I seriously wanted to see the Canucks win it this year after my Blues lost to them. I want fans of teams that haven't had a Cup for a long, long time to feel the elation we did last year.
@Rick K. - Thank you...CBJ fan here...Canucks are fav west conf team...would love CBJ to win one soon...not so much for me...but my father is 91 n a Huge CBJ fan since day one... would love to see expression on his face if he gets to see CBJ win their 1st...
That 2003 Minnesota series annoyed me probably the most. After Game 4, with the Canucks up 3-1 in the series, Todd Bertuzzi told some Minnesota fans to say goodbye to their team, that they wouldn't be coming back to Minnesota to play hockey. Add to that, Crawford's refusal to play the backup (Auld?) over Cloutier when it was clear he'd lost his focus... As you say, the door was open for a Cup run. I continue to believe this was Vancouver's best chance, ever (including their 3 Finals appearances).
My #1 is still 2011 game 7. The home team had won every game going in and it looked like the stars were finally going to align for us, and we blew it monumentally.
30 year nucks fan here. The two moments in canucks history that stand out to me as being the most depressing are the messier era, and the depressing era after 2011 from 2012 until about 2016.
One of my best friends in high school is a diehard Canucks fan, and I watched Game 7 against the Rangers in 1994 at his house. I felt so bad for him. He didn’t say a word for an hour afterwards.
I've never been a Canucks' fan; but for an honourable mention, I would add April 22, 1975 - a 5-4 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens. The Canucks were facing elimination in Game 5 at the Montreal Forum of this quarter-final series. The out-manned Canucks fought the Canadiens admirably for all sixty minutes of regulation time. Late in the first overtime, Guy Lafleur had the puck along near the corner in the Canucks' zone. He attempted a centering shot-pass to Yvan Cournoyer who was at the goal mouth. Cournoyer never touched the puck, because Vancouver defenseman Dennis Kearns deflected the puck past goaltender Gary Smith and into his own net, eliminating his own team. An inconsolable Dennis Kearns left the ice and did not stay for the post-series handshakes. It was certainly a dreadful way for a team to have their first ever Stanley Cup playoff appearance come to an end. Now nearing fifty years later, it remains the only time the two teams have met in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
It's amazing how the perspective changes on a few of these when you are a Blackhawks fan. The 7 to 5 game in 2009 is one of my best memories. And Chelios had back to back OT winners in 1995.
I would definitely add game 7 against Calgary in 2004; that was a far more disappointing loss than some of these examples on the list ... they were going into the playoffs with a division title, up against a mediocre Calgary team. Probably would have been a different story had the shadow of the Moore incident never shrouded the team. The loss of Bertuzzi hurt. I was at that game. The crowd went insane when Cooke tied it with 1 second left. The atmosphere went from the stratosphere down to the mantle when Calgary ended it in OT. What was particularly brutal was Cloutier finally proving his worth in the first few games, only to get injured. Everything went wrong that year. edit: I forgot to mention the high that followed the fanbase into game 7 after an epic overtime win in game 6!
I think other than Burrow's goal in 2011, I think from the TV that's the loudest I have ever heard it. When espn 2 went to commercial, the announcers thought they were not still on and one of them said "Holy S**" but stops right at the end. I can't find it anywhere but will swear to my grave I heard it lol.
Pens fan. Some of the games that jump out at me: 1) 1993 Game 7 vs NYI - first time I cried after a hockey game 2) 1997 Game 5 vs PHI - Mario’s last game before retirement 3) 2008 Game 6 vs DET - Hossa was sooooo close to tying that game at the buzzer 4) 2000 Game 4 vs PHI - Pens won first 2 games in Philly, lost game 3 and Keith Primeau wins game 4 in 5th OT. Series was over after that. 5) Winter Classic 2010 vs WSH - Sid was deep into the best scoring stretch of his entire career and a David Steckel check out him out for almost a year.
That 93 game against the islanders was painful..I was pulling for Pittsburgh bc I wanted them to play Montreal. I knew the islanders could not beat them. I still remember Gary Thorne saying "uh oh" when the 2 on 1 break away started. Ron francis shot and rich tochhet's game tying goal in the last minute was still incredible.
To me it's easily the final game in 94. I remember around that time as a kid skating around on the local street hockey rink pretending to be Bure. Game 5 2007 finals and game 4 finals 1995 and game 5 2017 finals are up there too.
Game 4 2009 might be painful too. Canucks up 2-1 in the series, up 1-0 with 3 minutes left, Willie Mitchell doesn't clear the puck, Martin Havlat scores, sends it to OT, then BC native Andrew Ladd wins it in OT for Chicago. Hawks win the next two games in the series to win in 6 games. I truly believe that if Havlat doesn't score, Blackhawks lose the series in 5 or 6 and thus don't face Detroit in the Conference Final, meaning the odds of getting Hossa that offseason are slimmer (facing him in the Conference Final showed him the Hawks were young and on the rise). That Havlat goal is the most underrated and unknown goal in Chicago Blackhawks history.
As a fan of the Sharks, it's hard to top 2016 game 6, but 2014 game 5 was my least favorite Sharks memory. 3-0 shutout, Sharks up 3-2 in the series and I knew after that game they were getting reverse swept. When Raffi Torres is the hardest skating member of your favorite team, that's a wake up call to realize your team isn't going anywhere.
Good list. My thoughts on each. 15: first game after a long shut down. Many had written off Minny at the start. Loss seemed inevitable. 14. Yeah, very underwhelming performance for a game 7, rest or no rest. 13. If anything, a disappointing way to leave the Coliseum. Canucks also blew 3 third period leads in that series. 12. My first vivid Canucks memory was hearing my Dad go nuts when Ronning won Game 3 of that series in OT. 11. Agree with everything you said. Once they lost in that fashion, you figured it they were going to have to win 4 games at Rogers Arena to win the Cup. 10. Lidstrom on Cloutier will be talked about forever in Canuck lore. 9. Wasn't born until two years later. But I'm guessing they weren't beating NYI regardless. 8. Worst 3rd period meltdown I ever saw. Thanks Roberto. 7. Game 7 was way more disappointing for me because I was there and they had a 2-0 lead. 6. Bill Ranford was a Canuck killer at that time. 5. '93 is a lot like '03 for me. Path was somewhat paved. Would have steamrolled Toronto. Imagine a Canucks-Habs final?! 4. Heartbreaker. enough said. 3. Not old enough to remember, but watched the highlights many times. 2. When I saw how jacked up Shawn Thornton was in his warmup interview, I knew there would be no Cup presentation that night. 1. Let them off the hook that night, no doubt about it.
