The fourth episode provides fans an inside look at both Conference Final series clinching overtime games as the Dallas Stars knock out the Vegas Golden Knights in five games and the Tampa Bay Lightning secure their spot in the Stanley Cup Final by defeating the New York Islanders in Game 6. Mic'd up players and coaches offer revealing insights from the exhilaration of winning to the devastation of defeat.
This week's episode also takes viewers to the driving range with the Stars and inside a 'non-traditional' media day as players and coaches prepare for what will likely be the most uniqueStanley Cup Final in the League's 103-year history. Cameras also find Lightning coach Jon Cooper working out in the bowels of Rogers Place in his downtime and find out how he plans to approach the Stanley Cup Final.And, as if the Stanley Cup Playoffs weren't unique enough, NBC broadcaster Mike Emrick provides yet another fun fact as the "NHL's two most southern teams will play on the biggest stage from the NHL's most northern city.
"Quest For The Stanley Cup premiered in 2016 to critical acclaim, making the NHL the first North American pro sports league to provide unprecedented access to its postseason. For the fifth straight year, the Sports Emmy-nominated weekly series is produced by Ross GreenburgProductions, under the direction of award-winning producer Ross Greenburg, in association withNHL Original Productions. NHL Chief Content Officer Steve Mayer serves as an executive producer. Emmy and Tony Award-nominated actor
Bill Camp
returns as narrator.
For the third straight season,
ESPN+
subscribers have access to the entire seriesthroughout the Playoffs, with new episodes available each Wednesday. Fans in Canada will beable to watch Quest For The Stanley Cup every Wednesday evening on
YouTube.com/NHL
.
