The Play-By-Play Calls | 2012 Stanley Cup Moments: Episode 20

Join Bob Miller and Nick Nickson in the booth to experience their championship play-by-play calls as the LA Kings win the 2012 Stanley Cup.

[@bbigjohnson069]

Many years ago I watched Paul Sunderland (I think) interview Vin Scully, Chick Hearn and Bob Miller, all at the same time. That was amazing. Toward the end, Vin Scully said, "The one thing I want to hear, is Bob Miller say, 'Ladies and gentlemen the Los Angeles Kings are the Stanley Cup Champions.'"

[@christiancollins4264]

bbigjohnson069 it was Bill MacDonald - I well remember that roundtable...Chick had title rings, Vin had title rings, poor Bob just had his wedding ring! Now he's about to retire with 2 Cup rings. So happy for him.

[@kingz9916]

Been a fan since 1967. It was a rough ride, many losing years, but it was all worth it watching this cup run. I can watch this video all day long.

[@Kedbuka]

Been a fan since the mid-70s. I learned to understand hockey through Bob Miller, never having played it myself. And yeah, it was a very rough ride. But you're right, finally winning it made all those heartbreaks worthwhile.

[@chipgriffiths3655]

I was pissed when Bob replaced Roy who replaced Jiggs. Was I ever wrong. Well......

[@Apostles8389]

made me tear like a child

[@odizz2k11]

Me too bro I'm just imagining this when the Golden knights win the Stanley cup

[@CkMaverick]

Bob Miller is the Kings. The best thing about winning it all was seeing him finally get hoist the Stanley Cup over his head and get that ring. Nobody deserved it more than Miller.

[@tonyb2680]

Been 6 years since this happened and I came back to watch it since playoffs are here. Still brings tears to my eyes. GO KINGS GO!!

[@drbob512]

Bob Miller & Nick Nixson have the 2 best play by play voices in history and I wish Nick took over for Bob on TV when he retired. What beautiful tone & pace their voices have. 2012 Stanley Cup run was so improbable as a very low seed but they went 16-4 and win almost every road game. The best thrill of my sports spectator life & after 45 yrs of disappointments, when they won it.

[@KingsKatt21]

I remember meeting Jim Fox at the parade. Shaking his hand hugging him, telling him congrats, him telling me thank you.....Class act all the way. Could not have been more happy for any of those 4 men.

[@dougburrows335]

I'm glad David Courtney got to announce for the cup winning game. You were the voice of my kings since my first game at the forum. RIP

[@chasinjason1]

The greatest day ever!!!! Still makes me have tears of joy. Love my Kings!!!

[@sanjayiyer489]

NO question that my favorite Stanley Cup winning call will ALWAYS be “The long wait is over! After 45 years, the Kings can wear their crown! The Los Angeles Kings have won the Stanley Cup!"

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

It was just incredible...I wasn't old enough for Bill King calling the Los Angeles Raiders championship in January 1984, but I remember Chick Hearn for the Lakers, Vin Scully (on NBC ironically) in 1988 for the Dodgers...and finally Bob Miller got to call a championship for the Kings. That was amazing.

[@brandond.6748]

GO KINGS GO!

[@nonsense1558]

In the city that has the Lakers, Dodgers, Clippers, UCLA basketball and USC football there may be no more loyal and dedicated fans in Los Angeles than Kings fans. For so many years the Kings struggled and hockey had a hard time getting a foothold in southern California, but their fans never gave up on them. Then 2012 and then two years later they won the Stanley Cup. Even though they've struggled a little bit the last three years you can make the argument that the Kings are the strongest sports franchise in the area. They worked hard to earn it.

[@markb3451]

I cried when Rob won the cup with Colorado, sad tears. I cried when luc hoisted it with those god awful red wings, sad tears. I still cry listening to bob call this. The happiest tears I can muster.

[@cadenconverse15]

Season tickets holder since 1989. Gave me chills. Go kings go

[@ReneeGriego]

bob, nick, jimmy and daryl thanks for making the series memorable...you guys are kings hockey. David Courtney thank you as well.

[@bbigjohnson069]

I recorded the last 5:30 or so of Game 6 radio broadcast. After Trevor Lewis scores into the empty net which made it 5-1, Nick Nickson says, "Can you start to taste it right now?" Then you hear Daryl Evans kind of laugh a little. It's like, YES!

