Incredibly proud of this 12 Team and effort they gave in Martinsville. We had a chance to win this race, but we just came up a little bit short. We will not be racing for the championship, but we still have a race to win in Phoenix.
❗24 INTENSE seconds of Spurs coach Mitch Johnson (when the Spurs were already up by 20):
“Possession by possession. Dismantle them in the half-court. Play fast!
Get back. Do it again. Be disciplined.
To be disciplined. To like and embrace the boring. The mundane.
Stops. Rebounds. Fundamental.
Discipline. Physical. Rebound.
Transition. Pace. Fundamental.
Again and again!”
"If it's true that no NHL player has ever come back from this, I'm determined and excited to be the first one. You watch."
-Gabriel Landeskog
We are so lucky to have you, Captain.
🚨 BREAKING: NASCAR Driver Christopher Bell just dedicated his win tonight at Bristol to CHARLIE KIRK
“Most importantly, this week has been a really tough week… this one’s for CHARLIE!”
And the crowd went absolutely WILD! 🇺🇸❤️
The round’s final show is set to be a battle under the lights of Bristol. Catch The 12 Team live at 7 PM on USA as they take the stage and step into the ring.
“There’s a Difference.”
They’ll all tell you their trophy’s the hardest to win.
They’ll point to stat sheets and salary caps, to playoff seeds and clutch shots in bright arenas under brighter lights.
And sure, there’s pressure. There’s talent. There’s glory.
But there’s a difference.
The Stanley Cup is not won. It is survived.
You do not hoist it unless you’ve bled for it.
Sixteen wins. Four rounds. Two months of collisions at 30 km/h.
You tape your ribs. Freeze your shoulder. Stitch your face.
You lose sleep, you lose weight, and if you’re lucky—you lose feeling. Because the pain? It’s always there.
The path to Lord Stanley is not built for comfort.
It’s built on blocked shots, double overtimes, shattered sticks, and legs that stopped working three games ago.
You don’t get there with highlight reels. You get there in silence. In cold rinks, on long flights, with trainers whispering: One more game, kid. One more.
And when it’s over?
No dancing. No parades of champagne.
Just a man, sometimes two, holding a silver grail with fingers that can barely grip it.
Not because it’s heavy. But because they are done.
The Stanley Cup isn’t a trophy.
It’s a reckoning.
And not every champion is built to earn it.