Boston - Biggest Chokers EVER

[dbackjon]

Up 3-0 in games. Up 3-0 in game 7. Still manage to lose to the Flyers.

[Willie]

So many things I wanna say but I won't. Not worth my breath.

[UNHWildCats]

biggest chokers in hockey!

1 strike from a sweep and then losing the series tops what the Bruins did

[dbackjon]

biggest chokers in hockey!

1 strike from a sweep and then losing the series tops what the Bruins did

Debatable

[Willie]

biggest chokers in hockey!

1 strike from a sweep and then losing the series tops what the Bruins did

[clenz]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving fan base. The Boston teams fanbase is the worst

[93henfan]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving fan base. The Boston teams fanbase is the worst

Gotta disagree. I'm not sure of your criteria for worst fanbase, but Boston fans fill the seats every game. They can't help it that their team blew this series.

Now, if what you meant to say was it's fun to see a spoiled fanbase (the past decade) have to suffer a bit, then yeah, I agree. It's always fun to see New York, Boston, and Cowboys fans have to face a little adversity every once in awhile.

[Gil Dobie]

Up 3-0 in games. Up 3-0 in game 7. Still manage to lose to the Flyers.

There's no crying in Hockey, except in Boston.

[Col Hogan]

Just remember the order of importance...

Red Sox



Celtics







Patriots























Bruins

[JMU DJ]

Up 3-0 in games. Up 3-0 in game 7. Still manage to lose to the Flyers.

There's no crying in Hockey, except in Boston.

I did enjoy the post game interview shots of Bruins fans still sitting in their seat, dejected, with a blank stare on their face as the entire auditorium emptied around them.


This goes up with the top chokes of all time... I'd give the top two all time chokes to the Yanks and Bruins, but that's also my ignorance to sports history.... Mama Cass vs The Ham Sammich comes in third.


Plus, haven't their been many 3-0 Chokers in the history of sports? What makes this one better besides that I like the Flyers and I hate the Bruins?

[93henfan]

Plus, haven't their been many 3-0 Chokers in the history of sports? What makes this one better besides that I like the Flyers and I hate the Bruins?

Nope. In the history of the three major sports with playoff series in the US (135 seasons of baseball, 93 seasons of hockey, and 64 seasons of basketball) this has only been done four times:

1942 Maple Leafs
1975 Islanders
2004 Red Sox
2010 Flyers

[JMU DJ]

Plus, haven't their been many 3-0 Chokers in the history of sports? What makes this one better besides that I like the Flyers and I hate the Bruins?

Nope. In the history of the three major sports with playoff series in the US (135 seasons of baseball, 93 seasons of hockey, and 64 seasons of basketball) this has only been done four times:

1942 Maple Leafs
1975 Islanders
2004 Red Sox
2010 Flyers

Thanks BDKHen... er, I mean 89Hen... umm, yea. 93Hen

That was my point, there's been others, what makes this one more special than those? Red Sox v Yanks is pretty huge. Flyers v Bruins, ain't huge rivals. I'm not aware of the early rivalries, but in the early days I know some of em were pretty big, especially if that 1942 game was Maple Leafs v Canadians.

[dbackjon]

Nope. In the history of the three major sports with playoff series in the US (135 seasons of baseball, 93 seasons of hockey, and 64 seasons of basketball) this has only been done four times:

1942 Maple Leafs
1975 Islanders
2004 Red Sox
2010 Flyers

Thanks BDKHen... er, I mean 89Hen... umm, yea. 93Hen

That was my point, there's been others, what makes this one more special than those? Red Sox v Yanks is pretty huge. Flyers v Bruins, ain't huge rivals. I'm not aware of the early rivalries, but in the early days I know some of em were pretty big, especially if that 1942 game was Maple Leafs v Canadians.

It has been done four times...so any of them are chokes. In the the other two hockey series, was the losing team up 3-0 in game 7?

[JMU DJ]

Thanks BDKHen... er, I mean 89Hen... umm, yea. 93Hen

That was my point, there's been others, what makes this one more special than those? Red Sox v Yanks is pretty huge. Flyers v Bruins, ain't huge rivals. I'm not aware of the early rivalries, but in the early days I know some of em were pretty big, especially if that 1942 game was Maple Leafs v Canadians.

It has been done four times...so any of them are chokes. In the the other two hockey series, was the losing team up 3-0 in game 7?

Nope, but at a quick glance, the 1942 series was for the Stanley Cup... just saying, there are other factors at play here.

[bluehenbillk]

Listening to the morning show on WIP this morning - they ripped the Bruins fans for not even booing at the end of Game 7. Could you imagine if the shoe was on the other foot & one of Philly's teams blew a 3-0 lead.....

[89Hen]

Just remember the order of importance...