[@christiancollins3473]

I'm struck - and of course, it totally had to do with the circumstances of the clinching games - by the difference between the end of Game 6 in 2012, where the end of the game was a foregone conclusion and it obviously was the team's first title, and the end of Game 5 in 2014 in 2OT...I still remember how tense I was just watching across the street at the old ESPN Zone in 2012, and even when it was 4-1 late in the third, I was nervous...and then being in the building for Game 5 in 2014, having already dealt with two OTs (and 3 OT periods) in the first two games...and the release in that building when Martinez scored, and later seeing the announcer's reactions... Nick talked about (in this video) how the buzzer sounded longer than it had before...well, in 2014 I was afraid that Kings musical director Dieter Ruehle had slumped over the horn button, as long as it went...one minute of that airhorn sounds like ten! But it was all good. It was good to hold the Cup for 2 of 3 seasons. No disrespect to other teams that haven't been there yet - San Jose came close, Tampa could have had its 2nd last year, and of course Chicago had its stretch, the Islanders had 4 in a row, Montreal has all of theirs...but as an LA native, to go into STAPLES Center and see those banners hanging...epic.

[@GlizzyRedDot]

Bob Miller is the voice of the Kings...Can't think of any body else doing it.

[@nosoupforyou]

great freaking job guys. and the music was awesome.

[@GeneralDeth1]

That's okay, I wasn't crying. ok I was.

[@relayerdave]

congratulations to you, Bob. You've earned all the love and respect you get. You are the best!

[@Tompa83]

Thanks Kings Vision and McDonalds, incredibly moving series that I'll come back to watch over and over again as I get older.

[@JdmDRFTkid]

I was in Kindergarten and first grade when the Kings won the Campbell and Smyth conference finals. My dad told me then that a western conference finals and Stanley Cup is next....he was right, 20 years later they accomplished that. Saw it all happen with me and my old man....and Bob Miller

[@8LCE0ENT5]

Get Well Soon Bob!! #legend

[@15lafan]

I had the privilege of sitting in with Daryl Evans and Nick Nickson in the radio booth when the Kings played the Oilers which was the 80th game of the season. And I remember after they won 2-0, I thought to myself, "how cool would it be if the Kings actually won the Stanley cup?" And they did. I honestly had some tears roll down my eyes when listening to what Bob Miller said. Happiest night of my life. Sad that there will be no more episodes.

[@Furnitureassemblys]

It took a player named King and a Quick goaltender to win it all.

[@sheba1sheba1]

hell yeah ur right king was huge for us and as of right now king and clifford are the most under rated players in the league there awesome #bobmiller is my hero and i have to meet him its on my bucket list :D

[@gongargongar]

Geez the last few episodes were tame, but then, here we go.. Another tearjerker

[@cavemanluuk]

I bet all Kings fans would agree with me, we want more episodes :)

[@mathewfranco3211]

When they could of won the cop in New Jersey and lost I told my wife in a perfect world they would come home and win the cup in front of all us fans and my prayers were answered GKG

[@kearysibille55]

I waited 40 years for that first Cup!!!!!! I believe we can win 2 or 3 more in the next 4-5 years!!!! GKG

[@LAKingsFan818]

Watching Foxy and Bob get teary eyed made me have the same reaction

[@ShrinkingDad]

Note to self, do not watch this at work ever again.

[@turtle19dad]

I was waiting for Bob to start crying!!!! #ThanksBob #WeGotTheCup

[@Howbee]

Vin Scully, the late Chick Hearn, Nick Nickson and Bob Miller. We're pretty spoiled in this city.

[@23skidoo46]

In LA we may not always have the best teams in the league. But, we ALWAYS had the best play by play guys in history. Scully, Hearn and Miller. It didn't get any better in all leagues. We were lucky to have all three legends on our mics.

[@MrJdecoy]

By far, the best one in the series.

[@SebastianSanchez-en3df]

Bob Miller: The Countdown Is On 3,2,1! It's Over! Nick Nickson: After 45 Years The Kings Can Win Their Crown! The Los Angeles Kings Have Won The Stanley Cup!

[@nkv47]

What a great team!! a moment ill never forget.

[@LincolnJamesHeathrowIII]

This guy learned what foster Hewitt created, which is why Foster Hewitt is the master. The late great Bob Cole.was his apprentice.

[@LeoWhalen1933]

I fell in love with this voice as a five year old watching a disney movie about a nitwit hockey team.

[@arkrazor354]

The NHL HOF knows about Bob Miller. Undisputedly deserving of his induction. However, Nick Nickson has been doing TV or radio for 31 years with the club, and I would hope he would eventually get the Foster Hewitt Award. Also deserving.