Ummm what about 2004 Game 7 vs. Calgary? That team could have made a run and they tie it up late, just to lose. Also in your honorable mentions would probably be Game 6 2003 vs. Minnesota (I cried), or gotta be one of the early games against LA in 2012. 2013 game 4 against San Jose because of the sweep, as well as I thought that game signaled the end of that cores’s cup window.
As a Leafs fan who has only been watching hockey for 10 years, pretty much everything related to the playoffs is a painful memory. GAME 7 VS BOSTON, game 7 vs Boston, and also game 7 vs Boston are all memories I’d like to forget. Honourable mentions would probably go to game 1 vs Columbus, game 3 vs Columbus and game 5 vs Columbus if you even count those as playoff games
I happened to be at Game 1 in 1982 in person, and it was painful, not because I'm a Canucks fan. i was rooting for the Islanders in that one. But it hurt beause I always liked Harold Snepsts, and he made the turnover, and it was as bad a turnover as you could imagine. He put the puck right on Mike Bossy's (MIKE BOSSY!) stick, right in front of the net. Ugh! Probably just fatigue. He played a lot of minutes and it was right at the end of the first OT. I don't think it made any difference. The Canucks win that, they just lose in five games instead of four. And even without that turnover, they probably lose that game anyway in the second OT.
1982 was two years before I was born....so I never got to experience that run I remember heavily 1994 because I was 10 I remember the 3ot games finding out from people who had been allowed to stay up or from my parents how it ended. at the time I was not as into hockey as I am now and only really my grandfather was a hockey fan in our family If I were going to give my big disapointments its the Detroit game you mentioned, the Chicago games you mention Game 5 vs Chicago in 2011 because my now wife then girlfriend got food poisoning that night from bad chinese and so I can't forget it The Finals game in 2011 where Raymond almost gets paralyzed and boston gets little more than a 'Un Uh Un *wags finger*" from the refs and yeah Joel Ottos Kicking motion. My time as a canucks fan has led me to state that my BOTTOM FIVE teams in the NHL Are and will always be In order from top to bottom Islanders Chicago Rangers Boston Messier
At least you're not a Predators Jets hurricanes and golden knights fan that lives in Sonora California my pain is 4 times a lot harder but I do understand what you're coming from I'm hoping you're staying safe
As an Islanders fan my top 2 Vancouver loses that caused me pain was game 4 in the 1982 finals because my Dad had gotten tickets to game 5 that never happened. Would have been my first finals game. And game 7 against the Rangers. Letting my most hated rival win the Cup. Ruining the best chant in sport "19-40!!!"
The Leafs equivalent to this, in no particular order: Isles beating Devils on the last day of the season in 2007, blowing 5-0 lead to St.Louis in 2000, Sergio Momesso goal from center ice in 1990, David Ayers, Roenick OT winner in 2004, Gelinas OT winner in 2002, Adams OT winner in 1994, Marty St. Louis OT winner in April 2006, Tiger Williams penalty in OT vs. Montreal in 1980, Troy Murray OT winner in 1989, the game in 1988 that got the Leafs into the playoffs but cost them Mike Modano, games 6 and 7 vs. LA and all three game 7’s in Boston.
I'd include game 6 against the Devils in 2001, up 3-2 at home with a mediocre Penguins team waiting in the Conference Final. Sundin hits the post twice in the first, Leafs go on to lose 4-2 then get blown out in next game.
Roller Cain ugh yeah, that or the game 7 in 2003 where they were never in it, could probably swap out the Tiger Williams penalty in 1980. Pretty sad we have this many interchangeable shitty moments, most of them in fairly recent history
Losing to Calgary in Game 7 that year kinda felt inevitable, Canucks were pulling horseshoes out of their asses all season long, look at the goal that even forced OT in game 7.
Everyone knew we weren't going to go far that year. That was the year Bertuzzi got suspended... 2003 felt like we had a really good chance at the cup because most of the teams that usually give us trouble were eliminated.
Brian Li true. In hindsight those Canucks teams of that era simply weren’t built for playoff hockey. Losing Bertuzzi made them even worse. As we know now, those 04 Flames had the right makeup
So many painful memories Shannon. I can replay the Chelios and Shuchuk OT goals in my head. I was at the game when Lidstrom scored from centre and remember the great start the Canucks had that game with Bertuzzi running over Chelios. Smyl's post in 89 and Lafayette and Gelinas hitting the post in 94. I also remember losing to Chicago in 09 and 10 and was shocked when they let Willie Mitchell walk away. And finally the loss to Boston. What a series. I still think the Canuck's win it if Hamhuis doesn't get hurt from the huge hit he threw on Lucic in Game 1 and if Aaron Rome doesn't get the biggest playoff suspension ever because daddy's boy plays on the other team. Would love to see them win at least 1 cup in my life time. The team now has some future promise and potential or we will continue to get these painful yet great memories as Canuck fans!
I remember that lose to Boston in Number 11. I don’t even love Vancouver I just hate Boston and that was a tragedy for everyone but the people in Boston lol
Surprised nothing from the 2012 presidents trophy team nearly getting swept by the 8th seeded LA. That looked like the most miserable point for all the Canucks fans I was around.
