Worst Moment As A Flames Fan

[indes]

Edmonton winning the mcdavid sweepstakes.

[N-E-B]

Either '04 game 7 in the finals or '06 against the Ducks.

[Flames_F.T.W]

While 2004 game 7 sucked, and Bure's 94' OT winner ripped my heart out, I've never been more embarrassed than game 7 against the Ducks in 2006. That was such a gutless effort facing elimination and was truly my rock bottom as a Flames fan.

[danimal]

Originally Posted by mennoknight

This is exactly mine (I was also 14). I lived in a duplex with Canucks fans next door. They banged on the walls and yelled and cheered and I cried real human tears.

I might have shed a few tears also. My uncle from Edmonton was down watching the game (the Oil had missed the playoffs that year) and he made life unpleasant for me for a few days.

Esa Tikkanen's goal in '91 was pretty brutal too now that I think of it, but I was more upset in '94

[corporatejay]

2004 game seven save by Khabby against Leopold. Unreal.

Close second is the moment Brian Marchment came here. He's a piece of garbage and I'm upset he was ever a flame.

[danimal]

Originally Posted by Flames_F.T.W

While 2004 game 7 sucked, and Bure's 94' OT winner ripped my heart out, I've never been more embarrassed than game 7 against the Ducks in 2006. That was such a gutless effort facing elimination and was truly my rock bottom as a Flames fan.

That WAS a brutal game. The fact that I remember so little about speaks to how boring it was or how drunk I got watching it and trying to forget what I was seeing. The end of Darryl Sutter as Flames coach, was it not?

[redforever]

Originally Posted by danimal

Didn't LA eventually win that one when a goal went in off someone's glove and they counted it? Or was that the Gilmour goal? (I missed that game for some reason.)

Gilmour had scored to win the game in first overtime, only to have it called back by Morel because he said he lost sight of the puck.

LA won the game in second overtime.

[sketchyt]

The time when that poster lost a bet, ate his own pubes, and filmed it.

Oh wait, this thread is for worst moment?

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by indes

Edmonton winning the mcdavid sweepstakes.

Yup. One of those moments where I'll remember for the rest of my life where I was when I heard the news.

[bigrangy]

Columbus drafting Dubois was my angriest moment for sure. Though this might be for the best, if Edmonton drafted Tkachuk I can't even imagine how much more smug their idiot fans would be.

I barely remember 04', I was young and I had to listen to one of the games (6 or 7, I don't remember) on the radio.

[danimal]

Originally Posted by redforever

Gilmour had scored to win the game in first overtime, only to have it called back by Morel because he said he lost sight of the puck.

LA won the game in second overtime.

Morrel was brutal. Gregson, too, but he was somebody's brother-in-law (Crisp or Riseborough, can't remember which) so that explained his bias against the Flames.

[danimal]

Originally Posted by indes

Edmonton winning the mcdavid sweepstakes.

That might have also been McDavid's worst moment. Kid looked like he was gonna cry.

[troutman]

Calgary's best teams were in the mid 1980s to early 1990s.

So, I'd say the losses to MTL in 1986, LA in 1990, EDM in 1988 and Tikkanen in 1991 were the worst.

2004 stings, but our 1989 team should have won more than once.

[N26]

Easy

I'm in the Boston Pizza on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton during the '88 playoffs. It's Game 2 at the dome. Flames won the President's trophy and had home ice. Edmonton won the first game.

Me and my two Calgary friends have been giving it to the Oiler fans all night despite the closeness of the game. Especially the line of Simpson-Messier-Anderson (or Pretty Boy-Frankenstein-Dr Hook as we called them).Then Gretzky scores a shorthanded overtime goal over Vernon's shoulder. We left so fast we were gone before the Oiler fans turned around from cheering the goal. Vernon should of had it. Flames lose in 4 straight.

Tikkanen's game 7 OT goal in 1991 hurt a lot too but at least I wasn't in Edmonton for that one.

3rd place "it was in" in'04

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Slightly off topic. Worst sports moment. Period.

Spoiler!

13th man. That was by far the worst sports related day of my life. In fact it was quite a bit worse than a whole bunch of non-sports related terrible events/days of my life.

Bought a ticket at the last minute, figured I'd be crazy to not attend the GC of my most cherished of all sports teams in my home city. And I lived about a 15 min drive from McMahon, just up crowchild. Went down, got a ticket for $100 in section N or M.

What a glorious 55 minutes of football that was. Give or take that amount of time. Right up until Durant threw that pick.

The section I was sitting was THE endzone it happened in. It all happened right in front of me. I swear I was the only person in my section to see the flag instantly. I didn't cheer for a single second. But the whole rest of the people around me went nuts and started jumping up and down, hugging. These two young ladies, about my age, in front of me were hugging and crying.

I just stood there pointing muttering to myself how there was a flag. And I knew it was against the Riders (though I figured it was procedure or offside, not too many men).

I can still hear that ###### randorf (i think) announce the MVP and hand over the trophy in my mind. And the associated image is of the intersection around 24th ave because I had left the stadium well before then. In fact my seat was on an aisle that allowed me to walk right out of the stadium as soon as the second kick split the uprights.

To this day 2007 and 2013 don't fully wipe clean the horror. I was at both the West Final in Calgary and the Grey Cup in Regina in 2013 and 2009 still hurts man, still hurts.

This is me right now by the way:

Spoiler!

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by danimal

I was talking with someone the other day about life as Flames fan and how for me, Bure's goal in double OT in '94 was my personal worst moment. Up 3-1 in the series and they choked big time. I was 14 at the time and almost cried. Horrible moment for me.

Looking back, that was really the end of an era, as MacInnis and Vernon were gone after the season, Otto and Nieuwendyk followed the year after, and they brought in those fugly new uni's with the multicolored Flaming C on a pedestal. I'm just curious what everyone else's worst Flames moments are.

Always thought Bure was offside or it was at least a two-line pass

Before even clicking this thread I was coming to post the the same thing.
Can echo your exact quote, except I was 10. That was the 1st time the pain of losing was real to me as an emotionally invested fan.

[Ashartus]

Originally Posted by Flames_F.T.W

While 2004 game 7 sucked, and Bure's 94' OT winner ripped my heart out, I've never been more embarrassed than game 7 against the Ducks in 2006. That was such a gutless effort facing elimination and was truly my rock bottom as a Flames fan.

Pretty much captures my feelings. 2004 the Flames were never expected to be there and gave everything they had. 2006 was almost the antithesis of that. And the '94 game was the first time I was actually at the 'dome for a playoff game instead of watching it on TV, that end was painful.

[redforever]

Originally Posted by danimal

Morrel was brutal. Gregson, too, but he was somebody's brother-in-law (Crisp or Riseborough, can't remember which) so that explained his bias against the Flames.

Risebrough

[Flash Walken]

Game 7 against the Ducks.

It was the beginning of the end.

[Wood]

St Louis GWG. I was there with my mom every game those playoffs, row 3 in the corner. They celebrated the goal right in front of us