in the Kings organization on finally winning the Cup. So awesome as a Kings fan!

[@chickenandbarbies]

Couldn't hold back the tears. Every single one of these "Moments" gives me chills. What an amazing team

[@luissanchez3987]

Every time I watch I get chills, what a moment. POWERFUL KINGS!

[@nokkers]

When that final horn went off, 20+ years of emotions just rushed out at once. Beautiful tears were shed that night.

[@kingofkings611rp]

They won the Stanley Cup on my 28th birthday. Best birthday gift in my whole 28 years of existence and that includes being born.

[@aidanmichaels]

Watching this in 2018, still get chills in the final seconds...

[@chinodave3769]

Watching in2022, it never gets old. Hard to believe it was 9 years ago. GMFKG!!

[@aidanmichaels]

@@chinodave3769 cheers brother, crazy to think about

[@chinodave3769]

@@aidanmichaels cheers to you as well my friend 🤙🏽

[@drfizzle420]

still brings tears to my eyes

[@aviationwithjeff]

Two different teams, two different journeys, same result, the CUP! Defend it well this year and let's celebrate again next June!

[@RayJacksonbighmw]

Kings fan since 1975, I was nine-years-old back then. I was more than glad to take my own sip of bubbly out of Lord Stanley's Mug after waiting 37 years for us to win it all. My late mother was not as fortunate, dying of brain cancer in 2000. Although I moved in Port Townsend, Washington in 1987, I still remember my old days as a kid having season tickets to the Kings at the Fabulous Forum from 1977-87, and to this very day I still am "Tried And True To The Gold And Forum Blue".. GO KINGS GO!!!

[@gongargongar]

Oh my god. So amazing. I love this team. Kings fans, I love you all. Absolutely unreal, amazing, truly fantastic. I wish I was in Staples center for this one. I'll never forget where I was though. I'll never forget the feeling. It's still there inside me and these cup moments have invoked it over and over again. Thank you Kings Vision. Amazing series of videos. Thank you Kings, for the legendary playoff run. Thank you Kings fans for sharing this experience with me. GO KINGS GO!

[@MrZachtheKingsfan]

That moment was unlike anything I've ever experienced before. I'm only 18, so obviously I haven't waited since the 80's, the 70's, or the 60's like most Kings fans have. But I was around when the Kings were the bottom basement feeders, not making the playoffs, becoming pretty much a joke to the NHL. When that final buzzer hit, it was like all of that didn't matter anymore. We were Stanley Cup champions, it's something my dad (who's been a fan since Wayne Gretzky) and I will never forget.

[@SebastianSanchez-en3df]

Bob Miller: The Los Angeles Kings Are Indeed! Jim Fox: (Hand's Clapping) Bob Miller: The Kings Are National Hockey League! Nick Nickson: After 45 Kings Can Win Their Crown! Bob Miller: The Countdown Is On 3,2,1! It's Over!

[@Monrovia1]

I sat there in my living room sobbing as I watched Brownie hoist the cup it was such an amazing moment.

[@drfizzle420]

every episode tears every one of them best day of my life so far was 6/11/12

[@elo2476]

I’m so glad that i was able to experience this as an adult, it’s just such a special moment of pride, appreciation, and respect for your favorite team and the city you love so much. I was 8 yrs old when the Dodgers won the World Series and even tho i was already a huge dodger fan, as an 8 yr old you don’t truly comprehend the hard work and all the little things that makes the team you LOVE champions. All you really know is that your team won it all. With the Kings winning the Stanley cup when they did just made it so special, and I’m just so very great full to have witnessed it as an adult. Thanks guys for that awesome season. Now all I need before I die is for the Dodgers to win it all at least one more time, then and only then will be able to say that I lived a complete life.

[@ScrubsRox3]

i cant believe we did it, it seems so unreal, it makes me cry everytime, and now were back at the playoff push, repeat anyone?? i say YESS!!! GO KINGS GO!!!!!

[@Tompa83]

My favorite part of the series!

[@seandewolf7230]

Still brings tears of joy to my eyes!!!..Just like it was yesterday!!!...NEVER GETS OLD!!!...Do it again in 2014!!!..GO KINGS GO!!!...GO KINGS GO!!!!...\m/

[@Taco1011]

It's pretty amazing that the Kings held on to most of their talent after that amazing cup run in 2012. And to think they're still one of the top picks to win it all. That's something you, as a Kings fan, can be proud of.

[@seandewolf7230]

I'm very proud for sure!..And we still have a reletively young nucleous of players and some good Prospects down in Manchester and Ontario Respectively...So I'm confident we'll be Cup contenders for years to come...

[@MrKarloz97]

I just started crying. Just brilliant!

[@TRorHemingway]

Every single one of these episodes has been epic! GO KINGS GO!!!

[@davidellis5141]

Awesome for Bob Miller on the 🎤 !

[@Redfroggy]

How can you top this one? Phenomenal! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

[@ParkJourney]

Still gives me chills.

[@HrakRKO321]

Every time i watch this i start crying and screaming GO KINGS GO WIN ANOTHER!!!!!!!

[@1923dcowboys]

Even though I had to watch the game in a hotel in NYC it was still one of the most awesome things I have ever witnessed.

[@perryb56]

what a great moment! and to see our long time announcers getting to act like crazy fans at the mic was even better!