@@SlamJamMcCam I don’t know if that was the most miserable point for Canucks the kings had a great team in 2012 that underachieved in the regular season and yes the Canucks were a year removed from being in the Stanley cup finals winning back to back presidents trophy’s which means nothing it doesn’t guarantee a championship that was when the Canucks window was starting to close they slowly were declining as a team and they were in a weak division then so they lucked out
I’m surprised 2012 isn’t up here of any LA games I thought game 5 2012 1st round would be here because it put my friend who is a Vancouver fan in tears. The kings had nothing going all game got a decent goal then win it in or when Schneider was playing great.
As a Hawks fan I just went back and watched that game from 05/03/10. It definitely would have been a tough one to lose for Canucks fans, but that's how that rivalry grew. Personally I like the present Canucks team and I was cheering for them vs. Vegas. I think the Canucks have now replaced the Maple Leafs as the Canadian team that I'm going to root for to win the Stanley Cup.
2010 vs Chicago is the series that I stopped being a Canucks fan (I live in Vancouver) because I wanted to be done with cheering for a loser. I almost payed for it just a year later, but I continued to hate them until just this last year.
Hawk fan here. You guys had a great team! Puck luck has a lot to do with it. When it is your time the tips go in ,when it is not your time the tips go out!
Ottawa had a sweet line up around 2002. Lalime letting in weak goals from at the blue line or neutral zone. Deflating the team. Heartbreaking for back to back playoff runs. And 2007 finals ott and Anaheim.
Lalime's brutal play during deciding games was definitely hard to take. However, losing to Anaheim didn't feel too bad as I felt they were clearly the better team. That said, I couldn't believe Pronger was getting away with illegal shots to the head on both Detroit (Holmstrom) and Ottawa (McAmmond). Yes, he served 1 game each time but likely deserved a series suspension (in both cases). These days when I hear about Pronger's own concussion issues I wonder if Karma is meting out justice.
As a hawks fan through the lean years I LOVED BEATING VANCOUVER. Nothing against them, they had players previously that I liked but it was a light at the end of a dark tunnel.
I've been getting a lot of recommends for your older videos lately, and as someone who despises the Canucks, this was great. 😂 As an Avs fan, on your equivalent of Game 6 in 2011, for me it's Game 6 against Detroit in 2002. Up 3-2 in the series, had a chance to close it out, and then Patrick Roy has the dumbest moment of his career and the Avs don't score after that the rest of the series...20 years later, they finally made up for it with the Cup win, but until then I was angry about that game since I was 8.
2014 series against the Kings, the first two games were a slaughter then we win game 3 and I think we're going to sweep it instead they turn it around on us and we loose a 3-0 series lead. That hurt. When we traded to get Raffi Torres and what he did as a San Jose Shark, he was a dirty player before and it didn't get better when he was in San Jose Sharks. I'm not sure I will ever forgive San Jose for trading for him.
The 94 game 7 still hurts to this day. More than 2011. Me and my dad had moved to BC that spring. My sisters and my mom followed after the school year ended in Ontario. My dad and I got into watching hockey that spring and watched Vancouver make it all the way to game 7 of the finals. I became a die hard Canucks fan during that cup run and have been ever since.
Hawks fan. My most painful memories are (watching since 2012-2013 season I think?): #1 2014 WCF Game 7 against LAK. We lost it quickly in OT. I knew whoever won that game would win the cup. Quick was a brick wall. #2 2016 RD 1 Game 7 against Blues. A comeback fallen short (was down 3-1). Guess in hindsight it was our last chance at a run.
Matthew Daley Yeah, no three-peat, so I recovered pretty quick but I was frustrated on how awful the PP was that year. A problem we still have today somehow
A bit surprised that a few of the games against the Flames didn’t show up. Game 7 in 2004 had to sting after tying it up so late, and Game 6 in 2015 blowing a 3-0 first period lead.
if the uniform in the thumbnail wasn't enough... nothing else should bother you. I hated those unis... My favorite is still the original stick n rink they used prior to those heinious things from the late 70's using colors that adorned most kitchens that people couldn't stand by the late 80's
I'm like you I have multiple teams, Detroit and Nashville. I don't have 15 moments but I have 10 1. Detroit vs Pittsburgh 2009 game 7 2. Detroit vs Chicago game 6 2013 3. Nashville vs Pittsburgh game 6 2017 4. Nashville vs Winnipeg game 7 2018 5. Detroit vs Chicago game 7 2017 6. Detroit vs San Jose game 7 2011 7. Nashville vs Dallas game 5 2019 8. Detroit vs Anaheim game 5 2007 9. Nashville vs Winnipeg game 5 2018 10. Ottawa vs Pittsburgh game 7 2017
I'm a Leafs fan but boy I hope the Canucks win a Stanley Cup just to see your reaction. Imagine watching them for 40 years and not seeing them win anything, I can't imagine that because I've only been a Leafs fan for 16 years 😂😂😂 (I'm slowly getting there). But really though, it would be nice for Canada and for you especially, you work so hard everyday making videos, they need to win for dedicated fans like you Shannon. Plus you've seen Boston and Dallas win cups, it went in order of how much you like them (first Dallas, then Boston), If the Canucks ever win it would complete the pattern lol.
Life long fan here. As a 60 year old who has seen all the ups and downs of the Canucks I can only conclude one thing: the team is CURSED, from the spin of that damned wheel for the #1 pick (buffalo won Gilbert Perrault, we got Talon) it’s been bad luck. I’m convinced we will NEVER win the Cup.
One of the most painful... 2012 loss against LA. I don't remember a specific game but after that... I knew that despite the foundations still being there for the best team the franchise had ever iced, it was going to be broken up with knee jerk reactions. Lock-out, of course, didn't help matters. Team should've been a modern dynasty.
They were a regular season dynasty, as a Kings fan beating the nucks in the playoffs was our biggest mental barrier to achieving stanley success because you guys had our number, a scary record every year, along with oodles of fans at our home games.
@@illsuive Eh... Quick played out of his god damn mind that run: 1.41 GAA, 0.946SV% and 3SO's. And if the Duncan Keith didn't concuss Daniel Sedin, the Canucks might have found enough scoring still to advance. Whatever though... I'm still far more salty at Boston and the NHL :P And am bewildered Benning is still GM... bottom 4 for his entire tenure, making the playoffs twice (arguably only once with 'his' team) vs. Gillis as perennial contenders yet Benning has now surpassed Gillis' time. FAQ is joke.
