The end comes every year. For some it comes earlier, in April or May. For some it takes until June. For one, the end doesn't really ever come. There is one final win. One presentation of the Stanley Cup. One summer of celebration, parties and adventures that stretches out for months in the living of it and years in the memory.

There are two teams on the brink of those moments at the start of the fifth and final episode of Showtime Sports' "All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup," which aired Friday. One will have its season end in devastation. One will go down in history.

The end comes every year, for almost every team. For some it comes earlier, in April or May. For some, it takes until June. For one, the end doesn't really ever come. There is one final win. One presentation of the Stanley Cup. One summer of celebration, parties and adventures that stretches out for months in the living of it and years in the memory. 

There are two teams on the brink of those moments at the start of the fifth and final episode of Showtime Sports' "All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup," which airs Friday. One will have its season end in defeat. One will go down in history. 

Wendy Neilson's day started with a hassle and ended with cringeworthy misfortune, but the fact remains: Phil Kessel signed her baby.

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan wasn't shy Wednesday.

After parading through an estimated crowd of 650,000, according to Pittsburgh city officials, Sullivan took the stage in Point State Park as the coach of the first repeat Stanley Cup champions since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997 and 1998. A year ago, during a similar celebration, Sullivan suggested it might be fun to do it all again.

PITTSBURGH -- It's not often a sequel outdoes the original. This city might have bucked that trend Wednesday.

A crowd of about 650,000, according to city officials, greeted the Pittsburgh Penguins during their Stanley Cup championship parade through downtown.

The "City of Champions" will be rocking today as the 2017 Stanley Cup champion Penguins hold a public celebration, and you can watch along courtesy of WPXI in Pittsburgh.

NASHVILLE -- The disappointment of losing the Stanley Cup Final is fresh for the Nashville Predators, but the sense of what they accomplished is starting to come into view.

The Predators won the Western Conference for the first time and showcased a fan base that extended beyond the city into the southern region of the United States.

Each game during the Stanley Cup Final, players and coaches from the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators were mic'd up as part of Showtime Sports' 'ALL ACCESS: Quest for the Stanley Cup.' The fifth and final episode airs Friday (8 p.m. ET).

From the first games April 12 to the final horn nearly two months later, the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs had the kind of excitement, on and off the ice, that makes the NHL postseason so special.

Here are 20 of the top moments from the playoffs:

NASHVILLE -- The repeat is complete. Now for the follow up question.

Can the Pittsburgh Penguins three-peat?