[@MrJas1455]

Who else is reliving this 10 years later??

[@matthewwallack601]

Me

[@mikesaxclar]

I still can't believe it! Watching this video definitely made it seem a little more real! WOW! WOO HOO! AGAIN! So Awesome!

[@Pkemen1]

Wow, im still tearing up just watching this!

[@chrislouden7329]

Totally remember that moment and was a 40 yr fan at the time

[@itgoalie]

best moment ever! I feel the chill in my veins!

[@Tompa83]

This one is gonna be hard to top.

[@t-trunx]

Got goosebumps haha

[@mhz23]

Man, I still giggle when I watch this. Even when we were up by 5, it still wasn't over. I was texting with a friend and when it got to 0:10 I texted "OMG OMG OMG OMG"

[@ryanlee2548]

I would still like for them to make one about David Joseph/Jim Fox/Bob Miller/Nickson.

[@tkto20]

this better be a movie one day!

[@ThatOneFunnyArmeniankid]

Go kings go!!! My parents were celebrating not at the stadium at home while I was sleeping they’re we’re trying to be quiet so they won’t wake me up!

[@parkerqueen5144]

By the way, this thread is awsome. Just us kings fans talkin about how we love this team.

[@stevecoronado8608]

Never gets old! GKG!!!!

[@isamarchambers]

What a great game

[@cpbishurr]

I can say for the rest of my life that I WAS THERE!

[@erikbrantly4015]

That's why hockey is the best. It's all about your teammates.

[@carlosmontes8969]

thank u l a for giving me so much joy.

[@doomslayerdave]

Jeff Carter. Kings legend. Enjoy your retirement!

[@salvatorejoseph9216]

Kings!

[@MagicRedGiant24]

Honestly? If I could have only one wish in my entire life, but only it meant that it would be the last day of my life...I would have wished to have been at Staples Center on June 11th, 2012 to experience this.

[@KiLlErXxXDroblox]

I am happy for the Kings,they deserved it. We won 3 cups you guys haven't won 1,than in those finals seconds you guys won. I was killed inside but knew the better team won so congrats kings fans and everyone on the kings! Go Devils though. :)

[@jsharkey8653]

Just 3 more wins and you get to do this all over again...GKG

[@minindown]

***** make it one

[@hardcorehockey3692]

minindown make it none now!

[@drfizzle420]

doesn't feel like a year already

[@Redfroggy]

Don't ya mean David Courtney? I think if they did one about him I would sob so hard.

[@maritsar9436]

4 years ago today

[@bobbowie9350]

Happy for bob, twice . When he met with chick and vin on theroundtable thing, I felt bob felt a bit inferior.

[@parkerqueen5144]

I cried, no shame.

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

Game 6 yes.

[@parkerqueen5144]

it wasnt. 13 came out today

[@greenwhiskey]

Ten months later and this still doesn't seem real

[@WholesaleBacon]

hi i'm 47, in a giant furry robe, have a cough drop in, and just cried in joy

[@lukeman141]

Zddoodah I felt the exact

[@Aabr627]

i know i wish fox sports shows it to

[@drfizzle420]

i forget about the red basketball team and girls one that's it

[@MJDHX]

So... 8 more to go eh?

[@GreenThumbFreedom]

LOLOL. 6:49 what is with the fucking awful CGI gatorade placement. It looks so bad, not even remotely decent product placement. that aside... love to watch this moment over n over.

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

you can thank bettman and the refs

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

c'mon bandwagon fan. im surprised you remembered there is a hockey team in la

[@cavemanluuk]

Remember to grow beards this year !!

[@sheba1sheba1]

i would love to now what mitchel said to nolan and king musta beeen like u fuckers i waied 10 20 years u fuckers win 4 months after ur first game :P i can die now i never thought i would get this and for us to smash vanhoover cant be better it like winning 2 cups in 1 year

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

to late to jump on the bandwagon now

[@MeritVape]

Hey Tim Leiweke! Where's your team now?! Traitor!

[@MrKarloz97]

His team won again. And a repeat is very possible. KINGS!!!

[@MeritVape]

Actually, he left after 2012. He's the Maple Leaf's President. He also talked shit on LA. So again he's a traitor. Hope he has fun with his new team. Bahah

[@ejspode9503]

The man gets paid -- and paid well -- for a job in the world of pro hockey. That's not something either you or I can say. I tip my hat to him.

[@Rorschachqp]

I had dry eyes today. Watched vid. Problem solved. :*D

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

no its quite obvious actually. out of all the long term contracts i.e hossa, luongo are the two that come up to my head, they fineed only the devils yet other teams have similar contacts. also i remembered in game 4 clarkson was called a boarding on dustin brown and it was a really weak call in the finals. Sorry i am just noting the obvious because you are a bandwagon fan and do not know much about hockey which is ok.

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

gee bandagon fan. grow a pair

[@kennylee7653]

lets go kings is lame... That's the Ducks chant, why do you think they have a timid fanbase

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

bandwagon fan

[@CopperheadAirsoft]

Lets go ducks

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

go kings go is one of the gayest chants in all of hockey. why cant they say lets go kings

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

bettman and the refs helped you. bettman hates the devils and did everything in his power for the kings. the kings championship is probably the most meaningless in all of sports.

[@TopCheeseSnipe]

gee what a fake story. there are no such things as real kings fans