So the games that left me the most deflated and disappointed and hurt 1)Game 7 vs Wild 2003. It felt horrible. The finals were there for us. 2) game 7 vs Flames 2004. After Matt Cooke tied it, how could we lose? Just finish them power play and let's win it. Utterly devastated. Ended so quick. I think I was in shock. 3) game 7 Rangers 1994- felt horrible. Worse than 2011 just bc I think we all knew we were losing in game 7 in 2011. At least I did. I thought we could win it in 94. 4) game 4 vs Chicago-1995- until they scored, I never thought we would lose. Truly. Sucked to lose so many close ones. 5) 1996 colorado- again lost so many close ones. End of that core group as well. 6) 2012 hurt. Any of the losses.
I always find if amusing when people say "that team will NEVER win the championship". Really? It is impossible to imagine a future scenario 10, 20, 50 years from now where everything aligns for a team and they win?
My least favorite game as a Bruins fan would be Game 7 between Boston and St Louis in 2019. They lost 4-1, and It didn’t really matter that the Bruins had the best season in the NHL afterwards, I knew that if they didn’t win Game 7, they wouldn’t win ever again with this core, followed by Game 3 against Tampa Bay in 2020 where they lost 8-1, which showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that Boston wasn’t coming back in this series. Knowing the stubborn attitude of Jeremy Jacobs, instead of trying to sell off luxury pieces and embrace a fast rebuild like the Celtics did in 2014, they’ll instead ride the wave until nobody is valuable on that team and they’ve damaged the core and prospect pool beyond repair.
Number 9 is easy to remember...Harold Snepsts gives the puck away near the end of the first OT to the wrong guy. One quick shot from Mike Bossy and BOOM...gave over.
Not even showing up in game 7 of 2011 finals has to be the worst for me. They had issues all series, so I get why you put the others on there... but anything can happen in a game 7. 3 periods of hockey. They could have regrouped and come out with a strong, hard-fought game.. and I just saw NOTHING. A tired team ready to give up. Heartbreak from the opening draw. And worst of all, knowing that we'd get to game 7 of the finals twice, and waste it twice. Worst moment...
2016 RD 1 against the Blues as a hawks fan for a bunch of reasons. 1 being the blues and it's pure hatred for the blues. With Detroit there was rivalry but there was respect but St. Louis there was nothing to like about that team. Backes, Oshie, Ott, and Reaves a total goon squad. 2 the near comeback. The momentum was on our side going into game 7 with 2 straight wins. 3 double post by seabrook. When that puck did not go in I knew the game was over. 4 the end of a dynasty. Probably the last chance at the cup for a long time and it hurts. A close 2nd would be game 7 vs LA but the sting was temporary because of 2015.
Every older Canucks fan has another team they watch because they weren’t making the playoffs that often between 96 and West Coast Express era and the 84 - 90 era as well
"50 years of pain is where it's at" Right there with you as a leafs fan.
As a blues fan it makes winning it that much better, you’ll win one eventually
@@dylanfoote1602 looking at your profile pick was the second best part about winning the Cup.
Seguin kicks it loose, Bergeron Scores!!!!!
As a canucks fan AND a sabres fan, I can relate
Islanders fan here been long 40 years
I seriously wanted to see the Canucks win it this year after my Blues lost to them.
I want fans of teams that haven't had a Cup for a long, long time to feel the elation we did last year.
@Rick K. - Thank you...CBJ fan here...Canucks are fav west conf team...would love CBJ to win one soon...not so much for me...but my father is 91 n a Huge CBJ fan since day one... would love to see expression on his face if he gets to see CBJ win their 1st...
@@Toppradd Hawk fan here. You both deserve to win!!!
As a caps fan I was in the exact same boat
I felt the same way when the Blues won
@mojo I really don't like you.
That 2003 Minnesota series annoyed me probably the most. After Game 4, with the Canucks up 3-1 in the series, Todd Bertuzzi told some Minnesota fans to say goodbye to their team, that they wouldn't be coming back to Minnesota to play hockey. Add to that, Crawford's refusal to play the backup (Auld?) over Cloutier when it was clear he'd lost his focus... As you say, the door was open for a Cup run. I continue to believe this was Vancouver's best chance, ever (including their 3 Finals appearances).
My #1 is still 2011 game 7. The home team had won every game going in and it looked like the stars were finally going to align for us, and we blew it monumentally.
Thx Luongo
30 year nucks fan here. The two moments in canucks history that stand out to me as being the most depressing are the messier era, and the depressing era after 2011 from 2012 until about 2016.
One of my best friends in high school is a diehard Canucks fan, and I watched Game 7 against the Rangers in 1994 at his house. I felt so bad for him. He didn’t say a word for an hour afterwards.
I've never been a Canucks' fan; but for an honourable mention, I would add April 22, 1975 - a 5-4 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens.
The Canucks were facing elimination in Game 5 at the Montreal Forum of this quarter-final series. The out-manned Canucks fought the Canadiens admirably for all sixty minutes of regulation time.
Late in the first overtime, Guy Lafleur had the puck along near the corner in the Canucks' zone. He attempted a centering shot-pass to Yvan Cournoyer who was at the goal mouth. Cournoyer never touched the puck, because Vancouver defenseman Dennis Kearns deflected the puck past goaltender Gary Smith and into his own net, eliminating his own team.
An inconsolable Dennis Kearns left the ice and did not stay for the post-series handshakes. It was certainly a dreadful way for a team to have their first ever Stanley Cup playoff appearance come to an end.
Now nearing fifty years later, it remains the only time the two teams have met in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
It's amazing how the perspective changes on a few of these when you are a Blackhawks fan. The 7 to 5 game in 2009 is one of my best memories. And Chelios had back to back OT winners in 1995.
