Top 10 Heartbreaking Canada Sports Moments
This would be the closest the Expos would get to the World Series. In what was then a best-of-five NLCS, Montreal and Los Angeles were tied at 1 in game five going to the ninth inning. Expos pitcher Steve Rogers came into the game and got two outs immediately. But then, Dodger hitter Rick Monday homered to put LA up 2-1 and essentially into the World Series.
The closest the Expos got to reaching the World Series. Dodgers outfielder Rick Monday homered off Steve Rogers for the game-winning homer in the top of the ninth in a best-of-five NLCS in game five.
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League. It was the trade that changed the NHL landscape forever. But it would also haunt the Oilers forever. Despite winning the Stanley Cup in 1990, the Oilers could not escape them trading Wayne Gretzky to the LA Kings.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often simply referred to as the Leafs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. One win away from the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals, the Maple Leafs chances were denied when Game 6 ended controversially as Wayne Gretzky for the Kings was not ejected for high-sticking. Gretzky scored the overtime winner sending the series back to Toronto for Game 7. There, the Great One went off for a hat trick sending the Kings to the finals.
The Expos' best team in 1994 seemed to be favorites to win the World Series that year and they might've. But there would be no postseason due to the strike that ended any chances of the fall classic.
The Vancouver Canucks are an ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League. The Canucks led the Bruins 3-2 in the series and were one win away from the Stanley Cup. They would have home ice for Game 7, but it would be all for not as Boston shut them out 4-0.
The Toronto Maple Leafs, officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often simply referred to as the Leafs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Toronto led 4-1 in the third period of Game 7 in their first-round matchup with Boston. However, the Bruins, playing for their city that had been attacked by terror bombings weeks prior, rallied to win in overtime.
The 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea saw Canadien Ben Johnson defeat American Carl Lewis in the 100m final. But hours later, Johnson was stripped of his gold medal when it was revealed he tested positive for stanozolol. Lewis was given the gold.
"9.79 results in nothing in the end. - Its Joeysworld
Canada had a chance at gold for Wayne Gretzky in the 1998 Winter Olympics. But they came up short in both the semifinals and in the bronze-medal game.
Four years after defeating the United States in overtime for the gold medal, Canada's women's hockey team loss to the Americans in a shootout and wound up taking the silver medal.
Unable to get support for a new stadium, the Expos, Canada's first MLB team, relocated to Washington D.C and became the Nationals.