Red Sox



Celtics







Patriots























Bruins

Yeah. Wait until the BoSox miss the playoffs a couple years.

[Col Hogan]

Just remember the order of importance...

Red Sox



Celtics







Patriots























Bruins

Yeah. Wait until the BoSox miss the playoffs a couple years.

I've been a Red Sox fan since the 50's...back then, it wavered back and forth between the Sox and Celtics...

and back then, the Sox were not very good...while the Celtics were winning everything...

[COBBLESTONE]

Just remember the order of importance...

Red Sox



Celtics







Patriots























Bruins

Wrong answer.

Here it is:

1. Patriots

2. Celtics

3. Red Sox

4. Bruins

However, Savard comes back next season at 100%, Bruins draft Taylor Hall giving Rask the offense he needs which will put them back into the playoffs and into the Eastern Conference final and pushes them up to # 3 on the list. The Red Sox are headed nowhere this year.

[UNHWildCats]

Just remember the order of importance...

Red Sox



Celtics







Patriots























Bruins

Wrong answer.

Here it is:

1. Patriots

2. Celtics

3. Red Sox

4. Bruins

However, Savard comes back next season at 100%, Bruins draft Taylor Hall giving Rask the offense he needs which will put them back into the playoffs and into the Eastern Conference final and pushes them up to # 3 on the list. The Red Sox are headed nowhere this year.

Are you serious? Patriots higher then Red Sox? Patriots higher then Red Sox?

Patriots have a losing season fans will be upset but oh well next year. Celtics? Aside from recent times the fans are used to losing lately... Red Sox? Start the season 5-10 and fans are ready to nuke the world. The Red Sox own Boston and that has no risk of changing anytime soon.

[Gil Dobie]

Celtics are up 3-0 on Orlando........................

Probably won't choke, but.............................

[00bluehen]

Listening to the morning show on WIP this morning - they ripped the Bruins fans for not even booing at the end of Game 7. Could you imagine if the shoe was on the other foot & one of Philly's teams blew a 3-0 lead.....

Bill, do you remember Game 7 in 2000 after the Flyers blew a 3-1 lead to the Debbies??? The place was relatively silent and shocked. The boos were mostly because the Devs again had ousted the Flyers, and a guy like Stevens (who I personally think is one of the alltime great defensemen) was moving on to the finals.

I gotta say, though, that there were quite a bit of projectiles coming from the stands in the Garden after Game 7. Reminded me of when the Flyers won 4 straight over the 'guins in 2000, the last of which was Game 6 in the 'burgh. The Pens fans littered the ice with those stupid towels.

[BlueHen86]

IMHO neither the 2004 Yankees or the 2010 Briuns were chokers, although the Briuns come close.

The 2004 Yankees had enjoyed a lot of success in recent years, they had many players with WS rings and one of the most clutch players ever in Jeter, I think the Yankees lost because Boston was a also good team and Boston's pitching was set up for the end of that series.

The 2010 Briuns lost in large part because they were getting hurt as the series went on, it was a war of attrition and the Flyers won it. I'd let them completely of the hook as chokers except for game 7. There is no excuse for blowing a 3-0 first period lead at home. I guess what I'm saying is that they didn't choke in games 4 5 and 6, but they did choke in game 7.

As for which was the better comeback - I'll give that to the 2004 Red Sox. They didn't just comeback from 3-0 down, they had to erase decades of failure, and do it against their rival (prior to 2004 the Red Sox - Yankee rivalry was like the rivalty between hammer and nail, with trhe Red Sox being the nail). There was a lot more pressure on the 2004 Red Sox than there was on the 2010 Flyers.

[93henfan]

There was a lot more pressure on the 2004 Red Sox than there was on the 2010 Flyers.

Absolutely. There's been no pressure on the Flyers at all throughout the playoffs. They were the last team in on a shootout win on the last day of the regular season. Everything else has been gravy since, and that's allowed them to play loose.

[BlueHen86]

There was a lot more pressure on the 2004 Red Sox than there was on the 2010 Flyers.

Absolutely. There's been no pressure on the Flyers at all throughout the playoffs. They were the last team in on a shootout win on the last day of the regular season. Everything else has been gravy since, and that's allowed them to play loose.

I almost feel bad for Montreal, they knocked out the top two teams in the east. The Flyers beat a fraud New Jersey teams and a beat up Briuns team. The Canadiens beat the top seeded Caps and the defending champs, but they had nothing left in the tank.

It almost seems as if the Flyers are a team of destiny. They are healthy and playing the best hockey they have played all year. Thge Blackhawks will be the favorites, but the finals will closer than many people expect.

[bluehenbillk]

Bruins up 3-0, lose Game 4 in OT, go on to lose the next 3.

Celtics up 3-0, lose Game 4 in OT........