I would definitely add game 7 against Calgary in 2004; that was a far more disappointing loss than some of these examples on the list ... they were going into the playoffs with a division title, up against a mediocre Calgary team. Probably would have been a different story had the shadow of the Moore incident never shrouded the team. The loss of Bertuzzi hurt. I was at that game. The crowd went insane when Cooke tied it with 1 second left. The atmosphere went from the stratosphere down to the mantle when Calgary ended it in OT. What was particularly brutal was Cloutier finally proving his worth in the first few games, only to get injured. Everything went wrong that year.
edit: I forgot to mention the high that followed the fanbase into game 7 after an epic overtime win in game 6!
I think other than Burrow's goal in 2011, I think from the TV that's the loudest I have ever heard it. When espn 2 went to commercial, the announcers thought they were not still on and one of them said "Holy S**" but stops right at the end. I can't find it anywhere but will swear to my grave I heard it lol.
Thus is great content. Excellent job Shannon
Pens fan. Some of the games that jump out at me:
1) 1993 Game 7 vs NYI - first time I cried after a hockey game
2) 1997 Game 5 vs PHI - Mario’s last game before retirement
3) 2008 Game 6 vs DET - Hossa was sooooo close to tying that game at the buzzer
4) 2000 Game 4 vs PHI - Pens won first 2 games in Philly, lost game 3 and Keith Primeau wins game 4 in 5th OT. Series was over after that.
5) Winter Classic 2010 vs WSH - Sid was deep into the best scoring stretch of his entire career and a David Steckel check out him out for almost a year.
That 93 game against the islanders was painful..I was pulling for Pittsburgh bc I wanted them to play Montreal. I knew the islanders could not beat them. I still remember Gary Thorne saying "uh oh" when the 2 on 1 break away started. Ron francis shot and rich tochhet's game tying goal in the last minute was still incredible.
To me it's easily the final game in 94. I remember around that time as a kid skating around on the local street hockey rink pretending to be Bure. Game 5 2007 finals and game 4 finals 1995 and game 5 2017 finals are up there too.
I totally agree on the effort thing. I don’t mind losing but the lack of effort is what makes me insane.
as an oilers fan, #13 hits close to home because of this past playoffs.
Game 4 2009 might be painful too. Canucks up 2-1 in the series, up 1-0 with 3 minutes left, Willie Mitchell doesn't clear the puck, Martin Havlat scores, sends it to OT, then BC native Andrew Ladd wins it in OT for Chicago. Hawks win the next two games in the series to win in 6 games. I truly believe that if Havlat doesn't score, Blackhawks lose the series in 5 or 6 and thus don't face Detroit in the Conference Final, meaning the odds of getting Hossa that offseason are slimmer (facing him in the Conference Final showed him the Hawks were young and on the rise). That Havlat goal is the most underrated and unknown goal in Chicago Blackhawks history.
Game 5 Montreal Forum 1975 O.T. loss and elimination in 1st round. Centering pass goes in off Dennis Kearns
I thought the Bertuzzi incident game vs Colorado might make your list!
Being at the game when Cloutier let the goal in from center... 1 or 2 for me. 89 when joel otto kicked it in. And 94... game 7 loss.
As a fan of the Sharks, it's hard to top 2016 game 6, but 2014 game 5 was my least favorite Sharks memory. 3-0 shutout, Sharks up 3-2 in the series and I knew after that game they were getting reverse swept. When Raffi Torres is the hardest skating member of your favorite team, that's a wake up call to realize your team isn't going anywhere.
Shannon would love a look back at the Luongo/Shneider controversy. Also surprised that the 2012 Nucks vs LA series isn't on that board
Oh can this be a new playlist series
Good list. My thoughts on each. 15: first game after a long shut down. Many had written off Minny at the start. Loss seemed inevitable. 14. Yeah, very underwhelming performance for a game 7, rest or no rest. 13. If anything, a disappointing way to leave the Coliseum. Canucks also blew 3 third period leads in that series. 12. My first vivid Canucks memory was hearing my Dad go nuts when Ronning won Game 3 of that series in OT. 11. Agree with everything you said. Once they lost in that fashion, you figured it they were going to have to win 4 games at Rogers Arena to win the Cup. 10. Lidstrom on Cloutier will be talked about forever in Canuck lore. 9. Wasn't born until two years later. But I'm guessing they weren't beating NYI regardless. 8. Worst 3rd period meltdown I ever saw. Thanks Roberto. 7. Game 7 was way more disappointing for me because I was there and they had a 2-0 lead. 6. Bill Ranford was a Canuck killer at that time. 5. '93 is a lot like '03 for me. Path was somewhat paved. Would have steamrolled Toronto. Imagine a Canucks-Habs final?! 4. Heartbreaker. enough said. 3. Not old enough to remember, but watched the highlights many times. 2. When I saw how jacked up Shawn Thornton was in his warmup interview, I knew there would be no Cup presentation that night. 1. Let them off the hook that night, no doubt about it.
Wonderfully done! Thank You! Hopefully, Horvat and the gang can get the Cup !
Crazy to think that the 82 Final started on May 8th
Ummm what about 2004 Game 7 vs. Calgary? That team could have made a run and they tie it up late, just to lose.
Also in your honorable mentions would probably be Game 6 2003 vs. Minnesota (I cried), or gotta be one of the early games against LA in 2012. 2013 game 4 against San Jose because of the sweep, as well as I thought that game signaled the end of that cores’s cup window.
Yeah, that had to be an over sight. No way some of the games on the list were higher than game 7 of the Flames.
yep. painful times.
As a Leafs fan who has only been watching hockey for 10 years, pretty much everything related to the playoffs is a painful memory. GAME 7 VS BOSTON, game 7 vs Boston, and also game 7 vs Boston are all memories I’d like to forget. Honourable mentions would probably go to game 1 vs Columbus, game 3 vs Columbus and game 5 vs Columbus if you even count those as playoff games
What about game 5 in 94 vs Vancouver?
ok so game 6 vs Montreal is worse than all of those combined
Spoiler alert "that's not the only time CHI is showing up on this board" THG, 2020.