[@christiancollins4264]

Ark Razor he got in! You called it 👍

[@LAKings2012CHAMPS]

They should do an episode on David Courtney!

[@chickenandbarbies]

Probably the best one in the series. Is there a more prolific announcer in all of sports right now than Bob Miller?

[@kingsfan1132]

best commentators around

[@RayJacksonbighmw]

I most recently got my Stanley Cup Moments BluRay/DVD combo pack in the mail yesterday, and it's worth every penny I paid for it. It now sets alongside my home-recorded DVD of Game 6 off NBC (off of KONG-TV Channel 16 here in nearby Seattle plus the NBCSN postgame that followed), the DVD of Bob & Jim/Nick & Daryl and their calls done LIVE that came with the limited-supplied commemorative book, and also the official Warner Home Video release of the Kings 2011-12 Stanley Cup Champions DVD

[@McMillian5]

What about Dick Enberg, Bob Starr and Rory Markas? We sure ARE spoiled.

[@M0t0rBreath89]

Such a great series! I expect volume II =D

[@JumboJoe10]

lol that's eddie from the puck podcast behind nickson during the call.

[@sheba1sheba1]

idc if i sound like a baby but im crying so much @4:35 these kings announcers mean so much to me im a huge hug kings fan havee been since i was 13 the reason all the kings players and announcers mean so much to me im a 33 yars old i have already lost all of my family besides my mom 1 aunt and 11 brother in the past 6 yars i lost my idol and herro of mine my dad 2 yaars b i lost a grandma to cancer 1 year after that i lost my grnadpa and 2 years afte my dad died i lost my grandma to cancer lost her husband my grandpa to cancer in 1980 whn i was 11 months old then after my grandma died my mom had cancer thankfully she has beatn it my other living aunt has beat cancer 2 times but days ago my favorite aunt died from cancer to and it was a bad deah my oor aun was in so much ain had cancr throught her whole body i never seen her mutch in the last 11 years but loved her a lo rip aun marion thres no more pain auntie people hug ur mom dad kids aunts and grandparents causee whn u dont have any family for the most part life sux if u dont have heath and family u hav nothing anyways i really apprciate bob miller fox a lot bring me joy a lot even know we loseing now its still entrtaning people test for cancer please its getting bad me alone its prety much killed my whole family

[@mrkanimaljam]

I love the KINGS!

[@kingme000]

At least for one day, all was right in the world!

[@StraitMoney24]

And Ralph Lawler.

[@tkto20]

if you were a kid in the 60s/70s and you wanted to a be a LA sports broadcaster...you'd be screwed

[@parkjamesshaw3189]

Great fuckin nite tonight kings fans. I'm in Toledo Ohio and I fell in luv with the kingers because of Barry fuckin Melrose. I listen to Nicky nickson every game. Let's pay back there oil rigs oilers 👑🤞

[@rick72379]

Stanley cup moments pt 2 cmon

[@brandond.6748]

i agree with you GO KINGS!

[@15lafan]

God damn it I still fucking cry when I watch this!

[@mhz23]

The downside of the digital age: Listening to the radio feed, even on the internet, doesn't synch up with the video. The upside: I can hear all the calls by clicking.

[@chipgriffiths3655]

It was better in the day.....simulcast. Not that's a word this generation can't understand. lol.

[@danielleroberts1118]

Who ever dislike this video there a devils fan or a sharks fan

[@BenDover-vs7ih]

Watching this because of quarantine. Just perfect calls from both legends. Miss Bob he's just the best.

[@LordOFThisWorld19]

:')

[@RayJacksonbighmw]

Stanley Cup Moments will be officially out June 1st on DVD/Blu-Ray combo, a DVD 45 YEARS IN THE MAKING!!! I already ordered mine and you can get yours at LAKings (dot) com/moments and BTW, net proceeds go to the Kings Care Foundation. It will complete my DVD collection of our championship season, which includes NBC's Game 6 coverage I recorded on my DVD recorder, the limited DVD/book with Bob & Jim and Nick & Daryl and the Warner official annual Champions DVD. GO KINGS GO!!! BACK-2-BACK CUPS!!!

[@relayerdave]

The girl over Nick's right shoulder's reactions were awesome! Very cool!

[@kingsfan1132]

i like how jim fox jumps up and is about to celebrate and sits down really quickly to write something down.

[@ellamiller8314]

Without hockey weekends, i dont know what to do so ive been on a roll with kings games rewatching the ones i like or the ones i went too.