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

[Rob]

2003 ALCS. Aaron F'n Boone.

I didn't cry but I was so angry. I had an anger problem back then and sports filled the voids that I had in my life emotionally. Playoffs were the most important things to me at that time in my life (early 20s).

Did you cry tears of joy when the Red Sox broke the curse the following year?

 

[Daishi]

Crying because of a sports game is pretty concerning. You might want to see someone for help. Or an intervention.

 

[New User Name]

Only time I came close to crying because of a sporting issue is when I found out that the Maple Leafs had been contacted by Bobby Orr's peewee coach so they could put him on their sponsored list.

But they didn't. Leafs management stupidity goes back years.

Had The Leafs Been (Close To) Perfect

 

[PB37]

I cried tears of joy after the 2011 SCF. I don't think I've ever cried tears of sorrow over a game.

As for other emotions, I don't think I've ever been so angry in my life than I was the during the last minutes of Super Bowl 42.

 

[Jozay]

I've never cried over a hockey game

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Didn't cry but Ottawa's loss in game of the 2003 ECF is still the most devastating loss I've seen as a Sens fan.

Funny thing is, I would have gotten over it instantly if the Sens would have won a Cup afterwards, but alas, that never happened.

 

[ncdoc]

Every year I was crying in bed after sneaking in a radio to listen to NYI beat the NYR in the playoffs during their dynasty. Remember it, pre-TV pre-cable (at least in our home), that pain was real. Yes I am old but will never forget.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Seems unhealthy to allow it to negatively affect you to the point of tears.

 

[ncdoc]

Nah just showed passion. Came a long way since then.

 

[HugginThePost]

As a Flyers fan starting in 1985, and then eventually becoming a Flames fan in 2000, I’m so numb to disappointment I don’t think I could shed a tear if I tried.

 

[TheGuiminator]

Imagine being a grown man crying over a sports game

 

[OilWagon]

June 19, 2006. I was 14.

 

[Mongo]

Did you cry tears of joy when the Red Sox broke the curse the following year?

Nope. I was kind of just in shock that they finally won. Took a day or two to set in that they won.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I didn’t cry but I was absolutely miserable for months after the Flyers lost to Tampa in game 7 of the Conference Final in 2004. They had the team to win the Cup but injuries forced them to play Sami Kapanen on defense.

 

[Duke749]

I’m an Atlanta sports fan. We’re numb to pain.

 

[Mr. Fancy Pants]

Game 7 after the Kings beat the Leafs in 93. I was 11 years old. Montreal had already advanced to the final. It was the 100th anniversary of the NHL. It was destiny to have a Toronto-Montreal final. All Toronto had to do was win. And they would have had it not been for the best player of all time playing his best ever game.

 

[LuLover96]

Went to game 5 in 2012 against the kings. It was my first playoff game and the tickets were a gift for my 9th birthday. I got a puck in warm-up, a t-shirt from the t-shirt cannon, and the towel off my seat but we lost that game. I knew how close we were the previous year and I was devastated.

 

[dukeofjive]

When koivu came back from taking time off for is cancer.

 

[TheTechNoir]

I've never cried from something negative in hockey. Something touching in a nice way, like Sakic refusing to hoist the cup above his head, and get it over to Bourque ASAP did it, though.

Things like Daniel Carcillo getting lots of ice-time, just waiting for him to take a really stupid major penalty in key moments, like leading vs prime PIT, and then inevitably seeing Crosby, who played his very best hockey vs PHI turn the game around and lead to a series elimination were really frustrating, but definitely never felt like crying.

 

[Mav3rick07]

June 19, 2006. I was 14.

Likewise, except I was 15.

 

[66871]

October 13, 1979 (baseball).

 

[Barrie22]

Never for a loss, but once for a cup handoff back in the early 2000's.

 

[Stelio Kontos]

Probably tonight because I’m crying from laughing so hard at the leafs playing like shit to go down 3-1

 

[LeafalCrusader]

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Game 7 after the Kings beat the Leafs in 93. I was 11 years old. Montreal had already advanced to the final. It was the 100th anniversary of the NHL. It was destiny to have a Toronto-Montreal final. All Toronto had to do was win. And they would have had it not been for the best player of all time playing his best ever game.

As a hockey fan that was an incredible series.