I happened to be at Game 1 in 1982 in person, and it was painful, not because I'm a Canucks fan. i was rooting for the Islanders in that one. But it hurt beause I always liked Harold Snepsts, and he made the turnover, and it was as bad a turnover as you could imagine. He put the puck right on Mike Bossy's (MIKE BOSSY!) stick, right in front of the net. Ugh! Probably just fatigue. He played a lot of minutes and it was right at the end of the first OT. I don't think it made any difference. The Canucks win that, they just lose in five games instead of four. And even without that turnover, they probably lose that game anyway in the second OT.
As a Montreal fan Game 1 2014 CF vs New York Rangers. Chris Kre*der
Luongo still hears zombie nation in his nightmares hahahahaa
Honestly thought you might write Dave Bolland as one of the reasons. 😂
1982 was two years before I was born....so I never got to experience that run I remember heavily 1994 because I was 10 I remember the 3ot games finding out from people who had been allowed to stay up or from my parents how it ended.
at the time I was not as into hockey as I am now and only really my grandfather was a hockey fan in our family
If I were going to give my big disapointments
its the Detroit game you mentioned, the Chicago games you mention
Game 5 vs Chicago in 2011 because my now wife then girlfriend got food poisoning that night from bad chinese and so I can't forget it
The Finals game in 2011 where Raymond almost gets paralyzed and boston gets little more than a 'Un Uh Un *wags finger*" from the refs
and yeah Joel Ottos Kicking motion.
My time as a canucks fan has led me to state that my BOTTOM FIVE teams in the NHL Are and will always be In order from top to bottom
Islanders
Chicago
Rangers
Boston
Messier
Can’t wait for the canucks for the years to come. Going to be a nasty team!
At least you're not a Predators Jets hurricanes and golden knights fan that lives in Sonora California my pain is 4 times a lot harder but I do understand what you're coming from I'm hoping you're staying safe
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1. 14-2 in two games
Hawks fan here. You pricks beat us one year!
As an Islanders fan my top 2 Vancouver loses that caused me pain was game 4 in the 1982 finals because my Dad had gotten tickets to game 5 that never happened. Would have been my first finals game. And game 7 against the Rangers. Letting my most hated rival win the Cup. Ruining the best chant in sport "19-40!!!"
I know they haven’t been around for as long but I’d love to see a video like this but with the Sharks
A cool video idea might be "most proud moments" of a team (excluding obvious things like stanley cup wins)
April to June prior to 2020, now you can add August and September to the pain.
Alright but how do you leave out game 7 against Boston and game 7 against Calgary in 2004 and game 6 against Calgary in 2015
No Gino poster? He should be in the Ring Of Honor
I’m primarily a Habs fan but this year Canucks’ elimination still hurts me
I like this format
i could make a countdown of my least favorite newcastle united games ever and it would be 400 entries long
As a flyers fan, I'm right there with you. Nothing but disappointment since ive been watching them
As a Fellow Flyers Fan I’m Still NOT Over That Game 6 Loss in 2010 to Chicago!
How about 2012?
I saw that coming
When you watch your team (in any sport) take a 3-2 lead then proceed to blow it.
Weird list, no game 7 v Boston? Not even in your top 5?
Sharks fan. 2014 playoff loss to the Kings...shudder...
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Pain
The Leafs equivalent to this, in no particular order:
Isles beating Devils on the last day of the season in 2007, blowing 5-0 lead to St.Louis in 2000, Sergio Momesso goal from center ice in 1990, David Ayers, Roenick OT winner in 2004, Gelinas OT winner in 2002, Adams OT winner in 1994, Marty St. Louis OT winner in April 2006, Tiger Williams penalty in OT vs. Montreal in 1980, Troy Murray OT winner in 1989, the game in 1988 that got the Leafs into the playoffs but cost them Mike Modano, games 6 and 7 vs. LA and all three game 7’s in Boston.
Hawk fan here . RESPECT!
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I'd include game 6 against the Devils in 2001, up 3-2 at home with a mediocre Penguins team waiting in the Conference Final. Sundin hits the post twice in the first, Leafs go on to lose 4-2 then get blown out in next game.
Roller Cain ugh yeah, that or the game 7 in 2003 where they were never in it, could probably swap out the Tiger Williams penalty in 1980. Pretty sad we have this many interchangeable shitty moments, most of them in fairly recent history
"I was 9" is the absolutely best reason to be pissed about a loss :D
I find it hard to believe that losing game 1 to Minnesota in the qualifier was more upsetting than losing game 7 OT round 1 2004
How on earth is that game not on there?? Surely he had to have accidentally forgotten. Seriously. It's my number 1 or 2
Losing to Calgary in Game 7 that year kinda felt inevitable, Canucks were pulling horseshoes out of their asses all season long, look at the goal that even forced OT in game 7.
Everyone knew we weren't going to go far that year. That was the year Bertuzzi got suspended...
2003 felt like we had a really good chance at the cup because most of the teams that usually give us trouble were eliminated.
Brian Li true. In hindsight those Canucks teams of that era simply weren’t built for playoff hockey. Losing Bertuzzi made them even worse. As we know now, those 04 Flames had the right makeup
So many painful memories Shannon. I can replay the Chelios and Shuchuk OT goals in my head. I was at the game when Lidstrom scored from centre and remember the great start the Canucks had that game with Bertuzzi running over Chelios. Smyl's post in 89 and Lafayette and Gelinas hitting the post in 94. I also remember losing to Chicago in 09 and 10 and was shocked when they let Willie Mitchell walk away. And finally the loss to Boston. What a series. I still think the Canuck's win it if Hamhuis doesn't get hurt from the huge hit he threw on Lucic in Game 1 and if Aaron Rome doesn't get the biggest playoff suspension ever because daddy's boy plays on the other team. Would love to see them win at least 1 cup in my life time. The team now has some future promise and potential or we will continue to get these painful yet great memories as Canuck fans!
no big deal but are you thinking of Smyl's breakaway in OT in game 7 that Vernon caught in his glove?
