When was the last time you cried because of a playoff loss?

[IronCladCane]

I'd wager for a lot of Islanders fans it was Monday night

 

[Just Rude]

I’m a Leaf fan. I’m numb to pain.

There have been a few moments that have caused me to wipe away a tear or two, in no particular order:

-Lemieux and Koivu returning after cancer treatments

-the Wings bringing Konstantinov on the ice after their Cup win (‘98??)

-Bourque lifting the Cup with the Avs

-Normand Léveillé going on the ice in Boston, Bourque helping him skate to the other Bruin legends, and the whole crowd giving him a standing ovation. Goosebumps.

-Salming’s return to Toronto in his final months, and Sittler bawling on the ice (and camera showing Tiger Williams crying in a suite)

 

[Alicat]

2003 ALCS. Aaron Boone's homerun. It crushed me. It was sweet revenge in 2004 tho Outside of that, I've only cried happy tears.

 

[Chessarmy]

I never cried over losses, but I did shed a tear over watching my team make the Stanley Cup Final last year. It feels special to stick with a franchise through the lowest of lows and watch them ascend to contender status - that can be an emotional ride.

 

[Idiot Stick]

Not because of a playoff loss, but I did cry when I beat my older brother in an NHL game and he started hitting me in the head with a Playstation controller.

me & @ShootIt
except i never won he just beat me for picking the lightning cause i thought their logo was cool

I never cried over losses, but I did shed a tear over watching my team make the Stanley Cup Final last year. It feels special to stick with a franchise through the lowest of lows and watch them ascend to contender status - that can be an emotional ride.

same, first measurable success i got to see live for the panthers was great

 

[orby]

I don't think I've ever cried over sports, period. I have gotten pretty mad though, especially when I was younger. I think the last time I remember getting super worked up was during the 2013 ECF where the Penguins simply could not score on Rask. I felt really bad for Tomas Vokoun, who played his ass off in that series.

 

[Mike C]

Hockey can only bring out that level of positive emotion in me, not negative. I’ve never cried sad tears over a hockey game. I would definitely cry tears of joy if my team won the cup. Last time I teared up watching hockey was seeing Ovi lift the cup

I kind of tear up at the handshake line sometimes. Its emotion stirring for me

 

[TD Charlie]

Where’s the Roenick gif

I never got to do that man

 

[Turbonium]

Never? Why would someone cry unless they had a direct affiliation with the team (family member coaching/playing)? Otherwise...weird.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

never lol

 

[wintersej]

I happy cried for 2004 Red Sox. Never sad cried over a sporting event.

I did lose my deposit on my apartment over 2 goals in 17 seconds in 2013...

 

[Just Rude]

The Buckner bungle was the most disappointing. You had one job, block the damn ball and we win. Nope.

86 was a crap year overall. We had the Challenger disaster in January, then the Pats got destroyed by the Bears in the Super Bowl, the Bruins got swept by Montreal, then in summer the one bright spot was the Celtics winning it all, and then Red Sox...we know the rest of that story.

It’s funny, I’ve never been a Boston sports fan, but often found myself rooting for them as an “underdog.”

-that Super Bowl loss to the Bears. Hated McMahon, Perry, all of them except Payton. Could not believe they gave the TD carry to Perry over Sweetness. Great team, but just pure arrogance.

-when Bruins finally beat Montreal in ‘88, after 18 straight series losses to the Habs

-Pats first Super Bowl win over the Rams

-2004, especially the ALCS. I remember saying after the Sox made it 3-1, Boston is coming back. Literally screamed when Damon hit that grand slam in Game 7. And of course, Schilling’s bloody sock.

-beating Vancouver in 2011. I LOL’d.

-big boxing guy, so loved watching Irish Mickey Ward in his trilogy with Gatti. McNeely, not so much.

All in all, between the Pats, Sox, Celtics and Bruins, Boston has done pretty damn good, especially since that first Super Bowl. I’m not sure you’ll ever see a championship run for a city like that again.

 

[Grigowski]

Yup. Heartbreaking back then.

 

[Number8]

When Brad May scored that backbreaking OT goal in Gm 4 of the 1993 playoffs to sweep the Bruins, some 12 year old boy in the hockey universe, Bedford Massachusetts to be exact, was on his sofa crying in frustration. That boy was me.

We had, I believe, the second most points in the NHL that year and I thought we were going to smack Buffalo around for a little bit before we advanced to the next round but that was not to be as it was Buffalo that completely outplayed us all four games and of all people it was Brad May to plunge the dagger in for the killer blow.

Hockey was like life and death for me back then. We had quite a bit of crippling losses back then but that was the last time I cried as an NHL fan.

Anybody else have a similar time of despair as kid? If you were a stoic child then major kudos to you.

Tough question. All kinds of tears.

Tears of Outrage: Boston/Montreal G7 1979 - Too Many Men on Ice game. Broke my heart. How could we f*** that up?

Tears of Joy: Big Z lifting Cup in 2011 after a long 39 year drought.

Tears of Sadness: Watching the game in 1982 when Norman Leveille had a brain aneurism while playing a game in Vancouver.

Tears of Laughter: Bruins beat Leafs in G7 2013 despite being down 4-2 with 1:22 left to go. Still makes me laugh.

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Jesus @Fenway . You just had to go and actually post the picture. Here come the tears.......... again.

 

[JianYang]

It's not really crying but watching your team lose a game 7 OT is a special kick to the nuts.

 

[NyQuil]

I’ve been to a few jersey retirement games and it’s been emotional.

Losses are more numbing.

 

[hangman005]

Can't remember the last time cried, let alone to do with hockey or sort of, was probably close Oct 10th 2017 though.

The 2019 playoff, though is probably the last time I was fuming like that.

 

[hatterson]

Man I've been dead inside for so long that Leafs losses are not capable of making me cry.

 

[Neil Racki]

April 16, 1988

Caps vs Flyers

Tie game 4-4, I remember the Caps almost scoring in the last min on a crazy and wild 3rd period.
Cap Center was going nuts. We were standing for what felt like the whole 3rd period.

3rd period ends, place is energetic. I run from our seats (we had season tickets so me and my brother had free reign to run around), go down to the concourse and bum a cigarette off a guy. He looked at me and said 'aww f*** it" and gave me one.

I was 9 years old.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Didn't cry but was sad AF at the end of Habs 2021 playoffs run

It was an epic run but they were already rumors about Weber's ankle being f***ed and Price being hurt too

Watching the players coming together at the end was quite the scene

 

[93gilmour93]

Cried!!!

 

[NyQuil]

Cried!!!

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VHS!

 

[Sheppy]

I've never cried, but felt the feels last year when Marchand was saying goodbye to Bergeron.

 

[Nicko999]

Didn't cry but was depressed for days.

2011 Game 7 vs Boston in OT. We score that goal and Boston never wins a Cup. Still haunts me to this day.
Pacioretty was also coming back in round 2 had we made it.

 

[viper0220]

I cried in 2004, when the Flames lost in the Cup Finals.

A friend of mine(still friends to this day), was even Suicidal, I remember his mom taking him to therapy classes.