I remember that lose to Boston in Number 11. I don’t even love Vancouver I just hate Boston and that was a tragedy for everyone but the people in Boston lol
I hate Boston
I hate Boston in all.sports. so nasty and entitled
Cause there so good lol
@Samir Malla I am not from Boston and love all the Boston teams.
Why tho? 😂
Surprised nothing from the 2012 presidents trophy team nearly getting swept by the 8th seeded LA. That looked like the most miserable point for all the Canucks fans I was around.
@@SlamJamMcCam I don’t know if that was the most miserable point for Canucks the kings had a great team in 2012 that underachieved in the regular season and yes the Canucks were a year removed from being in the Stanley cup finals winning back to back presidents trophy’s which means nothing it doesn’t guarantee a championship that was when the Canucks window was starting to close they slowly were declining as a team and they were in a weak division then so they lucked out
My least favourite THG video because of the bad memories it brings up
Hahaha you guys got us back in 2011 unfortunately tho!
Is it me, or does Shannon have the best "hockey store" ever...
I hope he has that room insured because there must be five figures worth of hockey jerseys alone in there.
Keep up the great content, Shannon! Even without highlight clips or fancy editing, you are one of my favorite TH-camrs!
As a Buffalo fan.. right there with you. 😅
When I started the video I thought it was an old one because you move the camera around.
“Board of my pain”
Why say something positive about the Canucks for once Shannon pleaseeeeee for the sake of Canucks fans!!!!
I’m surprised 2012 isn’t up here of any LA games I thought game 5 2012 1st round would be here because it put my friend who is a Vancouver fan in tears. The kings had nothing going all game got a decent goal then win it in or when Schneider was playing great.
You’re gonna do the same thing but positive too... right?!?!
that's what i was hoping for
The reason it hurt... I was 9.. Sorry to poke fun at your misery Shannon but a Hawks fan, I must say I enjoyed this one just a little too much lol
Same here.
As a Flames fan it made me a little sad 2004 wasn't on that list. It was such a close and hard fought emotional series that ended in game 7 ot 😭
'94 was the biggest kick in the $%^& for me-Trevor Linden and Pavel Bure were 2 of my fave players.I really thought they were gonna win game 7!
I dont think the media played any of the games tho-it was a simple game 7 loss to a slightly better team.
Ive heard about the speech messier gives in the locker room that no one will talk about. Rangers were a team of destiny...and a big salary.
Just think how dominant and great the west coas express era could have been if they had better goalies. They would have won a cup.
As a Hawks fan I just went back and watched that game from 05/03/10. It definitely would have been a tough one to lose for Canucks fans, but that's how that rivalry grew. Personally I like the present Canucks team and I was cheering for them vs. Vegas. I think the Canucks have now replaced the Maple Leafs as the Canadian team that I'm going to root for to win the Stanley Cup.
Hawks fan here too. I concur!!!
My most painful memory of a jets fan is game 2 through 4 in the conference finals against Vegas. I hate them. Fleury carries them in that series
All I can say is at least Vancouver has made the finals since colour tv was invented. Sigh....
Try being a cubs fan. For 108 years.
2010 vs Chicago is the series that I stopped being a Canucks fan (I live in Vancouver) because I wanted to be done with cheering for a loser. I almost payed for it just a year later, but I continued to hate them until just this last year.
Hawk fan here. You guys had a great team! Puck luck has a lot to do with it. When it is your time the tips go in ,when it is not your time the tips go out!
Ottawa had a sweet line up around 2002. Lalime letting in weak goals from at the blue line or neutral zone. Deflating the team. Heartbreaking for back to back playoff runs. And 2007 finals ott and Anaheim.
Lalime's brutal play during deciding games was definitely hard to take. However, losing to Anaheim didn't feel too bad as I felt they were clearly the better team. That said, I couldn't believe Pronger was getting away with illegal shots to the head on both Detroit (Holmstrom) and Ottawa (McAmmond). Yes, he served 1 game each time but likely deserved a series suspension (in both cases). These days when I hear about Pronger's own concussion issues I wonder if Karma is meting out justice.
If Luongo didn't stop Sharp on the PP in ot Game7, that would be top 3 in the list.
As a hawks fan through the lean years I LOVED BEATING VANCOUVER. Nothing against them, they had players previously that I liked but it was a light at the end of a dark tunnel.
I've been getting a lot of recommends for your older videos lately, and as someone who despises the Canucks, this was great. 😂
As an Avs fan, on your equivalent of Game 6 in 2011, for me it's Game 6 against Detroit in 2002. Up 3-2 in the series, had a chance to close it out, and then Patrick Roy has the dumbest moment of his career and the Avs don't score after that the rest of the series...20 years later, they finally made up for it with the Cup win, but until then I was angry about that game since I was 8.
2014 series against the Kings, the first two games were a slaughter then we win game 3 and I think we're going to sweep it instead they turn it around on us and we loose a 3-0 series lead. That hurt.
When we traded to get Raffi Torres and what he did as a San Jose Shark, he was a dirty player before and it didn't get better when he was in San Jose Sharks.
I'm not sure I will ever forgive San Jose for trading for him.
As an avs fan game 7 overtime 5-4 against a team who’s primary color is green because it happened twice.
Dallas 2020, Minnesota 2014
Ah we too hate the mild
The 94 game 7 still hurts to this day. More than 2011. Me and my dad had moved to BC that spring. My sisters and my mom followed after the school year ended in Ontario. My dad and I got into watching hockey that spring and watched Vancouver make it all the way to game 7 of the finals. I became a die hard Canucks fan during that cup run and have been ever since.
Worst Islanders loss I’ve ever witnessed was tonight
That was rough.
Hawks fan. My most painful memories are (watching since 2012-2013 season I think?):
#1 2014 WCF Game 7 against LAK. We lost it quickly in OT. I knew whoever won that game would win the cup. Quick was a brick wall.
#2 2016 RD 1 Game 7 against Blues. A comeback fallen short (was down 3-1). Guess in hindsight it was our last chance at a run.
Matthew Daley Yeah, no three-peat, so I recovered pretty quick but I was frustrated on how awful the PP was that year. A problem we still have today somehow
You guys have 3 cups from that team to cry Into though.
Being a Canucks fan is nothing but pain.
A bit surprised that a few of the games against the Flames didn’t show up. Game 7 in 2004 had to sting after tying it up so late, and Game 6 in 2015 blowing a 3-0 first period lead.
This is PTSD therapy session for Canucks fans.
if the uniform in the thumbnail wasn't enough... nothing else should bother you. I hated those unis... My favorite is still the original stick n rink they used prior to those heinious things from the late 70's using colors that adorned most kitchens that people couldn't stand by the late 80's
I'm like you I have multiple teams, Detroit and Nashville. I don't have 15 moments but I have 10
1. Detroit vs Pittsburgh 2009 game 7
2. Detroit vs Chicago game 6 2013
3. Nashville vs Pittsburgh game 6 2017
4. Nashville vs Winnipeg game 7 2018
5. Detroit vs Chicago game 7 2017
6. Detroit vs San Jose game 7 2011
7. Nashville vs Dallas game 5 2019
8. Detroit vs Anaheim game 5 2007
9. Nashville vs Winnipeg game 5 2018
10. Ottawa vs Pittsburgh game 7 2017
I'm a Leafs fan but boy I hope the Canucks win a Stanley Cup just to see your reaction. Imagine watching them for 40 years and not seeing them win anything, I can't imagine that because I've only been a Leafs fan for 16 years 😂😂😂 (I'm slowly getting there). But really though, it would be nice for Canada and for you especially, you work so hard everyday making videos, they need to win for dedicated fans like you Shannon. Plus you've seen Boston and Dallas win cups, it went in order of how much you like them (first Dallas, then Boston), If the Canucks ever win it would complete the pattern lol.
Life long fan here. As a 60 year old who has seen all the ups and downs of the Canucks I can only conclude one thing: the team is CURSED, from the spin of that damned wheel for the #1 pick (buffalo won Gilbert Perrault, we got Talon) it’s been bad luck. I’m convinced we will NEVER win the Cup.
One of the most painful... 2012 loss against LA. I don't remember a specific game but after that... I knew that despite the foundations still being there for the best team the franchise had ever iced, it was going to be broken up with knee jerk reactions. Lock-out, of course, didn't help matters. Team should've been a modern dynasty.
They were a regular season dynasty, as a Kings fan beating the nucks in the playoffs was our biggest mental barrier to achieving stanley success because you guys had our number, a scary record every year, along with oodles of fans at our home games.
@@illsuive Eh... Quick played out of his god damn mind that run: 1.41 GAA, 0.946SV% and 3SO's. And if the Duncan Keith didn't concuss Daniel Sedin, the Canucks might have found enough scoring still to advance.
Whatever though... I'm still far more salty at Boston and the NHL :P
And am bewildered Benning is still GM... bottom 4 for his entire tenure, making the playoffs twice (arguably only once with 'his' team) vs. Gillis as perennial contenders yet Benning has now surpassed Gillis' time. FAQ is joke.
So the games that left me the most deflated and disappointed and hurt
1)Game 7 vs Wild 2003. It felt horrible. The finals were there for us.
2) game 7 vs Flames 2004. After Matt Cooke tied it, how could we lose? Just finish them power play and let's win it. Utterly devastated. Ended so quick. I think I was in shock.
3) game 7 Rangers 1994- felt horrible. Worse than 2011 just bc I think we all knew we were losing in game 7 in 2011. At least I did. I thought we could win it in 94.
4) game 4 vs Chicago-1995- until they scored, I never thought we would lose. Truly. Sucked to lose so many close ones.
5) 1996 colorado- again lost so many close ones. End of that core group as well.
6) 2012 hurt. Any of the losses.
For such a classy guy, that Lidstrom goal was straight-up disrespectful.
I always find if amusing when people say "that team will NEVER win the championship". Really? It is impossible to imagine a future scenario 10, 20, 50 years from now where everything aligns for a team and they win?
I like the setup and lighting better than the normal set up
My least favorite game as a Bruins fan would be Game 7 between Boston and St Louis in 2019. They lost 4-1, and It didn’t really matter that the Bruins had the best season in the NHL afterwards, I knew that if they didn’t win Game 7, they wouldn’t win ever again with this core, followed by Game 3 against Tampa Bay in 2020 where they lost 8-1, which showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that Boston wasn’t coming back in this series. Knowing the stubborn attitude of Jeremy Jacobs, instead of trying to sell off luxury pieces and embrace a fast rebuild like the Celtics did in 2014, they’ll instead ride the wave until nobody is valuable on that team and they’ve damaged the core and prospect pool beyond repair.
Number 9 is easy to remember...Harold Snepsts gives the puck away near the end of the first OT to the wrong guy. One quick shot from Mike Bossy and BOOM...gave over.
Not even showing up in game 7 of 2011 finals has to be the worst for me. They had issues all series, so I get why you put the others on there... but anything can happen in a game 7. 3 periods of hockey. They could have regrouped and come out with a strong, hard-fought game.. and I just saw NOTHING. A tired team ready to give up. Heartbreak from the opening draw. And worst of all, knowing that we'd get to game 7 of the finals twice, and waste it twice. Worst moment...
2016 RD 1 against the Blues as a hawks fan for a bunch of reasons. 1 being the blues and it's pure hatred for the blues. With Detroit there was rivalry but there was respect but St. Louis there was nothing to like about that team. Backes, Oshie, Ott, and Reaves a total goon squad. 2 the near comeback. The momentum was on our side going into game 7 with 2 straight wins. 3 double post by seabrook. When that puck did not go in I knew the game was over. 4 the end of a dynasty. Probably the last chance at the cup for a long time and it hurts. A close 2nd would be game 7 vs LA but the sting was temporary because of 2015.
Every older Canucks fan has another team they watch because they weren’t making the playoffs that often between 96 and West Coast Express era and the 84 - 90 era as well